How do you plan without being able to plan?  That was the question I asked myself over Thanksgiving more than a couple times.  It was time for me to come up with some goals for 2021.  I had a lot of cool ideas.  Then I realized I had no reliable way to know if I would be able to do any of them.

Is the world going to be going wild with COVID in 3 months, 6 months, or even longer? 

I have no reliable workspace at home.  I might be able to work 10 hours some days, or maybe 15 minutes.  Home life is fine, but too chaotic and distracting for a writer’s mind.

So I settled on some bare minimum type goals.  I figure that gives me some direction at least.  That is where my world is at the moment.  My mind is also fixating on goals that I could potentially achieve without doing much of anything.

I have decided to lose some weight.  Realistically I don’t have to do anything to achieve this goal.  I have to abstain from eating a surplus of calories.  That doesn’t take any work whatsoever.  This is a good kind of goal for this year I think.  I am still trying to think of more goals like this, because I like the idea of not having to do anything to achieve my goals.  The concept of lazy goals appeals to my lazy mind.

Every week I spend a lot of time reading and looking for new ways to get smarter, stronger, healthier and more awesome.  Here are some of the best things I have found this week.

Strength and Conditioning

Interesting article on Indian clubs for shoulder work.  Given a good coach and access to clubs these could be interesting to do.  https://drjohnrusin.com/ancient-answers-for-shoulder-health-and-longevity/

Exercises, activations and stretches you can do to improve posture.  This is something that we should all be constantly evaluating.  https://www.mashelite.com/fixing-athlete-posture/

This is a list of exercises that could be implemented to introduce chaos training into workouts.  Also explains concepts of chaos training.  https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-the-chaos-method

JM Blakley coaching the JM Press.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTxOBkKDkzs

Another video of JM Blakley coaching the JM Press.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOCW9cE-GJg 

Strong Life

This article got me thinking about being connected to “possibility” it is not a concept I have thought about much.  https://zenhabits.net/action-hero/