2022 Week 12/52: Trait Psychology & OCEAN

Hi Everyone! How was your week 12/52?

Goal #1: Manage My Eating Disorder

✅ (1) Goal met in eating between 1200 to 1700 calories during the hours of 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM for Week 12/52.

Goal #2: Become more organized starting Week 2/52

✅ (2) Goal accomplished in spending 15 to 30 minutes organizing every day using a timer for Week 12/52.

Goal #3: Write consistently

✅ (3) Goal accomplished in writing between 2 to 8 hours every day for Week 12/52.

I REALLY did not want to write this week, what kept me going was Mark’s encouragement. Thanks Mark!

Goal #4: Read books to gain knowledge and new perspectives

✅ (4a) Goal accomplished in reading 30 minutes a day for 5 days for Week 12/52. Currently, I’m reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things and Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money. I’m loving both books which is why I’m reading them at a slower pace to savor them.

🚧 (4b) Goal in progress: I will review 6 books in 2022 and post them on this blog.

Book 1/6: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Book 2/6: If I Had Your Face

Book 3/6: Atomic Habits

Goal #5: Improve my listening skills

✅ (5a) Goal accomplished in listening to one Design Matters Podcast for Week 12/52. This week, I relistened to Debbie Millman interview Richard Saul Wurman, founder of TED.

Learning is remembering what you are interested in. My whole life is following my personal path of interest.

Richard Saul Wurman, Design Matters with Debbie Millman

The words a person uses are very telling. From these two sentences, it can be inferred that Richard likely had advantages in life that many people do not.

✅ (5b) Goal accomplished in listening to one TED talk for Week 12/52. This week I listened to Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality | Brian Little

Brian talks about trait psychology (part of personality science) that describes the five universally held aspects of the differences between people.

• Open versus closed.
• Conscientiousness versus lackadaisical.
• Extroversion versus introversion.
• Agreeable versus not agreeable.
• Nuerotic versus stable.

Together the traits spell out the acronym OCEAN.

Goal #6: Emulate Krista Tippet’s (Winner of the National Humanities Medal, Peabody Awards, Webby Awards) way of speaking.

✅(6) Goal accomplished in emulating a sentence of Krista Tippet’s for Week 12/52 from this Design Matters Podcast.

Goal #7: Learn how to grow microgreens from Mark starting 6/1/2022 (Week 22/52)

🔜(7) Goal N/A for Week 12/52.

Goal #1: Maintain my mental and physical health

✅(1a) Goal accomplished in singing two positive songs and one song of my choice every day for Week 12/52.

✅(1b) Goal accomplished in meditating and practicing 25 minutes of yoga 5 to 7 days for Week 12/52.

✅ (1c) Goal accomplished for lifting weights 3 to 5 days a week for Week 12/52.

✅(1d) Goal accomplished in doing a physical activity for Week 12/52.

I did a 1-hour nature walk along the Bronx River Parkway.

❌ (1e) Goal not accomplished in sleeping before 11:30 PM every day for Week 12/52.

I keep failing this goal! It’s likely because I don’t want to do it as much as I thought I did.

Goal #2: Work on my marriage

✅ (2a) Goal accomplished in continuing my weekly marriage meeting (#190), financial checkup, and date night with Mark for Week 12/52.

✅ (2b) Goal accomplished in helping Mark organize for 15-30 minutes every day this past week for Week 12/52.

Goal #3: Encourage my mom to expand her worldview starting Week 12/52

✅ (3a) Goal accomplished in teaching my mom English for Week 12/52.

🔜 (3b) Goal not applicable in practicing Senior Yoga with my mom for Week 12/52.

My mom wanted to skip this week and so we did because my goal for her is 85% completion.

✅ (3c) Goal accomplished in teaching my mom how to become more proficient at using her iPhone for Week 12/52.

Goal #4: Prioritize friendships

🔜 (4a) Goal not applicable in meeting up with friends 1 to 3 times a month for Week 12/52. I completed it for the month of March.

✅ (4b) Goal accomplished in chatting with 1 to 3 friends over the phone/zoom for Week 12/52. I chatted with Mulan.

Goal #5: Remember my late father through cooking starting Week 9/52 on 3/3 (my father’s birthday).

✅ (5) Goal accomplished in posting one recipe on this site for Week 12/52, Easy Watercress and Garlic Stir Fry.

Week 12/52 Goal Summary

✅ Accomplished goals: 18

❌ Goals not met: 1

🔜 Goals N/A for Week 12/52: 2

🚧 Goals in progress: 1

This week’s completion percentage: 94.4% (17/18)

Week 1/52 completion percentage: 91% (I missed the 5 to 7 days of mediation and practiced 25 minutes of yoga goal.)

Week 2/52 completion percentage: 100%

Week 3/52 completion percentage: 92.8% (I missed the sleeping before 11:30 PM everyday goal.)

Week 4/52 completion percentage: 100%

Week 5/52 completion percentage: 94.4% (I missed the eat between 1200 to 1700 calories everyday goal).

Week 6/52 completion percentage: 100%

Week 7/52 completion percentage: 100%

Week 8/52 completion percentage: 94.7% (I missed the sleeping before 11:30 PM everyday goal.)

Week 9/52 completion percentage: 100%

Week 10/52 completion percentage: 95% (I missed the sleeping before 11:30 PM everyday goal.)

Week 11/52 completion percentage: 95% (I missed the sleeping before 11:30 PM everyday goal.)

Week 12/52 completion percentage: 94.4% (I missed the sleeping before 11:30 PM everyday goal.)

2022 Average completion percentage thus far: 96.4%

Dear readers, how was your progression towards your 2022 goals? 😃