Resolutions

Last year, I set some aggressive New Year's resolutions. They were organized into categories like physical, spiritual, emotional, parental, professionally, etc.

I was very diligent all year about pursuing and tracking them (in a cool little spreadsheet that made me feel incredibly efficient). When summer came though I got very lazy. Since my goals required strict diligence, it was hard to stay focused when the weather was warm and the pool was calling. My attention span was only so long. Additionally due to my lack of discipline in getting up early each morning, some of my goals were not getting the attention they needed since they hinged on having extra time each day to work on them (organization, cleaning, self-help goals). They suffered.

Most importantly, I learned a GREAT deal about myself. Such as:

1. the sheer fact of meeting my goal is not incentive enough to pursue a challenging goal
2. i have about a 5 month attention span
3. i need a daily outline of what i'm doing that day or else nothing gets done
4. i learned what exactly my strengths and weaknesses were
5. i am easily distracted - ok i didn't learn THAT just this past year

Believe it or not, about 50% of my goals were achieved to my satisfaction, which I think is great considering this time last year I, um was me, not having reached those same goals. So, that's a good thing. So, based on these new epiphanies about myself I have created some new goals that will hopefully inspire me to become the fabulously successful famous rockstar I always wanted to be.