Kids, location, finances, and health are all extraordinarily high-leverage to think about—at least if you act on your plans.
Personally I’d start with personal finance, mostly because it should be pretty quick and simple to sort out (not always easy, to stick to, but simple). The personalfinance reddit has good flowcharts to follow, and I wrote a list of investing resources here if you want more detail than “buy index funds and get on with the rest of your life”.
Did you consider looking at it rather from “options” than “goals” perspective?
Rather than defining goals and looking for the optimal path to get there, you can look at /brainstorm exploitable options that you have available and seem to have high returns. And then prioritize them.
I recently spent half a day writing down cool ideas for things to do, then collected them in todoist, and since then, whenever I have time I go through them. And add something new.
Having put some thoughts into the 80,000 hours career planning document, I think it is time for the next “some weeks of thinking” projects.
Either it’s gonna be similar planning processes:
the life of my kids, 20 years in the future
where should I spend the next 5 years? And where the next 20?
a plan for personal finances
a health plan
a sports plan
whom to spend time with
personal volunteering/politics/ea
writing projects
Or it’s gonna be concrete learning projects:
gtd
a language
python or r
project management
… (Some of them more like refreshers)
Your thoughts are appreciated.
Kids, location, finances, and health are all extraordinarily high-leverage to think about—at least if you act on your plans.
Personally I’d start with personal finance, mostly because it should be pretty quick and simple to sort out (not always easy, to stick to, but simple). The personalfinance reddit has good flowcharts to follow, and I wrote a list of investing resources here if you want more detail than “buy index funds and get on with the rest of your life”.
Did you consider looking at it rather from “options” than “goals” perspective? Rather than defining goals and looking for the optimal path to get there, you can look at /brainstorm exploitable options that you have available and seem to have high returns. And then prioritize them. I recently spent half a day writing down cool ideas for things to do, then collected them in todoist, and since then, whenever I have time I go through them. And add something new.
That seems like an interesting approach that may potentially make good use of personal energy.