The ball has dropped in Times Square, the peach fell in downtown Atlanta, we drank our champaign and we watched the debacle of Kathy Griffin with Anderson Cooper. It's now time to start a new year and, with the strike of midnight, get to work on some resolutions. Mine?
(1) I'd like to blog more. I don't have anything mind blowing or groundbreaking to say, but it's a nice way to connect with people and also put on the digital record thoughts I have throughout the year. So far, I'm doing ok with this resolution.
(2) I'd like to travel in 2009. We came off of a 2007 with trips to Florida, New York, Boston, Vermont and I also got to go to the Bahamas. In 2008 we went to... um... well... Chicago. To visit family. Not that there's anything wrong with Chicago (I love the city!), but it would be nice to take some vacations (i.e. Gabriel-free trips) in 2009. At a minimum we'd better fly up to Bloomington, IL for our (gasp!) ten year reunion at Illinois Wesleyan in October.
(3) I'd like to bike more. I actually did pretty well on the biking front in 2008; I logged around 400-500 miles on my road bike and a couple hundred on my mountain bike last year, I just didn't have much consistency. For 2009 I want to participate in a century ride.
(4) I'd like to do a better job keeping up with friends. I know it's a cliche, but time really does fly, and it's really easy to go 6, 9, 12 months without talking, emailing or IM'ing friends.
(5) I need to take the bull by the horns at work this year. It's not like I coasted last year (that's for sure!), but I'm used to setting aggressive professional goals and working hard to hit them. Last year was generally nebulous on the goals front, so I want to make sure I establish some and achieve them.
(6) Speaking of work, I'd like to start leading and inspiring more than managing. This might just be my perception (meaning this resolution has already been met!), but I feel that I spend too much time being a manager and not enough time being a leader of my team. The best teams I've been on in my career all had some inspiring people at the helm, and I want to create a similar atmosphere for the people that work for me.
(7) With all this energy I'll be expending at work, I need to start spending more energy on tackling home projects. I'm not necessarily the most handy guy, but there are small projects around the house that need finishing. It's far easier to spend time at home in front of the TV or Xbox or reading, but these projects won't finish themselves.
(8) Finally, I'd like to surprise my wife more in 2009. Perhaps I'll come home with a cool tattoo or a navel piercing or something. Or maybe just flowers. :)
Well, readers (all 2 of you), there you have it... What do you think? Are these achieveable? Please keep me honest in 2009 and, if you have time, let me know what your resolutions might be!
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