Goals and Resolutions

[gnat23]

Me? I love resolutions. I love stupid long term goals, even if it something like "laugh at the kitties every day" or "fix my credit". I don't beat myself up if I don't make it, and Jan 1st is just convenient as a time to reset everything.

For 2010:
- Look hot in a bikini (14-16% bodyfat, or dropping those last 15 pounds)Nope. In fact, I *gained*

Comments

[sparklydevil]

I look very forward to following your tri training. I will live vicariously through you until I get the courage to get on a bike ;)

AND YAY GETTING MARRIED!

Your resolutions

[ext_380560]

You continue to inspire me. I'm following you more often on twitter and fb these days, but just wanted to visit your LJ to say that when the New Year rolled around, I knew I had to read Gnat's new resolutions. It's an annual ritual.

By the way, if you participate in the Amgen tour this year, it is coming once again to Paso Robles (my new adorable town since I left LA a year ago.) Look me up. I still want to buy you a beer.

Re: Your resolutions

[gnat23]

Ah yay, thanks for following along!

I don't know if I'll be able to follow the whole Tour this year, but I'll keep an eye on the schedule and see if I can truck on down to at least split a bottle of wine with you!

[whittles]

I like your idea of habits rather than losing x pounds. Kind of harder to measure in the end, but nicer to you.

I'm still working on my uber list. It was a lot easier to do last year when I had come home off of a 10 day meditation retreat.

[gnat23]

The habits thing also hit me when I was thinking of a goal to "not get sick". So, what, get sniffly and fail? Rather, set up all the habits that contribute to staying healthy. Harder to track, yes.

Your list last year was beyond amazing. How far did you get on it?

[whittles]

You know, shit is so crazy in my world right now that I haven't even been able to look at that stuff. Will hopefully get to this weekend.

[jennconspiracy]

I'm pretty sure you already look hot in a bikini; 14-16% body fat on a woman is ridiculously low and you'd probably stop having periods and be trying out for weight lifting competitions.

How do you do the net worth thing? What kind of job do you have again? I know I'm doing something wrong - still paying student loans at 41 and my net worth is -25K, I don't own a house or car, just a 6 year old motorcycle and 18 year old mountain bike.

I've always wanted to do a triathlon but all these damned sports injuries keep getting in the way!

This year - you can come visit me in Oakland and make salads from my garden. I have some super spicy feral arugula, parsley, kale, mustard & red leaf lettuce out there right now...

[gnat23]

No worries about the getting "too low" on bodyfat, I will know. Current goal is about 19% and is more related to being fast on a bike than to look good. If I do end up looking good in a bikini, it will be a great side effect!

The net worth was pretty easy working with http://www.mint.com. I set up budgets for various categories, paid off my car, snowballed my debt, then increased my 401K contributions with every pay raise. I didn't have any student loans, so I guess that's cheating in a way, but now I have a damn house mortgage to do something with, so eh.

What sort of sports injuries are you fighting? :-(

[jennconspiracy]

I guess my *first* mistake was moving in with a boyfriend in college; I wouldn't have nearly as much student loan debt if I had not been supporting him. I took out student loans to cover our rent and expenses - we lived together 7 years; though Ohio had common law marriage, Louisiana did not - and when I left, I took all the debt (about $66K). He's currently approaching 50 and living back at his mom's house, unemployed (probably drinking beer, smoking pall malls and playing video games like he did when I was in school & working