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Kekekekeke ^____^ 12-24-08<\/p><\/div>\n
Last year’s resolutions:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Body: Will continue to eat in a manner that is mostly healthy as I do now and improve when I can, continue improving my fitness, and work on reaching my goal weight, whatever that ends up being, in 2009.\u00a0 While I\u2019ll always work on improving my muscles and endurance, I\u2019d like to get to the point where the scale is just a double check a few times a week that I\u2019m not way off track, and food journals are a thing of the past, by the end of 2009.<\/p>\n
Did I do it?\u00a0 …sorta.\u00a0 I’m more into measuring my progress by my running pace, and how my jeans fit now.\u00a0 150-ish was not what I envisioned my goal weight, but it’s where my body wants to be.\u00a0 So there.\u00a0 I am no longer food tracking, and I’m only weighing about 1-2 times per week.\u00a0 If you don’t count these two weeks of vacation, at least 80% of what I eat, I consider a healthy diet.\u00a0 So I’m pretty happy.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 Fitness: I will do at least one new exercise-y thing a month.\u00a0 This cannot include running, DDR, yoga, traditional weights, or Cybil the arc trainer.\u00a0 By the end of the year, I would like to transition 1-2 days per week to something like dance classes or volleyball or some other competitive sport OR seriously start training distance running\/triathalons.\u00a0 By my 30th birthday, I need to pick ONE of these to focus on and concentrate on it (and make ancillary resolutions\/goals based on what I pick).\u00a0 I guess what I\u2019m trying to say is to start working out for a reason that is not just to make the scale go down.<\/p>\n
Did I do it?\u00a0 …well, I didn’t do this exactly, but I definitely went into the year exercising solely for weight loss, and now I approach it as a sport.\u00a0 If someone told me that running would never take another pound off me at the beginning of the year, I would have probably stopped.\u00a0 Now, I could honestly say I would continue.\u00a0 I think that’s what I was really going for here, and mission accomplished.\u00a0 I also got a bike and rode it a bit, tried dance, zumba, roller skated, did some diving and swimming, and rediscovered my love for circuits.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 Soul: I will pick something creative and establish a plan by my birthday to complete a concrete goal by the end of the year.\u00a0 Decide if I\u2019m going to pursue writing (maybe actually giving a novel or book of some sort a go), songwriting\/recording, pick up drawing\/painting again, acting, or work on selling my necklaces.\u00a0 Maybe take up web design and flesh out this site into a pretty one like I used to do and really give blogging a go beyond just using this for personal theraputic purposes.\u00a0 Realize that I need to pick ONE of these and focus on it or I\u2019ll feel as lost as I did in 2008.<\/p>\n
Did I do it?\u00a0 …eh.\u00a0 I tried to do the etsy thing and never got off the ground.\u00a0 I tried to write a novel and got about 30k words in and threw a tantrum.\u00a0 This blog is still just my soapbox.\u00a0 I drew a christmas card for Zliten, but that’s about it.\u00a0 That’s ok.\u00a0 I at least stuck my toe into the waters here, that’s at least half credit, right?<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Get married sometime this year!\u00a0 That\u2019s about all there is to say on this one\u2026<\/p>\n
…hey, 100% there.\u00a0 Next!<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 Allow work to be on the back burner one more year. Of course, be open and receptive to any wonderful opportunities that fall into my lap, but work on enriching my personal life and hobbies instead of focusing on promotions, raises, extra responsibility, etc. Realize that having a 40 hour per week stable job right now that I can pretty much just leave at the office when I walk out the door is a blessing that is giving me opportunities to further the work on my body, fitness, and soul.<\/p>\n
…hey, 100% there as well.\u00a0 Maybe even too much sometimes, tee hee.<\/p>\n
All, in all, not bad. It was a rough year in some aspects – shakeups at work, a lot of uncertainty with Zliten’s unemployment stuff, extreme frustration with my lack of weight loss.\u00a0 However, I still have a job at a company with an awesome, successful, and stable product.\u00a0 I made huge strides in my running, completing a half marathon and improving my pace at both slow and fast distances all year.\u00a0 Zliten got a job in the industry right when it was looking grim.\u00a0 We still own our house and make mortgage and the “oh crap” fund is still there.\u00a0 We’re making it.\u00a0 2009 was not the best year ever, but it wasn’t so bad.<\/p>\n
So what’s up for 2010?<\/p>\n
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Need more fiber, apparently. 12-24-09<\/p><\/div>\n
1.\u00a0 This is the most important and different one for me – for one year, I am going to not attempt to lose weight.\u00a0 As long as I maintain under 155, I’m going to put any pressure on myself to take off weight.\u00a0 I’m going to focus on my running, and continuing to eat healthy.\u00a0 This break really put into perspective how healthy I usually eat – I’m not eating horribly at all, but I’ve been feeling blech from eating not homecooked food for most meals and the sweet crap around the house (popcorn, almond roca, truffles, etc etc).\u00a0 Now, if I *do* take off weight somehow, I’m not going to be opposed to it, but the biggest present I’m giving to myself this year is the gift of stepping on the scale, and not wanting to be less than I am, for once in my life.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 Running – I want to do a half marathon in under 2 hours, and I want to run a full marathon (no pace goal, just run the whole thing… well, who am I kidding, I’ll have a pace goal by the time I finish training, but anyhoo…) this year.\u00a0 After that, decide what’s next.\u00a0 Martial arts?\u00a0 Triathlons?\u00a0 More marathons?\u00a0 Ultras?\u00a0 Also, I want to make sure to not forget stretching and yoga.\u00a0 That’s when I start getting injured like I am now with hurty butt.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 I will dedicate 6 hours per week to writing, revising, reading other books, or outlining.\u00a0 I want to finish what I started for NaNoWriMo, and then move on to another one.\u00a0 It would be peachy keen if I could do some necklaces, I would love to start songwriting, but I think this is my year of writing.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 I’m not sure exactly what I want to say here, but I want to figure out what’s next career-wise.\u00a0 I have spent the last few years keeping my head down and trying to stay out of the way so I can support the creatives, get my check, and go on my way.\u00a0 That is SO not me.\u00a0 I can’t continue to do that forever.\u00a0 I might not have the ability to get what I want just yet, but I want to have a direction by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 Some one liners: Travel outside the country.\u00a0 Be more spontaneous.\u00a0 Continue to whittle down my smoking.\u00a0 Try something new with my hair.\u00a0 Continue to draw things out of the magic hat.\u00a0 Host some game nights at the house.\u00a0\u00a0 Attempt to keep a cleaner house so it’s not embarrassing when someone comes over unannounced.\u00a0 Do more industry events and get over my boredom with networking for networking sake.\u00a0 Play more games.\u00a0 Continue to live a life where I can have at least ONE memorable thing I do each month (2009 has many more than 1 per month, but that’s my absolute minimum requirement).<\/p>\n
So there, it looks like I have a lot to do, so I best get crackin’.\u00a0 How was your 2009?\u00a0 What are you most looking forward to in 2010?\u00a0 What is your biggest resolution or goal for the next year?<\/p>\n
Happy New Years, and I’ll see ya on the other side…<\/p>\n