So back in January, I wrote out my 7 goals for the year. It's been two months, so let's see how I'm doing :

1. Become FULLY polyphasic

I'm close on this one. Many days I go perfectly, sometimes if I have nothing to do I oversleep and then skip some naps during the day. I'm actually pretty satisfied with that, as I'm only sleeping 2.5-4.5 hours per night, I'm never tired, and can always count on being awake early and staying up late. I'll keep pressing to be more consistent, but I'm satisfied with where I am.

2. Gain 15lb of lean muscle

No progress here at all. I tried working out really hard once while polyphasic and it wiped me out and caused a major oversleep. I waver on whether or not I really care enough to do the work necessary to gain the muscle. I think I do, but it's not at the top of the priority list. I still expect to finish this by the end of the year, though.

3. Make a million dollars by my birthday this year

I hate to admit defeat, but this isn't going to happen. I don't like telling people when my birthday is, but I don't have the time unless something particularly lucky happens. And I don't want to rely on luck.

That said, I'm recovering pretty well from my financial disaster this year. New plans are in place that should make me very rich within 5-10 years at most. Most of my productive energy goes towards this goal. My new goal is to make a million by my next birthday. I will need to ramp things up into high gear, but it's possible without a doubt.

4. Become a relatively well known rapper

This one is going ok, and I think I am on track. I freestyle every day for an hour, and have been getting really good recently. I have a whole file filled with good lines I've come up with that are just waiting to be put into a song. I'm procrastinating working with DZK because I want our song to be great in case I don't get another one with him. I don't think this is necessarily a smart move, though.

Neil Strauss, a friend of mine who used to review music for the Rolling Stone and New York listened to my latest songs and said that he thinks I'm good enough to go pro. This is huge for me because he's always listened to my songs, pointed out the good and bad, but never said anything that made me think he thought I was good enough. I didn't want to ask, because I didn't want to pressure him to say yes.

I definitely have a lot of work to do here, but I'm making good progress overall.

5. Find and date one incredible girl OR date several great girls-

Ugh. Not much progress here at all. Not that I've met all that many great girls in clubs, but I haven't been going out recently. With no real job and no school, I meet almost no new girls on a regular basis. I find attracting them easy, but finding them nearly impossible.

Also, I'm pretty apathetic here, just like #2. I'd say that in any given week, there are two hours or so where I actively wish I had a girl with me. The rest of the time I just don't care. This is probably part of the problem. I'm going to call Tyler today and figure out when he's coming down to get me back up to speed.

6. Enlarge my social circle

Actually, I'm pretty happy with my progress here. I've made one new really cool friend who actually found me through my blog. I've also been spending more time with my old friends whose company I really enjoy. Even if my social circle isn't that much bigger, it is fuller.

7. Do something REALLY nice for someone or a group of people

I'll admit it... nothing to report here. I have a great idea for this, I just have to plan it.

How am I doing overall?

Honestly, I am not at all happy with my progress overall. I waste a tremendous amount of time. What's worse is that I'm conscious of it and do nothing to fix it. Maybe I'm being too hard on my self, but if I was on the outside watching me on a daily basis, I would immediately think "Man.. this guy is lazy".

Here's what I am happy about :

• This blog is going great - I have alot of cool people reading it and commenting on my entries, and I get e-mails almost every day about how much people enjoy reading it. I'm making some money on it, but the biggest reward has been to hear that other people are benefiting from it.
• I've gone completely raw - my transition to raw food has been very successful and rewarding. I'll save the details of this for another post
• I learned how to work on my car - Ok, so I'm not replacing fuel pumps or anything, but I did learn how to take all the panels on the interior off (no trivial task) and install a bluetooth car kit and wired FM modulator by myself. Most importantly, I don't feel intimidated working on cars now. Next time something goes wrong with the engine I will try to fix it myself.
• My spending habits have become more responsible - In reaction to my financial disaster, I've been spending very responsibly. If you've read The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, then you know that I'm prone to buy anything I want, regardless of its value to me.

I guess that's not TOO bad for two months, but I know I can do a LOT better. In fact... F this... I have an idea and I'm going to continue in a new post.