Why?
After watching Veritasium's new video about Why Most Resolutions Fail & How To Succeed I decided to make some New Years resolutions for the first time. The reasons are:
- Making smaller goals is easier to hit consistently. Getting 1% better a day doesn't require that much effort and the effects will compound over time.
- Once the habit sticks I could make it more ambitious.
- I'm 42% more likely to achieve them if I write them down.
- I'm 10 times more likely to stick with a New Years' resolution 6 months later.
- It's a new decade.
My Resolutions
- Learn 5 new technical terms every week.
- Why? I've always struggled to learn new words and remember them if I don't use them, so I want to make an emphasis on learning and retaining new technical terms.
- Answer at least one question every 2 weeks on a Question/Answer site like Stack Overflow or Slack group.
- Why? Help me become better at answering questions and being able to explain my answers.
- Do 1 coding challenge a week.
- Why? I find that I forget things if I don't practice them. This will help me retain things better.
- Exercise/Stretch for 5 minutes every day.
- Why? I don't exercise much these days but I am concerned for my physical health in the long run so I'm hoping to start a good long term habit.
- Write 1 blog post a month.
- Why? I want to look back in the future and see the progress that I've made as a developer and a blogger.
Your Resolutions
If you made a New Years' resolution to help you grow as a dev in 2020, it would be awesome if you share it in the comment section and maybe motivate someone to make a New Years' resolution of their own.
Top comments (1)
I'm resolved to put my game on the web, and intend to learn quite a bit doing so. I think it's important to make the distinction :)