Goals for 2024
Just like every year, I am here with my list of goals 🙂 For reference, here are my goals for 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 and 2023 (looks like I forgot to blog about my goals for some years).
As last year, I used the method that I developed for planning, which I teach in a course on reflecting on the past year and planning for the next year.
Here are my main goals for 2024:
Work goals
- Writing: Submit 6 journal papers (I outlined the topics for these)
- Research: spend 5 weeks in Delft, analyze experiments, deliver phase 2 of fire project, progress on 3 work packages of EU project.
- Teaching: redesign MSc course around flipped classroom, supervise 2 BSc students, graduate 2 MSc students, graduate 2 PhD students
- Service: get the journal ACI Avances into Scielo, work on committee documents, role as IABSE SEI vice-president, tasks with IABMAS, attend 6 conferences in person
- Admin: maintain inbox zero
- Blog: increase podcast downloads, get speaking engagements.
Personal
- Average 8 hours of sleep per night
- Read 75 books
- Daily meditation
- Work out at least 4 times per week
- Find time for relaxation and rest
- Organize our new house
- Take online courses
- Go hiking once a month
- Spend 3 weekends outside the city
- Have a summer holiday as a family
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