No excuses in 2008
Well, well, well. Another year gone. I can't believe that it's 2008 already. I'm not that sorry to see 2007 go. It wasn't a bad year, but I usually do better in even numbered years for some reason. Or maybe I'm just making that up. I like even numbers.
I also can't believe that we are almost a decade into the new milienium. How crazy.
I have a good feeling about 2008. I don't know why. I feel like it's going to be a good year for me. I hope I'm right. There's a lot about my life I would happily change right now if I had the power to do so. It's not something that can happen overnight though, these things take time. So without any further ado, here are my resolutions/goals for the great 2008:
1. Eat less cheese. Now here's my explanation for that one - even since I've gone vegetarian, I've been using cheese as a bit of a crutch instead of being responsible about my eating habits. Granted I'm eating a lot better than I was, but it's still a struggle to eat healthily sometimes. Just last week alone I must have had pizza 3 days in a row. Not good. So I won't cut out cheese entirely, but just be more careful that I'm eating it.
2. Get back on my gym schedule. I did really well going to the gym this year until my show in October. Shows always mess up my gym schedule. Since then, I've been lazy and haven't been going to the gym as much as I should. Which would be fine if I wasn't paying $60 a month for membership. This will not be a difficult resolution, I just need to do it and stop making excuses for not going.
3. Work from home at least 3 days a week or quit my job by this time next year. Utilizing the techniques from the "30 Day Challenge" and Tim Ferris' 4 Hour Work Week I will be become financially independent with my own online business and no longer need to work for a living. Then I can travel the world or do whatever I want to. Or conversely, use other techniques in 4HWW to cut back on my time in the office.
I'm going to stop there for now. That's a good start. I don't like to have too many resolutions because it's too hard to keep all of them up and I just set myself up for failure. I think these three are attainable and hard but not too hard. I'm fortunate that I don't have anything really hard to do, like quitting smoking or anything like that. I thought of a great resolution last night before I went to sleep but it seems to have slipped away. If it's as good as I think it was I'm sure it will come back to me.
Well anyways, I hope everyone has a terrific year in 2008. I like the New Year because it always seems like you can start afresh, like nothing from last year counts if you don't want it to. It's a new beginning, permission to do all those things you've always wanted to do but never did. I hope you all take it and run with it. I know I'm not old by a long stretch but with every year that passes I realize more and more how short life really is and how easy it is to put off those things that I want to do. I guess my overarching resolution is to not waste the time I've been given. No excuses in 2008.
I also can't believe that we are almost a decade into the new milienium. How crazy.
I have a good feeling about 2008. I don't know why. I feel like it's going to be a good year for me. I hope I'm right. There's a lot about my life I would happily change right now if I had the power to do so. It's not something that can happen overnight though, these things take time. So without any further ado, here are my resolutions/goals for the great 2008:
1. Eat less cheese. Now here's my explanation for that one - even since I've gone vegetarian, I've been using cheese as a bit of a crutch instead of being responsible about my eating habits. Granted I'm eating a lot better than I was, but it's still a struggle to eat healthily sometimes. Just last week alone I must have had pizza 3 days in a row. Not good. So I won't cut out cheese entirely, but just be more careful that I'm eating it.
2. Get back on my gym schedule. I did really well going to the gym this year until my show in October. Shows always mess up my gym schedule. Since then, I've been lazy and haven't been going to the gym as much as I should. Which would be fine if I wasn't paying $60 a month for membership. This will not be a difficult resolution, I just need to do it and stop making excuses for not going.
3. Work from home at least 3 days a week or quit my job by this time next year. Utilizing the techniques from the "30 Day Challenge" and Tim Ferris' 4 Hour Work Week I will be become financially independent with my own online business and no longer need to work for a living. Then I can travel the world or do whatever I want to. Or conversely, use other techniques in 4HWW to cut back on my time in the office.
I'm going to stop there for now. That's a good start. I don't like to have too many resolutions because it's too hard to keep all of them up and I just set myself up for failure. I think these three are attainable and hard but not too hard. I'm fortunate that I don't have anything really hard to do, like quitting smoking or anything like that. I thought of a great resolution last night before I went to sleep but it seems to have slipped away. If it's as good as I think it was I'm sure it will come back to me.
Well anyways, I hope everyone has a terrific year in 2008. I like the New Year because it always seems like you can start afresh, like nothing from last year counts if you don't want it to. It's a new beginning, permission to do all those things you've always wanted to do but never did. I hope you all take it and run with it. I know I'm not old by a long stretch but with every year that passes I realize more and more how short life really is and how easy it is to put off those things that I want to do. I guess my overarching resolution is to not waste the time I've been given. No excuses in 2008.