While 2018 wasn’t a total waste of a year, I feel like I
could have done more with it. True, I
probably traveled more this year than at any other time in my life and I
started (and finished some) projects around the house. Still, I did not take care of my health and
now, as I enter 2019 I’m achy and low on energy all the time. This is, of course, my own fault.
Many things leading up to this year had led to bad
habits. Disappointments cause me to
drink too much for my age and lost battles caused me to give up the fight in
many areas where I shouldn’t have. I
didn’t pay attention to my diet and most of the time I was either too busy or
too tired to attend to the maintenance of my fitness. I haven’t gotten fat but I have gotten soft
and now I need to reverse course before it’s too late.
This is not who I characteristically am so this year I’m
going back in search of my true self.
I’m not perfect. I
have craven desires and low willpower and I’m prone to negativity but I used to
be able to push through all of that and stay true to doing what is right for
myself. Today, I’m creating this blog as both a means of keeping myself honest
towards my goals as well as a place to blow off steam.
2019 Goals
- · Drink less and only on the weekends
- · Stay at or below my daily caloric intake on a day to day basis
- · Create a weekly budget and stick to it
- · Finish remodeling the house below budget
- · Create and maintain a weekly exercise routine that fits within the confines of my limited schedule but still achieves results
- · Start practicing guitar again
While some of these goals will likely change, and new ones
will be added as time progresses, this is the skeletal framework around which I
wish to build my life in 2019. I’m old
enough to know that not everything will work out but I feel that putting them
in writing now, and reporting on my progress here a few times a week will help
keep me true to my better intentions.
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