{"id":1907,"date":"2018-10-07T23:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T03:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2018-10-07T23:28:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T03:28:39","slug":"2018-goals-august-september-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2018\/10\/07\/2018-goals-august-september-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 goals &#8211; August &#038; September updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>;tldr I missed a month, and no one said a thing :-p And life is good; so nothing to worry about<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get to 175 lbs<br \/>\n<img data-attachment-id=\"1928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2018\/10\/07\/2018-goals-august-september-updates\/img_6369\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?fit=1334%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1334,577\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6369\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?fit=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?fit=765%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1928 aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?resize=765%2C331\" width=\"765\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?w=1334&amp;ssl=1 1334w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?resize=768%2C332&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_6369.jpg?resize=1024%2C443&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Very slow progress, and yet it feels good. Lots of ups and downs, and as you can see in the graph the number is better than January, but not moving anywhere fast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 book per month<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tons of reading in the last few months whether because of vacation or reading on the subway instead of playing video games. It&#8217;s a good pattern to get into for sure.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28925252-competing-against-luck\">Competing against luck &#8211; Clay Christensen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/30212651-jobs-to-be-done\">Jobs to be done &#8211; Stephen Wunker,&nbsp;<\/a><a class=\"authorName\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/15262597.Jessica_Wattman\">Jessica Wattman<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/30212651-jobs-to-be-done\">,&nbsp;<\/a><a class=\"authorName\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2744035.David_Farber\">David Farber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/220805.Poems_of_Naz_m_Hikmet\">Poems by Nazim Hikmet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/233637.The_Hidden_Staircase\">The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew #2) &#8211; Carolyn Keene&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>;tldr I missed a month, and no one said a thing :-p And life is good; so nothing to worry about Get to 175 lbs Very slow progress, and yet it feels good. Lots of ups and downs, and as you can see in the graph the number is better than January, but not moving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-uL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":910,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/02\/10\/books-of-the-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":1907,"position":0},"title":"Book(s) of the month","date":"February 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Having finished two books in January, I'm feeling pretty good about my quest to read one book per month this year. For February, I've chosen two books (and I think it's going to take me until March to finish). They are: Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Year Resolutions&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1899,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2018\/07\/22\/2018-goals-june-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1907,"position":1},"title":"2018 Goals - June Update","date":"July 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"tldr; Losing track, and losing motivation :-( Get to 175 lbs It's worse than May, but realistically that was unsustainable. I'm starting to ask myself whether driving towards a number really matters. Or whether I'm really just looking to sustain a lifestyle, and the number is a barometer of if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Year Resolutions&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"June 2018 weight update","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/img_6159.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1888,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2018\/05\/13\/2018-goals-april-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1907,"position":2},"title":"2018 Goals - April Update","date":"May 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"tldr; Sometimes you've gotta go backwards to go forward again :-( Get to 175 lbs A month where I went backwards. It's everything. Travel. Stress. More travel. More stress. Not being disciplined about calories. But also, not being committed to the positive benefits that a healthier body would give. 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Here's where I am with all three: Kanban: Successful Evolutionary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Year Resolutions&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":862,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/02\/02\/this-week-in-review-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":1907,"position":4},"title":"This week in review","date":"February 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"What a week! Micky was out of town. The nanny got sick. The babies just grew up before my eyes. And we finally got rain in the Bay Area. The rain meant that today was a day to paint at the new house, and have a lazy Sunday morning. 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