Thirty Days: August Sprint Planning

So, heres the first 30 day challenge. This month, I chose three goals, all of which are "do X for Y minutes every day" goals. The goals for this month are Bodyweight Exercise, Apartment Cleaning, and Rust Programming.

Twenty Minutes of Body Weight Exercise every day

What started this?

For the last few years, I've been oscillating between my goal weight and way higher than my goal weight. The cycle generally goes:

• Feel terrible about my current weight
• Change what I eat, usually doing a keto diet for 3-6 months
• Reach my goal weight
• Return to drinking beer, eating pizza, regaining weight

I've done a good job of keeping to my diet and reaching my weight goals, however I have never reliably paired any fitness with my diet. Because of this, once I add any unhealthy food back into my diet, most of my progress is lost. I would like to change this, or at least slow the cycle.

Whats the plan?

My plan is to spend 20 minutes doing some sort of exercise every day, none of which that requires expensive equipment, memberships, or travel. Without doing research, I plan to do at least the following things:

• Burpees
• Bodyweight squats
• Planks
• Push-ups
• Yoga

What does success mean?

Success for this goal means logging what I did, when I did it, and how much did I do. There might even be progress photos.

Twenty minutes of Apartment Cleaning every day

What started this?

I never have been good at organization, cleaning, or decorating. Whether it is dishes, laundry, or whatever else around the house, I tend to do the minimum necessary to not feel gross in my own home. Most days, I wouldn't be happy to host anyone at my place without a few hours of cleaning first. Typically I do the minimum amount of cleaning, and on a few days a month I put in hours of work getting my place presentable.

I would much rather try to do this continously, so there is never a need to spend a full hour on dishes, taking out the recycling, or any other single chore.

One of my other goals in the backlog is to Pinterest my apartment, and having a clean apartment seems like a prerequisite for that.

Whats the plan?

This one seems straightforward to me, at first. Spend some time cleaning. I'm sure as I go, I will find better and more intelligent ways to approach the problem.

What does success mean?

Success for this goal means logging how much I spent cleaning, and what I spent it on. Additionally I plan to answer the following questions every day:

• Am I happy with how my apartment looks?
• Would I let a guest come over now?
• Would I let a guest come over if I had 15 minutes to clean first?

Work on a program in Rust every day

What started this?

I've been interested in Rust as a language for a little over a year, and working in the language mostly through the coap-rs project. This past week, I gave an hour long introduction into the language at my work.

I would like to get to a level of proficiency where I can use Rust as a primary language rather than just a hobby. Part of this means being familiar enough with the language to program, debug, as well as teach others.

Whats the plan?

My plan is to spend at least an hour a day working in Rust or learning about Rust. I will work on open source projects, including some personal ones.

What does success mean?

Success for this goal means a git contribution log for every day this month in a Rust project.