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A while ago I gave someone some advice on how to get fit if you do
an IT job. I said that for me, saying “I’m going to get fit” doesn’t
work, it’s too fuzzy, too wishy washy, there’s no time frame, no sense
of success or failure. What worked for me in the past is this:

• Find a sprint triathlon in your area that’s about 2 to 3 months away.
• Enter it. Actually send off a cheque – commit.
• Tell your friends and family you’ve entered it.
• Tell your blog readers you’ve entered it.
• Go to BeginnerTriathlete.com and get a couch-to-sprint training program.
• Stick to the training program religiously.

I found that the fixed time frame, combined with the knowledge that
friends and coworkers were going to check my performance on the web
site after the event was a huge driver. The fear of failing publicly
was too much to bear. I trained. My God I trained. The event nearly
killed me, but it worked. It absolutely worked.

I’m finding a bit of a similar feeling creeping in on what I think of as my micro ISV project. A little sensation of drift, a feeling that there’s no time frame involved.

Enough. Mark my words well. Failure is not an option. It’s time to get serious. It’s time to get specific.

Home Document Manager v1.0 will be released on the 1st of August 2008

I feel  a little bit inspired by the recent 30 day sprints. I’m cheating a little, I have 34 and a bit days to do it.

34 days and counting.