VB's 2009 Resolutions

There is an adage that telling people about your goals and objectives is positively correlated with their attainment. Why is this so? Without any research of any kind, my sense is that the simple acting of sharing our goals keeps us honest and on path to achieving them. After all, who wants to be questioned about things they fail to do? Generally speaking, I would suggest that nobody likes to be reminded of their failure to attain a targeted objected.

With the above in mind, I have opted to draw a line in the sand and throw out my resolutions/objectives for the upcoming year. I will follow up once monthly with an update to keep myself on track. While a little unnerving, the fact that nobody is likely to read the blog gives me great comfort – haha!

So, without further ado, here we go.

Skill Building / Enhancing Objectives

•Reconnect with my French
•Aggressively study Mandarin Chinese
•Take a Latin dancing class
•Take a sommelier course
•Get my PADI license
•Improve my salesmanship

Athletic Objectives

•Run a sub 4:15 marathon
•Play league volleyball again
•1200 calories a week - no exceptions!

Mental Objectives

•Solve the Rubik’s cube
•Learn about carbon financing
•Build another Advent Calendar Quiz

Relationships

•Appreciate the time people afford me – after, they don’t have to!
•Connect more genuinely with people – avoid surperficial interactions
•Judge less – I know not what everyone has and/or is going through

Personal Development

•Live in the present - the past is but traces of memory and the future a projection of thoughts
•Write my obtituary
•Make mistakes and grow from them
•Finish The Black Swan – I’ve tried 3 times
•Visit Asia - see at least one new country

Giving Back

•Donate to at least 4 more KIVA projects this year
•Help charter the New Generations Rotary Club

Misc.

•Build an emergency kit for the home!
•Develop at least 1 $1000 a month idea.


So, will I be successful? Who knows! But I know I won't be if I don't try!

That is My Two Cents for the day.