So, about those New Years' Resolutions...
Aug. 2nd, 2008 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
samaritan1975
... how well am I keeping up? I went back and found the post, and am copying them here with updates...
1) Lose weight. Pushing 200 lbs. and unknown BMI. End of year goal: 180, 12-15% BMI. Given that only two or three years ago I was 175 and 6% BMI, it's not impossible. Yeah, not so much. Been really horrible about this. Still about 190.
2) Workout 3x or more a week. This includes running; at least 45 minutes a session. Ditto.
3) Eat better. Fast food no more than once a week. Cut down sugar/sweet intake. Drink more water. More veggies. A little better.
4) Pay off the credit card. A lot of it is car maintenance (actually, that's like 75% of it), Xmas shopping, or house improvements. Goal is August (my birthmonth). This will require me to either be promoted, or to pick up that second job I've been talking about. This leads me to... Less of a balance; was paid off shortly, but certain expenses mandated using it. Still, it's 1/4 of what it was.
5) Professional growth. I have my MBA. I'm fairly smart. I'm a hard worker. And dammit, I deserve to be able to do right by my family. New job or promotion into managerial ranks. Goal: ASAP. Done, as of June 1st.
6) Read more books. Fiction, poetry, it matters not. I read 4 books from start to finish this year (the trilogy of Howard's Conan books, and the Neverending Story). Goal: Read- Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, and one other book by mid-year (avg: 1/2 months). Read the first two; never got to that third book.
7) Buy/rent no more new DVDs until we've watched all the ones we've got. I think we've bought... 3 DVDs since the start of the year. So, not a bad way to cut back. We've taken to renting via RedBox, which is a good deal cheaper than Blockbuster.
8) Organize all of my pics on my hard drive. Goal: June. Done.
9) Sort through those boxes in the garage/clean up the garage. Goal: March (weather permitting, so perhaps a summer month would be more realistic, but we'll see). Not even started yet.
10) Finish up the new bathroom. Goal: April. Done as of today (trim work notwithstanding).
10) Shred the papers I've been meaning to shred. Goal: February. Not even started.
11) Revamp and complete my website. Goal: End of year. Done one part, specifically for the campaign I'm in.
12) Write more. Other than LJ. I mean 'real writing', with regard to a story, or my poetry book project. Goal: Submissions of fiction or poetry to appropriate media by August. Writing more, but no submissions yet.
13) 1 character per game. I'm going to keep to the idea of making up a character for every game I have. Goal: End of year. Haven't started yet, but am brainstorming.
2) Workout 3x or more a week. This includes running; at least 45 minutes a session. Ditto.
3) Eat better. Fast food no more than once a week. Cut down sugar/sweet intake. Drink more water. More veggies. A little better.
4) Pay off the credit card. A lot of it is car maintenance (actually, that's like 75% of it), Xmas shopping, or house improvements. Goal is August (my birthmonth). This will require me to either be promoted, or to pick up that second job I've been talking about. This leads me to... Less of a balance; was paid off shortly, but certain expenses mandated using it. Still, it's 1/4 of what it was.
5) Professional growth. I have my MBA. I'm fairly smart. I'm a hard worker. And dammit, I deserve to be able to do right by my family. New job or promotion into managerial ranks. Goal: ASAP. Done, as of June 1st.
6) Read more books. Fiction, poetry, it matters not. I read 4 books from start to finish this year (the trilogy of Howard's Conan books, and the Neverending Story). Goal: Read- Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, and one other book by mid-year (avg: 1/2 months). Read the first two; never got to that third book.
7) Buy/rent no more new DVDs until we've watched all the ones we've got. I think we've bought... 3 DVDs since the start of the year. So, not a bad way to cut back. We've taken to renting via RedBox, which is a good deal cheaper than Blockbuster.
8) Organize all of my pics on my hard drive. Goal: June. Done.
9) Sort through those boxes in the garage/clean up the garage. Goal: March (weather permitting, so perhaps a summer month would be more realistic, but we'll see). Not even started yet.
10) Finish up the new bathroom. Goal: April. Done as of today (trim work notwithstanding).
10) Shred the papers I've been meaning to shred. Goal: February. Not even started.
11) Revamp and complete my website. Goal: End of year. Done one part, specifically for the campaign I'm in.
12) Write more. Other than LJ. I mean 'real writing', with regard to a story, or my poetry book project. Goal: Submissions of fiction or poetry to appropriate media by August. Writing more, but no submissions yet.
13) 1 character per game. I'm going to keep to the idea of making up a character for every game I have. Goal: End of year. Haven't started yet, but am brainstorming.
