2009 Resolutions - January Check In

With today being February 1, 2009, it is time to check in an see how I am doing with my New Year's Resolutions. This is when things get really ugly as there is nowhere to hide. This is when I get to see first hand how the best of intentions mean absolutely nothing at the end of the day if they are not followed up with action.

With 1/12 of the year under my belt, in theory, I should be at least 1/12 of the way toward reaching any goal truly is tangible. For the more abstract resolutions, things will be far more subjective. For each resolution, I have provided my assessment of my own progress and I have also listed my sense of a next step to address the situation.

As the list below suggests, I clearly have MUCH work to do. Welcome February, I look forward to getting to know you!

Here we go:

• Reconnecting with French - 5%

Language exchange + chats with French friends

• Mandarin - 0%

Post ad for tutor

Read 10 minutes per day

• Latin Dancing - 0%

Find course

• Sommelier Course - 0%

Sign up for next semester

• PADI License - 0%

Acquire before trip

• Salesmanship - 0%
  
• Run a sub 4:15 Marathon - 0%

Downlard Running Room Program and Start

• League Vball - 100%
  
• 1200 Calories a week - 86%

4050 calories for the month. Vball killed my quads initially, but now all is good. Time to kick it up a notch. Last year overall I was short 1000 calories .. not this year, especially with the marathon in June.

• Solve Rubik's Cube - 15%

Keep playing with it

• Learn Carbon Financing - 0%

Find a good resource and read about it

• Build Advent Calendar Quiz - 0%

Find one question per month

• Appreciate time afforded me - 0%

Still a bit preoccupied and not fully in the moment

• Connect with people - 50%

Better eye contact, better focus, and better listening

• Judge less - 100%

Judging very litte - appreciating that people come from different circumstances

• Live in the present - 10%

The past is simply traces of memory, the future projections of thoughts - only the Now is real

• Write my obituary - 0%

Read obits

• Make mistakes; grow from them - 100%

Carry on with messing up and learning

• Finish Black Swan - 1%

Finish by March or take on trip

• Visit Asia - 2 new countries - 20%

Firm up dates

• Donate to 4 move KIVA projects - 0%

Find one project this quarter

• Help Charter New Generations - 100%

Keep efforts ongoing

• $1000 a month idea - 10%

Explore blogging

• Emergency Kit for home - 0%

Source list and buy materials


Sadly, that is my 2 cents for the day!