Hello World: Design Criteria and Goals

Here am I, unprepared.
Here am I, anyway.
Send me.

Design Criteria Review 5/31/25 (5^3=125)

I shall

1. solve problems and become a better engineer
2. exercise and become a better athlete
3. take care of my family and friends and socialize with new ones
4. remember I will die, and there is one chance to reach my potential, however brilliant or bland

I shall not

1. watch entertainment, including browsing without intent
2. eat added sugar or refined oils (unless if social consequence) nor eat after 4 except <400 cal after exercise
3. indicate to my body things are ok unless they are (e.g. avoid unnecessary physical risks, given my injuries)
4. add to the noise

When an effort to focus on the first four fails, I shall (controlled fall):

1. Read and listen to books and podcasts, including in Spanish/German
2. Play and listen to music and dance
3. Write and compose and clean and produce, without expectation of great impact on others
4. Pray, meditate, stretch, sit in silence

Concrete measurable goals – my rites of passage – are on my wall.

• Athelete: Physical standards.
  • Complete all of the following in the same day
    • <11 min 2 mile run
      • Or <12 min if on trails with turns/elevation/mud/rocks
    • <56 sec 400 meter dash
    • 20 pullups continuous
    • With 40 pound dumbbell in each hand, with <20 seconds rest between sets:
      • 20 military press
      • 20 inclined bench press (about 15 degrees)
      • 20 bench press
      • 20 inclined bench press (about -15 degrees)
  • In addition, commit everyday to minimum
    • 50 situps, 20 face pulls, barefoot exercises for foot strength, and movement in coronal plane (agility work, not just sagittal plane).
      • Excused if an injury worsens.
    • Minimal screen time until at work/after being outside >5 min.

• Engineer: Academic pursuits outside of work. No timeline since work is long hours and unpredictable. Read through all of
  • Fundamentals of power electronics
  • Principles of power electronics
  • Electromagnetic compatibility and engineering
  • Electric motors and drives
  • Analog circuits for communication
  • MIT 8.04
  • MIT 8.09
  • MIT 18.354
  • A thermodynamics/thermal physics book

• Part of a community: Responsibility to family and friends:
  • No explicit commitments worth writing here, but I will be kind to and call and visit my family and friends.