My all encompassing lifestyle project

My project is to become self-aware of my lifestyle and apply myself constructively. I need to allow for my changing attitudes and aptitudes, actively re-target to my chosen areas of focus (which coexist and build off one another) and develop skills & habits. The idea is to avoid being the victim of my own daily/weekly grind and not seeing the forest for the trees.

This began after starting GTD, which I'm not done implementing, but I've learned so much about me. It's a lot of ground to cover. I'll need some smaller lifestyle projects to use as building blocks. These should focus on expanding my skill set and developing good habits (mental and physical).

Areas of Focus

Marriage
Retirement
Work/Life balance
Physical fitness
Parenting
Enjoyable worklife
Landlord responsibilities
Making my family part of the local community
My digital lifestyle

Components & tools (self expression, techno gadgets, entertainment, financial tools, etc...)

Blogging
Gtd
iPhone
Twitter
RTM
Gmail & other Google products
Audi A4
Lawn/gardening
Mint.com
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Golf
Fishing
Cooking
Brewing beer

blog entry #1

I've not been a fan of diaries or personal journals. David Allen's "Getting Things Done" was the first book I've read in 25 years. I prefer to read non-fiction items that have been in print less than a month, but more likely less than 24 hours.

I believe I'll live a more productive and satisfying life by making use of GTD principles. The collection phase helps get things off your mind and onto another media, paper or electronic is irrelevant. The idea is to free your mind and create a mind like water, ready for anything, free to think. I believe this is the desired state of mind to be my most creative, most beneficial to others and myself.

Not all my thoughts are time commitments, tasks, trash or reference material. Some of these things in my head could be construed as the essence of my being. It's those other thoughts that I need to get out of my head and into another media, thus a blog.