Don Kowalewski
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Project 46
Mid-Year Resolutions (and Mid-Life Resolutions)
Two things that have always been my things are my Mid-Year Resolutions and my Projects. Two years ago I kicked off Project44 and it’s been a good guide. Time for an update.
My birthday, luckily, is July 11th, right in the middle of the year. I like to look back on my New Year’s Resolutions and analyze performance. I’ve done OK, but could do way better.
Oh, and don’t worry if you’re birthday isn’t mid-year, like mine …just play along with me. We look to things like New Years day and our birthday, or maybe Labor Day and the first-day-of-school as points on the calendar where we can start fresh. I wanna make July 1st, or the first week of July as a Start Fresh type of moment.
For me, it’s also time for a Mid-Life Review. All of this is dependent on me being lucky enough to live until I’m 92. Hey! Gotta have goals. And if “living until I’m 92” is a goal, it’s time to start doing the things I need to do to get there.
Hence, Project 46 (henceforth known as #Project46). It started quite simply with my friend, Nick Garcia, challenging me to do the #RavenRun (I’m certain he thought I would not). You know about my lung thing, so #RavenRun, for me, is #RavenWalk – 30-minutes of walking every day, rain or shine, sickness or health …period. And I’m on Day54. I haven’t missed and, actually, I’ve ramped up.
#Project46
Do things around the number “46”.
- Lights out and ready to sleep by 10:46 P.M. (11:46 on weekends)
- Wake up at 5:46 A.M. (6:46 A.M. on weekends)
- 46 Push-Ups daily
- 46 Pull-Ups per day
- 46 Minutes of Writing per day
- 46 Social Media posts per day
- Exercise and stretch for 46 minutes daily (even if 22 minutes in the a.m., and 24 minutes at night …and include the Push-Ups and stuff)
- Listen (or read) something motivating 46-minutes each day
- Make calls (cold-calls) at 8:46 a.m.
- Weight 146 pounds
Stuff like that. Get it? Yes, weighing 146 might not be possible (or healthy) and I will never do 46 pull-ups in a day (even if I did 2 each hour …they are so difficult). But it’s simply about finding your meaningful number and building routines and plans around it. Turning 50? Project50. Get creative. Get living.
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Don Kowalewski 