New Year’s Resolutions

It’s not exactly New Year’s anymore but I’ve been dying to talk about two common New Year’s resolutions and how they can be managed fairly easy.

Weight loss/health
I’m terrible at this one, tracking calories and dedicating myself to the gym is tremendous amount of work. For this I’ve been using DailyBurn. Not only is the website packed full of useful tools but it also has an iPhone app that allows you to enter your calorie information while you eat. They’ve even built a secondary iPhone app that allows you to scan your food. If you’re having trouble getting to the gym set up a calendar in Google Calendar and in the options you can have it email you when there is an appointment. This will allow you to nag yourself into going and keep you from saying “I forgot.”

Quotes:
“The hardest part about going to the gym is putting your shoes on” - Unknown Author.
“Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of somebody else” - Judy Garland

Project Management
I made this one more generic because the projects are going to be different for each person. I personally want to do better at tracking my ideas and then make it happen. For this I use two applications Evernote and ActionMethod. Evernote is the ultimate note taking system, it allows me to type up any thought that pops into my mind before I forget. ActionMethod is the ultimate Todo list application so that I can take those ideas and build an actionable list to make them happen. The best thing about them is that they all have web interfaces, iPhone apps, and can be installed on PC or Mac.

Quotes:
“Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.” - Author Unknown
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there” - Will Rogers.