I'm convinced 2024 has to be better. I'm not sure how it's going to go with not much planned, but, I will figure it out.

1. REPEAT: Be able to do 10 pull-ups by the end of the year. I was doing well in the beginning of 2023, so let's try this again. I would also like to get back down to at least 105lbs, but it would be nice to be under 102lbs.

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Ah my yearly tradition...

So 2023, in my opinion, was not great. A lot happened. There were a lot of emotions. There are still a lot of emotions.

We learned early in 2023 that Gary's daughter was pregnant. While she is old enough to make her own decisions now, and I'm sure she will find a way around any obstacle that comes with being a young mom ( Read more... )

I accomplished quite a lot this past year. I kept myself busy and I tried to be as adventurous as possible. There's still so much I want to do and experience. Let's see if we can make 2023 better than 2022...

1. Be able to do 10 pull-ups by the end of the year. In 2020 I managed to get into really great shape and I was able to do maybe 8? I have ( Read more... )

So 2022 felt like the longest year ever. I think more in a good way though. I did SO MUCH, and when I look back, I forget that it was all done in this one year. There were only 2 months this year in which I did not travel out of state, July and November. Wild. The world seemed to get more back to normal this year which was nice, but also not nice ( Read more... )

Happy New Year everyone!

So 2021 was terrible, we even lost Betty White just before her 100th birthday. Covid did not end and is actually surging even worse now more than ever, but I'm optimistic that this is the beginning of the end. It's a bit milder now and maybe it will continue to weaken, so maybe my goals can stretch a little more. I stayed ( Read more... )

So 2021, in my opinion, was worse than 2020. Maybe it didn't have the anxiety or the paralyzing fear of an unknown virus like 2020, but it just wasn't a really good year. Many people left our lives (and NOT from Covid), and many of them left too soon. Although I am grateful for health, and that I am still working from home, and for all the good ( Read more... )

Alright, I'm so ready for a new year. 2020 was difficult, filled with changes and challenges, but also adventures. I'm ready to make 2021 more adventurous and to try new things. However, I'm very aware that Covid isn't going to magically disappear after tonight. My goals have been curbed so they are more attainable during the (hopefully) ending ( Read more... )

So, that was fun. I ended my goals for 2020 with "I feel good about 2020, even though I'm starting it with a fairly bad illness." I also recall almost getting into a fight with some jerky guy at the casino just after midnight. All that should've been a sign of things to come.

However, 2020 wasn't all bad. A lot of good things came out of it, if we ( Read more... )

Thinking of goals felt a little difficult this time around. Maybe because I'm sick. Maybe because 2019 went by too fast and I'm ill prepared for the new year to start. Maybe because I actually accomplished some things last year? Meh. Well, here's what I came up with:

1. Many may yell at me for this, but I intend to get down to my normal weight of ( Read more... )

So 2019 was pretty cool, at least most of it was. I think I did more traveling in the first 6 months than I did in all of 2018. I also FINALLY put in the new floor in my living room! Towards the second half of the year I sustained a pretty serious injury that thwarted some of my travel plans and set me back in some of my fitness progress. But no ( Read more... )