What are we were for

On the blog that is. The bigger question can wait.
I have been ticking stuff off lists for as long as I can remember. From school all the way through college and then work. In my family life and career. I have tried out as many different effectiveness techniques as you care to name and so I decided to write a bit about my efforts. This might help me to be more effective and also might give somebody else a few pointers.
To start with I am going to go through the 7 habits - I read this book years ago and have reread it a few times. I have a few of the derivatives of this book as well - first things first and the like. I have always been a big fan of Dr. Covey, so I am going to apply one of the habits per week for 7 weeks. See how I get on.
The first one is Be Proactive.
Not much more to be said about that. Everyone knows what it means and agrees that its a good thing. I decided on this approach last night and since then I have exercised (a brisk walk, but better than nothing), done some reading, practiced some programming (I do this for a living, but the stuff I am practicing at home is Android development. I want to program my phone.) and a bunch of other chores around the house. Remember this was only done between getting home from work and going to bed, so not a bad result for a first day. I will count yesterday as day one of be proactive.
After I get through the 7 (presumptive I know, but I have high hopes) I will go on to some of the other authors and presenters that have inspired me.