Example SMART Goal: Practice 15 minutes of meditation every morning at 6 AM for 90 days straight, while journaling daily energy and focus levels to intentionally optimize all 86,400 seconds in each day.
PERFECTING this disciplined practice creates space for mindful decision-making and heightened presence throughout your day. It transforms how you allocate time by building the mental foundation for intentional living.
Example SMART Goal: Use X to write a minimum of 400 words each day. A long-winded three paragraph stream of consciousness tweet has about 133 words; instead of three of those per day, aim for 10 300-char concise-ish Grok-ifyable tweets per day. Each tweet should questioning at least one assumption and bullet-point the future-oriented ideas for potential deeper dive.
Daily writing sharpens thinking and forces clarity on complex topics. Creating thought-provoking content builds both personal insight and a body of forward-looking work.
Example SMART Goal: Lead 3 deep listening conversations or mentoring sessions each month for 6 months while adopting one new antifragile practice (such as voluntary discomfort training) weekly.
Do not value being recognizable to people who knew you 10, 25, 50 years ago. Moving past nostalgia requires actively seeking forward momentum through better listening. This builds profound antifragility that turns volatility into personal advantage.
Example SMART Goal: Move. Incorporate 8-10 minutes of basic martial arts drills to complement every 50 minutes of focused work, 15hrs / day, 6 days per week for the next 90 days. Focus on simple flexibility drills, schrimping escape techniques, heavy bag striking, weighted yoga, discipine/toughness development.
8 min/hr * 15 hrs/day * 6 days/week = 12 hrs/week; it's NOT the 12 hrs; it's the CONSISTENCY throughout the week that develops both physical capability and psychological resilience. Drilling these specific areas creates shrewd toughness that transfers to all areas of life.
Example SMART Goal: Use your own automation tools daily to simplify three key personal workflows and successfully monetize at least one of them within the next 60 days.
Dogfooding your creations reveals real weaknesses and opportunities for improvement quickly. Simplifying workflows this way turns personal tools into valuable, monetizable assets.
Example SMART Goal: Optimize a skills portfolio and professional presence to be discoverable online within 30 days, then proactively offer help or value in at least 10 targeted connections per month.
Shifting from seeking favors to becoming a known helper changes relationship dynamics dramatically. Making specialized skills visible attracts opportunities through genuine value exchange.
Example SMART Goal: Eliminate all passive streaming entertainment and replace it with 40 minutes daily of walking combined with AI-assisted speedreading or learning for 75 consecutive days.
This starts with simple things like rationing screen time, curating online friends/associates but it extends to removing other kinds of distractions. Removing low-value entertainment frees mental bandwidth for higher-quality inputs. Walking, deep thinking, and accelerated learning reprogram the mind for creativity and insight.
Example SMART Goal: Construct and analyze talent graphs for your network covering at least 25 individuals or skills within 50 days, identifying 4 high-potential collaboration or leverage opportunities.
Moving beyond rigid org charts to dynamic talent graphs reveals superior economic possibilities. Strategic analysis of skill relationships creates new value creation pathways.
Example SMART Goal: Capture, categorize into an A-B-C-D system, and manage at least 7 new ideas per day from daily information inputs for the next 60 days with weekly bin reviews.
Turning casual scrolling and inputs into structured ideation creates a powerful creative engine. Proper categorization and management prevents idea loss and enables future execution.
Example SMART Goal: Build working knowledge and basic redundancy in four critical systems—immune health, food production, home utilities, and personal finance—by completing targeted weekly projects over 120 days.
Mastery over these foundational systems creates true self-reliance regardless of external conditions. Developing protocols for immunity, food, utilities, and finance ensures stability during uncertainty.
Example SMART Goal: Develop and launch one freelance or side-hustle income stream generating at least $750 per month within 100 days by dedicating 12 focused hours weekly to client acquisition and delivery.
Breaking free from traditional employment requires building alternative income vehicles through consistent action. Scaling from microwork and freelancing into startups creates lasting financial independence and optionality.
Example SMART Goal: Disrupt attachment to affluence. Cut discretionary consumption spending by 35% over the next 75 days while publishing or sharing at least 8 open-source resources or tools during the same period.
True escape of addiction to crutches or disruption of affluence comes from embracing minimalism paired with radical generosity. Open-sourcing knowledge and maximizing sharing multiplies impact while reducing personal material dependency.
Example SMART Goal: Spin up and auto-destruct at least 25 ephemeral AI agent pods daily using k3s and Firecracker microVMs for 90 days, tracking latency, success rates, and resource usage to achieve sub-5-second cold starts.
PERFECTING ephemeral deployment removes persistent infrastructure burdens entirely. Agents execute their tasks and vanish, creating a zero-maintenance foundation for reliable AI that frees humans from Computistan.
Example SMART Goal: Develop and iterate on Agentic RAG systems capable of multi-tool reasoning for 4 specific workflows (e.g., research, SRE tasks) weekly, measuring accuracy and loop efficiency over 75 days.
Agentic RAG elevates simple retrieval into dynamic planning and validation loops. This builds truly autonomous agents that adapt to complex problems while maintaining high reliability.
Example SMART Goal: Implement kernel-level isolation using Agent Sandbox equivalents for all test agents, achieving complete containment in 100 executions per month for the next 60 days with zero escape incidents.
Secure sandboxing contains the unpredictable nature of agent execution. It allows safe scaling of powerful AI workloads in production Kubernetes environments without compromising the host system.
Example SMART Goal: Apply HALT methodologies weekly to agent systems and infrastructure by stressing with extreme loads, temperatures, and failures; fix at least 2 weaknesses per test cycle for 120 days.
Ruthless HALT testing surfaces hidden failure points rapidly. It forges antifragile AI systems engineered for real-world volatility and long-term reliability.
Example SMART Goal: Deploy observability stacks with custom health metrics and autonomous response rules for all agent pods, reviewing and refining daily alerts for 90 consecutive days.
Vigilant observation establishes digital immune systems that self-diagnose and heal. This ensures continuous operation with minimal human oversight in ephemeral setups.
Example SMART Goal: Migrate core UNPLUGistan components to Talos Linux and lightweight k3s clusters, cutting idle resource use by 70% and enabling full power-down states within 50 days.
Minimal footprints eliminate waste, attack surfaces, and costs. This discipline scales toward true zero-cost, self-destructing compute that disappears when idle.
Example SMART Goal: Establish a private hardened DVCS as the sole identity and configuration source for one persona and all agents, with automated pulls and validations 5 times weekly for 75 days.
Git-anchored identity creates a tamper-proof, version-controlled digital self. Technology infrastructure becomes declarative, allowing focus to shift toward meaningful real-life pursuits.
Example SMART Goal: Build and execute 8 silent, background agent orchestrations weekly that complete multi-step tasks without any browser or UI dependency over the next 100 days.
Silent orchestration enables agents to work invisibly and reliably in the background. It accelerates the transition away from apps toward background intelligence that supports bigger human endeavors.
Example SMART Goal: Integrate self-healing logic into 3 agent frameworks, targeting 90% autonomous recovery from simulated faults across 200 test scenarios in 80 days.
Autonomous healing mimics living systems for software resilience. Agents recover from disruptions independently, advancing robust SRE practices for production AI.
Example SMART Goal: Perfect self-destruction protocols ensuring zero residual artifacts after 150 agent executions monthly, verified through forensic scans for 60 days.
Clean vanishing prevents any lingering security or resource issues. This practice realizes the UNPLUGistan dream of technology that appears precisely when useful and leaves no trace.
Example SMART Goal: Design, simulate, and test a heterogeneous swarm of 15 robots performing coordinated tasks in ROS2 for 10 weeks, achieving 85% task completion rate under simulated hostile conditions.
PERFECTING autonomous swarming creates collective intelligence greater than individual units. It enables robust operations where individual failures don't compromise the mission in remote or dangerous settings.
Example SMART Goal: Develop navigation algorithms for HARSH environments that handle jamming, obstacles, and sensor degradation; validate in 50 simulated scenarios weekly for 70 days.
Hostile navigation builds robots capable of thriving where humans cannot. Advanced pathfinding and adaptation turn adversarial conditions into operational advantages.
Example SMART Goal: Implement and refine coordination protocols for mixed robot types (aerial, ground, aquatic) in swarms, testing interoperability across 8 different platforms over 90 days.
Heterogeneous coordination maximizes the strengths of diverse robotic platforms. It creates flexible systems that adapt roles dynamically for complex missions.
Example SMART Goal: Harden ROS2 deployments with SROS2 security features, authentication, and encryption; conduct penetration testing on swarm communications bi-weekly for the next 60 days.
Securing ROS2 protects critical control data in hostile networks. Robust cybersecurity ensures swarm integrity against jamming and cyber threats common in remote operations.
Example SMART Goal: Create and run high-fidelity simulations of swarm behaviors under extreme conditions for 12 hours weekly, identifying and patching 4 edge cases per session over 100 days.
Ruthless simulation accelerates learning without physical hardware risks. It prepares robots and operators for real hostile deployments through repeated stress testing.
Example SMART Goal: Build fault-tolerant mechanisms into swarm architectures achieving 95% mission continuity despite 30% unit loss; prototype and validate in 6 field tests within 80 days.
Resilience engineering ensures swarms survive partial failures or attacks. It transforms potential disasters into recoverable, adaptive operations.
Example SMART Goal: Develop one agricultural application using HARSH swarms (e.g., precision monitoring or harvesting) as part of a 10-week cohort project, targeting deployment prototypes in rural settings.
Rural innovation leverages robotics to transform traditional processes like agriculture. It builds ecosystems that bring high-tech capabilities to underserved areas.
Example SMART Goal: File or contribute to at least 3 patentable technologies or improvements in swarm adaptability or hostile navigation during an intensive 10-week training program.
Prolific patenting captures and protects breakthrough ideas from HARSH robotics development. It creates intellectual property that drives commercial and defensive applications.
Example SMART Goal: Form or contribute to at least 2 venture concepts or startup pitches based on HARSH robotics tech within 18 months post-training, incorporating cohort feedback and prototypes.
Venture launching translates training into real-world impact and economic value. It fosters a new generation of robotics entrepreneurs solving significant challenges.
Example SMART Goal: Create courseware and demonstrate dynamic adaptation modules for swarms responding to changing mission parameters or environments, with weekly iterations for 10 weeks.
Dynamic adaptation equips swarms with real-time learning and reconfiguration. This core capability makes HARSH systems viable for unpredictable, evolving hostile scenarios.
Age-adaptive health and fitness protocols designed to enhance cognitive performance and creative output
Health-Optimized Recovery adapts the Eight Principles of Celebrate Recovery:
- Realize I'm not God.
- Love God above all.
- Commit life and will to Christ.
- Confess hurts, hang-ups, habits.
- Submit to God's changes.
- Assess every relationship honestly.
- Daily holy time with God + constant prayer.
- Yield to serve others by example.
AI-enhanced learning frameworks that integrate multidisciplinary knowledge while supporting ethical stewardship
Regenerative AI Knowledge Systems + PAAS agentic systems: Agentic AI for tech-economics-environment careers. Helps humans link fields, boost neuroplasticity, and drive regenerative impact across ecosystems. Focus: holistic decisions, never replace humans.
Faith-aligned personal development integrating spiritual practice with modern knowledge systems
Transformative Discipleship Technology: AI-driven Christian discipleship for SERVE FIRST leadership. Blends ancient texts, spiritual disciplines, psychology, neuroscience, and habit science. Treats sin as a productivity flaw. Delivers measurable Christ-likeness tied to health and professional growth.
Sure, trending topics have ways of injecting themselves into my life ... but I have to bring things back to my main three areas of interest. My three current curiosities about knowledge engineering and improvement in health-driven creativity are really just about one thing: so that I might be a better disciple of Christ are about me taking greater responsibility for developing better open source ways to program me ... so that we may BETTER train ourselves.