Goals for 2025
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, 2023 and 2024 (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 2025:
Work goals
- Writing: Submit 6 journal papers (I outlined the topics for these)
- Research: spend 2 months in Europe, work on EU-funded project, submit 6 proposals, develop final report of load testing research
- Teaching: improve MSc course, teach my Bridge Design class, supervise 2 BSc students, graduate 3 MSc students, graduate 3 PhD students
- Service: outline steps towards indexation for ACI Avances, work on committee documents, role as IABSE SEI vice-president, tasks with IABMAS, attend at least 3 conferences in person
- Admin: maintain inbox zero
- Blog: restart podcast, give 2 virtual lectures.
Personal
- Get more regular sleep
- Read 75 books
- PR my big lifts and get into the advanced category
- Take online courses
- Participate in creative writing competitions
- Go hiking every other month
- Have a summer holiday in Europe as a family
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