It’s officially June!

(That’s a lie, I’m writing this two weeks before)

We are a month a way from being half way through this shittastic year that has so far been 2026. Shittastic is an official word by the way, if you don’t know it, then that’s a personal issue. I’ll also leave that adjective up as subjective, but if you’re like most of the people in this economy, you’d probably agree.

(Get to your point, Brandon)

Sorry, shit ok I will.

So with just over half the year left I’ve decided I REALLLLY need to bare down and make some goals for the end of the year. As a chronic procrastinator and over thinker, waiting until the years is almost half done, this seems like the ALMOST perfect time to get going. I think of this as progress, Waiting until 3 months left would actually be the normal time for someone with the application I have to do this, so I chose to look at this as PROGRESS!

(You’re rambling again, Nichols)

Shit, fine. Impatient little ass cracker…

I decided I needed to work on things that bring me some form of happiness. As most people know, I’ve been on mental and physical health journey over the last year trying to better myself in multiple ways. Observations made to me as well as ones I’ve made about myself in the last 10 months have helped me think a lot about the things I want to try and focus on. So Let’s talk about what those goals are.

Goal 1 – Working on my mind and body

75 Hard has been a massive help for me as I progress in this journey and I feel like barring down on the lessons it’s taught me will help me succeed at all my other goals. Both the mental health part and the physical part. I’ve done three full rounds of 75 days, and completed the first of the 3 follow up phases. Phase 3 wont be  completed until just into the beginning of 2027, but the path to there is high on my priority list.

I also want to set a goal of 275 pounds by the end of December. I got to 298 pounds around New Years and have yo-yo ’ed a lot since then, and with the gap between phase 1 and the start of Phase two I have had little discipline. As of the time of this writing, May 20^th, I’m focused on getting back on that train. The two workouts are still ongoing, and the gallon of water aa day has returned. Lets. Fucking. Go.

Goal 2 – Something that brings me Joy.

I love making podcasts. Whether it was the random ones I use to make, my gaming podcast with my friend Sam that lasted over 100 episodes, or the movie podcast I produced for the Duel of the Greats guys. I love having conversations with people and It’s something I thoroughly enjoy. So on top of my duties with DotG, I have two other podcasts that I’ve wanted to do for years. And I think I’ve finally found a way to pull them off without burning out on the process. One will include Jeff, Steve, and Nate from DotG. The other will be a mostly conversationist podcast. I’ll talk more about these in the coming weeks, with a goal of at least one of them debuting in July!

Goal 3 – My Passion Project

If you’ve been around this blog enough you will know this, and a handful of people really close to me know, that I want to write a book. I have n entire world and some aspects, universe, created in my head. I have since I was a teenager. I got 80%+ through writing a book and stalled out for multiple reasons, most of which wrapped around a road block I wrote myself into. It’s a fix that can be made, but none the less I have yet to do it. Some side goals I made while doing 75 Hard, Phase 1 in particular, was writing for a set amount of time every day. It really sparked my desire to write again. So I’ve set some goals for that this year. We can talk more about it before the month is over.

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Life is challenging, hard, and tiresome. However, I know happiness and joy exists, because I have experienced moments of it through time. I need to find those things in my life and make them happen, because they wont just happen on their own. A great friend of mine tells me all the time to live life with intention. I need to start doing that more.