last years resolutions+me=??

i've been drafting this blog in my head for a week or so now, but just now getting a chance to write it. another new year is upon us. in general, i don't really care that it is a new year. i don't really celebrate at midnight on january 1st like most of the rest of the world. partly because i find it weird that i get to start a new year 3 hours before my best friend does. i understand about time difference, earth rotation and what not, but it is still weird to watch people start their new year both before and after i do. so instead of doing that, i go to bed. if i'm awake at midnight it is because whoever shoots off fireworks and guns in my neighborhood as woke me up.

but the one new years tradition i do fall in line with is new years resolutions. i think self-improvement is important and what better way to motivate self-improvement but new years resolutions. i've been hit or miss about them over the past few years, but having them written down somewhere people can see them has helped me a try a little harder this last year.

to recap, last year i wanted to run a 5k in less than 30 minutes, weigh less than i did at the start of the year (203lbs) and read 100 books (with a bunch of smaller goals under that). i only achieved one of those goals...i read more than 100 books, around 125 in actuality. i haven't had a chance to go through the smaller goals and see how i did there, but the over all goal of 100 books was achieved. as for the other two, i'm not too sad about it. while i haven't run a 5k in less than 30 minutes, i have worked towards it steadily all year long. i've averaged 2 visits to the gym a week all year long so i'm now in the habit of going and working out on the cardio equipment. and after a break from running due to some latent tendonitis issues, i am back on the treadmill and actually making some good headway towards the goal of a 30 minute 5k. and the weight thing, well in all honesty, i didn't try so hard on this one, basically i didn't try at all. unfortunately, i weigh more than i did at the start of the year. i really don't feel bad about that though.

so after last years rather poor attempt at self-improvement, i've come up with a new list of resolutions that hopefully i'll be able to accomplish this year.

but you'll get those in a different post as it is now time for me to go to work... :(