New Years Resolutions - Again

            A year ago I posted the following, I wonder how I have done? 

            Goals for 2017

•  Give myself six hours per week, to go to the gym, walk on the treadmill, the elliptical, swim, ride a bike, take a hike, or take an unnecessary walk. 
• Continue to seek organization in my life, the other closet and the bookcase in my bedroom need to be sorted through this year.  I will feel better for having done that. 
• Set aside $20 a week out of my "spending money" to buy myself indulgences.  
• Deliver a surprise, a random act of kindness to someone, at least once per month. 
• To be humble and give others credit. 
• To think seriously about what I want to do with the last quarter of my career. It is not so much about legacy, as it is about doing work that I find rewarding in the here and now.
• Add a personal day, into at least one of the three work trips I have planned for this year.
• Blog every day.
• Check at least one item off of the list of things I'd like to do before I die. 
• Have more music in my life.  

How I have done in 2017

• I have made it to the gym 4-6 times per week, I have gone out got long walks.  I am a little nervous about riding bikes. 
• I have added some organization, I have also added a bunch of stuff from Mom and Dad's house.  
• Setting aside cash worked, I rewarded myself with a Nikon DSLR. 
• I forget to be kind often enough. 
• I have actively working on humility and giving credit.  
• I still have no clue what I want to be when I grow up, but I am thinking seriously about the end of my current work in less than a decade.  
• I added a couple of day stop over in Arizona, to my business trip in November (and a day in Detroit for a memorial service on the way out.) 
• Blog every day, mission accomplished. 
• While in Florida waiting for mom to die, I took an air-boat ride, check one off the list. 
• I have become a nearly daily listener to Amazon streaming music, in the office and at home.  

So what are my resolutions for 2018. 

• Continue my gym time
• Add a couple of personal days, to at least one of my work trips
• Continue to explore what I want to do when I grow up
• Read 25 books
• Create a top 10 list for post retirement 
• Get the house in Lexington ready to sell and start consolidating the house into the Condo
• Plan a real vacation 
• Reach out to reconnect with family   

What are your top five goals for 2018?