My goals are similar to yours. Write every day, or at least work on something writing related. Take longer walks with the dog. At first, it was my winter self that was against it, but my dog is having trouble re-acclimating to warmer weather and is shedding and panting like a motherfucker. Develop a plan to get a better job for the short term Implement my (longshot) plan to get a better job Spend as little money as possible Exercise Stay connected to people I care about Ask people for things, not machines (increase human to human interaction) Do things the hard way Help former students (for free?! yeah . . .) Eat healthfully. Since you're trying to drink a full bottle of water, I wonder if you use a bottle with markings on it, either for mLs or oz.? A friend of mine used those to figure out how much she should drink per hour to meet her goal. She says it helped quite a bit. Frankly, I don't understand how people don't drink 2L at least per day. Then again, I'm a really thirsty guy. Yeah, I'm the sweaty dude at the gym (sorry).