Sunday, December 31, 2017

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?

7 comments:

  1. Congrats on your goals!!!! I myself don't really do resolutions or have set goals. The one thing I always tell myself though, every year is to have fun and live and enjoy the most of each day. "Life is a banquet, and some sorry suckers are starving to death."

    Happy New Year to you Penguin
    🎈✨🎆🎇🍸🕛

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  2. HNY 2018 to you & sweet bear!

    no goals here, just wake up each day alive and ready to kick some ass!

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  3. I've resolved never to do resolutions, New Year's or otherwise. No point in setting myself up for failure! My husband always says "Everyday above ground is a good one." I always restrain myself from hitting him upside his head with my iron skillet! We were made for each other :)

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  4. Happy happy New Years to you! Sorry we missed each on]their this year with my families change in plans. May our paths cross one day soon. My best to you both!

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  5. good for you!
    I would also suggest some rolling down grass hills - still quite salubrious for ones health.

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