Resolutions
Wow, does anyone still read this thing anymore? It feels as if all my blogging mojo migrated to facebook or my public China blog.
2008 was quite the year for me. A lot of stuff happened to make me rethink relationships with friends and family and the world.
How did I do on last year's resolutions? Pretty good, I think. Unsurprisingly, I'm much happier with how I punctuate. I made decent progress at sharing praise and acknowledgment (I get kudos on this at work, but need to do better in my personal life). Surprisingly, I made quite a bit of progress on the "work angst" goals: living in China and a recent experience with death has helped me gain a lot more perspective on the (lack of) importance that work should have in my life.
With that in mind, here's my 2009 resolutions:
This year's resolutions are quite ambitious, so I'm a bit nervous about next year's progress report. Wish me luck!
2008 was quite the year for me. A lot of stuff happened to make me rethink relationships with friends and family and the world.
How did I do on last year's resolutions? Pretty good, I think. Unsurprisingly, I'm much happier with how I punctuate. I made decent progress at sharing praise and acknowledgment (I get kudos on this at work, but need to do better in my personal life). Surprisingly, I made quite a bit of progress on the "work angst" goals: living in China and a recent experience with death has helped me gain a lot more perspective on the (lack of) importance that work should have in my life.
With that in mind, here's my 2009 resolutions:
- Strengthen relationships with friends and family. More frank talk, more hanging out.
- Dance. I got into lindy hopping while I was in Beijing. I don't want that to stop when I go home (even though the community there is more diffuse and scary).
- Exercise. Living abroad was really challenging for my exercise schedule. I'd like to reincorporate exercise into my daily life, and get my body fat percentage back to its pre-China level.
- Volunteer at a hospital. In 2008, I spent more time in hospitals than I'd ever expected to. Those places do great work, and they don't get the help they deserve.
- Start my journaling project. I have a private journal-writing project that I'd like to get started before my memories fade. Some of the entries may make their way into a public forum, but I expect most of them will not.
This year's resolutions are quite ambitious, so I'm a bit nervous about next year's progress report. Wish me luck!