New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s Resolutions 2019
At the beginning of every year I establish a list of goals (or New Year’s resolutions) for the coming calendar year. I post this list on my blog and social media as a means of holding myself accountable. I recommend this to everyone. I’ve been engaged in this process since 2010, and I am convinced…
Read MoreResolution update: 2018 in review
Every month, I report on the progress of my yearly goals in an attempt to hold myself accountable. Here are the results for December and for 2018 as a whole. I’ll be posting my goals for 2019 tomorrow. In 2018, I completed 22 of 44 goals for a success rate of 50%. This is slightly…
Read MoreI engaged with celebrity culture for a month. Here is what I discovered.
One of my 2018 goals is this: Select three behaviors that I am opposed to and adopt them for one week, then write about my experiences on the blog. During the month of October, at the suggestion of a reader, I spent at least 15 minutes every morning reading the TMZ website in an attempt…
Read MoreTime to set some goals for 2019. And perhaps a goal or two for me, too.
As the New Year approaches, you will undoubted see and read many articles on why New Year’s resolutions never work and are best avoided. It’s a trope that media outlets love to roll out at the end of December. It’s nonsense. New Year’s resolutions (and goal setting in general) work for those who are actually…
Read MoreResolution update: November 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. My left ear has been filled with fluid since a plane flight two weeks ago. My doc says it should clear in another week of so, and it’s not life threatening. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I gained another pound in November, so now I’m 10 pounds down and 10 pounds…
Read MoreResolution Update: October 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Healthy as an ox. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I lost 12 pounds at the peak of my illness, then gained back 6 pounds as I started to eat again. Then I gained another 6 pounds, so now I’m 11 pounds down and 9 pounds from the goal. 3. Eat…
Read MoreResolution update: September 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. I’ve had a cold that lasted the entire month of September (and I’m still a little sick), but it didn’t kill me. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I lost 12 pounds at the peak of my illness, then gained back 6 pounds as I started to eat again. I’m now 17…
Read MoreResolution update: August 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Still alive and amazing. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I gained a pound in August. I’m now 11 pounds down and 9 from the goal. 3. Eat at least three servings of fruits and/or vegetables per day. I had three servings of fruits and/or vegetables on 20 of 31 days…
Read MoreResolution update: July 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Still alive. Feel fantastic. 2. Lose 20 pounds. Stuck at 12 pounds lost. 3. Eat at least three servings of fruits and/or vegetables per day. I had three servings of fruits and/or vegetables on 22 of 31 days in July. Worst month so far. 4. Do at least 100 push-ups,…
Read MoreResolution update: June 2018
We’ve reached the end of June. The halfway point of the year. In addition to updating the goals on a monthly basis, I’ll be projecting the likelihood of my success for each of my goals. PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Feel fantastic. The tube was removed from my ear in June, and I’m swimming, running,…
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