This may be a long and boring one.
Since I tend to set goals from birthday to birthday (not by calendar year), I’m long overdue for reviewing last year’s goal progress, and setting goals for this year. Part of the procrastination is that I don’t feel like introspecting for hours on end to determine how I did and what I want to do this year.
Review
My goals last year were to:
- Be healthy.
- Be thoughtful.
- Be self-confident & self-content.
Be healthy.
Not bad. I got into exercise, but that waned once Alex came around. I did some weights at the gym, and I got a lot of running in. I ran a 5K and a 5M run. I did a 14M run on my own. I started doing yoga at the gym, which I really liked. I’m eating healthier, both in what I eat, when I eat, and how I eat. My allergies are under control. I deal better with the outdoors. I didn’t unicycle, bike, or juggle much. We canoed on the Charles once. At one point I was able to touch my toes, but no longer. I didn’t even get close to my weight goal… in fact, I’m currently 20 pounds above it.
Be thoughtful.
Getting better, but still needs a lot of work. But… but… but… I have to be careful not to over-analyse.
Be self-confident & self-content.
Also getting better… but still needs work. I want to be somewhat more zen about it.
Other
Other little things I wanted to do:
- Financial Goals: We did OK at being good savers.
- Technical / Career Goals: Didn’t really learn any new technologies or read any techie or management books.
- Go Swimming: Eh… didn’t work out.
- Photography: I didn’t focus on this much, either taking pictures, displaying pictures, or manipulating pictures.
- Poker: This hobby fell by the wayside too.
- Minor Tasks: Got a bunch of tasks done such as staining our bookshelf, buying some pocketbook bookshelves, etc.
- Opportunistic Goals: A bunch of goals that I considered but decided against putting effort into. If they happened, they happened. If they didn’t, they didn’t. The only goal I achieved in this category was a cousin for my nephew.
This Year
I think last year’s goals still fit this year… the only additional goal I’d consider is:
- Be happy.
Alex is a big help with that, but sometimes I think the lack of sleep masks how happy I am. Plus, let’s face it… I tend to be Eyore-ish anyway. I’m not sure that’s something I want to change.