Third Quarter Update for 2017

Update No. 3 for 2017… my progress so far…

Priorities	Systems / Goals	Evaluation
No. 1: Mental and Spiritual Health	Meditate daily	Meditating only about 1-2 times a week. Looking forward to up the frequency to about 2-3 times a week going forward. Started a daily intentions written journal but only managed to follow through for about a week. Hope to get back on track.
	Practise yoga daily	Practising yoga about 3 times a week. Lesser than before because I picked up a new sport which has robbed some time from my yoga practice. Overall, I’m pretty happy with my thrice-weekly yoga practice sessions.
	Find meaning in life	I find myself subscribing to epicureanism, seeking to maximise happiness and tranquility and minimise pain. The philosophy is serving me well, and I think I’m doing well (or maybe too well) at optimising the important aspects of my life, such that there’s nothing significant left to be done. Somehow, it all feels so hollow when most parts of my life are optimised and all that I have to do is play the waiting game until I reach my financial targets (so that I can eliminate the pain of full-time employment for good). I’m happy but feel somewhat empty. Something is obviously missing. But I don’t know what…
No. 2: Physical Health	Get enough sleep (at least 7 hours a day)	Still getting around 7 hours of sleep per day. Ideally, I will have at least 8 hours of sleep. Should work on this.
	Eat healthily	Gave up on meal-prepping after I was hit by a bout of stomach flu… I suspect it was due to food that had gone bad after having been kept for a couple of days. Pretty happy with my diet. I’ve been on the low carb diet. Decided that a no-carb diet was too difficult so I adopted the low-carb diet as a compromise. I still have not tried out fasting. I must really try it once (a full 24h fast) by the end of this year.
	Be active everyday	Picked up a new sport recently which involves thrice-weekly intensive training sessions. Body is feeling increasingly fit and BMI is hovering between 20 to 20.5. I target to decrease BMI hover range to 19.5 to 20 by the end of the year.
	Go for a suitable full-body health screening	Went to consult my family doctor about this. Also did some basic health tests there. She recommended the  types of health screening I could do, but her opinion is that health screening is usually not necessary for those under the age of 30. She recommends that I start going for bi-annual full-body health screenings from age 30 onwards.
No. 3: Relationships	Spend quality time with loved ones	Happy with my relationships with loved ones. Nothing I want to change in this regard.
No. 4: Career	Stay employed for most parts of the year	Still employed but will be changing jobs soon.
	Find a higher-paying job with equally little stress and decent work-life balance	I secured a new job at a new organisation. Higher pay… slightly closer to home… Will update when I start work. (It will be a challenge to keep an open mind and find some enjoyment in my new job, given my negative attitude towards work... but I shall try.)
No. 5: Finances	Invest at least S$30k in equities by year-end	On track.
	Increase liquid networth by S$60k by year-end	On track (so long as I continue to be employed).
No. 6: Authenticity	Be more authentic (online and when interacting with others in real life)	A work in progress.  Reached out and opened up to a local personal finance blogger recently and our correspondence has been very insightful, to say the least.