It’s the last week of my first 12 Week Year. Overall, there was significant progress, but I didn’t reach my goals. The average week score is 58%, and the highest week score is 79.3%. Some of the falling out was due to sickness, and some because of lack of motivation. The book’s recommended score is 85%. Given that, it’s no wonder I didn’t reach my goals.

It was definitely worth it. Despite not reaching my goals, there was substantial progress:

I sold my car, leading to savings of $100 NZD (~ $66 USD) per month. The goal of saving $100 NZD per month was actually reached.
Improving health. There was some progress, but I could do more. I’ve lost more weight, my liver is in a much better shape, and I control my mind better because I meditate every day. There are some long-standing issues that weren’t resolved though.
Finding friends. I didn’t make a single friend, but I have less social anxiety because I meditate, and I practice deep conversation via Kind Words game. I also started participating on Reddit.
Earning $8000 NZD (~ $5285 USD). Didn’t earn anything, mostly due to poor health and lack of interview skills. I didn’t practice mock interviews at Pramp until much later in the year, because I was reluctant to do it, and thought it wasn’t that important. But it is important, and I’ve made great progress after just 3 mock interviews. I did put a lot of effort into upskilling, and learned Vue, Docker and AWS (via Udemy courses). There were things that were planned, but never done, but I feel I just overcommited with those.

So, overall, 12 week year provided:

Motivation. I managed to find the right way of thinking about goals.
Focus. By limiting tasks to just a few goals, I was able to cut out inessential tasks.
Structure. By planning tasks weekly and daily, I knew what had to be done.

What worked

Putting consistent effort into an Udemy course every day, helped me to go through several of them. Vue, Docker and AWS were the ones that I finished.
Meditating every day.
Scoring the past week helped me to be motivated to do what was planned. Not the best kind of motivation, but I’ll take anything that helps.
Connecting with my goals helped with motivation.

What didn’t work

I still procrastinated on items that I didn’t feel like doing. I have had goals and sacrificing mood, and it didn’t help. I’ll need to find a solution to this.
My average score was pretty low (58%, not 85%), and I didn’t reach 3 out of 4 goals.
Scoring was broken because I scored TODO list items as well, not only essential activities.
I planned too much activities, and it affected the scores badly.

What’s next

I plan to take a break, and choose a new set of goals for another 12 week year in 2020.