--- title: "Starting Off 2015 | January Goals" id: "4701" type: "post" slug: "2015-january" published_at: "2015-01-07T18:47:02+00:00" modified_at: "2022-03-10T00:52:19+00:00" url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/2015-january/" markdown_url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/2015-january.md" excerpt: "It’s embarrassing not to have posted anything in December 2014 after being so consistent in November 2014. December taught me that it isn’t always possible to make it happen. Sometimes enough impediments pile up that no matter how strong your......" taxonomy_category: - "Productivity" taxonomy_post_tag: - "goals" - "restarting" - "routine" --- [Skip to the content](#site-content) [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com) ### Bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) Toggle search field - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) # [Starting Off 2015 | January Goals](https://johnpoelstra.com/2015-january/) It’s embarrassing not to have posted anything in December 2014 after being so consistent in November 2014. December taught me that it isn’t always possible to make it happen. Sometimes enough impediments pile up that no matter how strong your intentions, discipline and routines are, forward progress isn’t possible. For most of December I was taking medicine for a nagging health problem (now gone) that caused me to feel weak and tired. This made consistent exercise and workouts impossible. This was doubly frustrating because exercise is a key source of stress relief and clear thinking for me. All this, combined with time consuming distractions at work, holiday season madness, and a two week road trip with my family were a knock-out punch for extinguishing my morning and evening routines. Now that I’m back home and settling in again I feel rested and ready to go again, though the first few days of 2015 I felt lost and directionless. ## January is About Restarting I know [restarting](https://johnpoelstra.com/restarting/) is key for getting back on track. Here are the challenges I’m laying out for myself as I reboot into 2015. I’m committing to do these things for the rest of January 2015, starting today! Feel free to ask me how I’m doing on these goals. - [Morning routine](https://johnpoelstra.com/morning-routine/) starting every day at 5 a.m. or earlier - [YAYOG workouts](https://johnpoelstra.com/get-your-own-gym-for-free/) at least every other day (no more than one day off between workouts–since June 2014 my rule has been two days which worked well. Now I want to re-build strength and establish more momentum). - [Evening routine](https://johnpoelstra.com/evening-routine/) - At least 10 blog posts Each month I pick a new habit build or challenge I want to meet. I’m not adding any new habits this month. Instead I’m rebooting and going deeper with habits I previously established to build the best foundation I know for myself to serve the year ahead. I have big hopes for 2015 and believe it will be a pivotal year on a number of levels. ## Over to You What are you committing to for January 2015? #### John Poelstra John Poelstra coaches directors in finance and software. Trained through the Co-Active Training Institute, he has coached for more than 10 years, with over 520 clients and 3,150 sessions, including people at well-known Fortune 100 companies. In over 30 years of professional experience, he spent 25 in technology and finance: software testing, project management and team leadership at Red Hat and Dell/EMC, and finance as a bank auditor at Wells Fargo and a CPA at Grant Thornton. He hosts The John Poelstra Show podcast and is based in Portland, Oregon. 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