Last update: July 6, 2021
I stratify my goals as short term vs. long term. I consider the latter in tiers: bare minimum (e.g. did I stretch today?), reasonable (e.g. Did I read that paper today? Did I log my mileage?), and “reach” (Did I submit my manuscript? Did I PR in that marathon?)
Long-term goals:
- Defend my thesis
- Earn my Ph.D. in toxicology
- Run sub-3:00 in a marathon
- Watch the Olympic Marathon or track events in person
- Write an Op-Ed about environmental health for NYT
Short-term goals:
Goals of Summer 2021:
- Bare minimum
- Finish writing my thesis
- Train through the summer without injury
- Call my parents once per week
- 20 mile long run x 2 while building up to Boston
- Finish the Boston Marathon
- Write a research summary article for StudyFinds.com
- Pitch a story idea to a news outlet
- Reasonable
- Make new friends in North Carolina
- Lift at least 3 times per week
- Drink at least three water bottles per day (#hydration)
- Maintain active social-media presence on @PhDistance
- Run sub 18:30-min in a 5k
- Finish the Boston Marathon sub 3:20
- Produce a podcast episode for Genetics in Your World
- Write an opinion or research summary for a science news outlet
- Reach
- Run sub-18 minute in a 5K
- Run a half-marathon time-trial in under 90 minutes
- Run sub 3:05 hours in the marathon
- Lead a project in my first year at ICF