I couldn’t remember if I had made resolutions for 2023, which may give you an idea of how well I did at keeping them. Let’s find out and have a good cry together!
The 2023 resolutions were:
- Get to 150 pounds by the end of February.
- Verdict: Massive fail. As of today, I am 171.8 pounds, which is exactly seven pounds higher than a year ago and more than 20 pounds above my intended goal. I dreamed of being a hummingbird and ended up being a blimp.
- Keep running.
- Verdict: Success! Despite knee issues, I kept running regularly throughout the year.
- Finish my Gum Gum game.
- Verdict: Neither success nor failure, as I put the GGP game on pause to develop a different game first as a prototype.
- Do more bird art.
- Verdict: Success! I am working on more bird art right now.
- Keep birding.
- Verdict: Success! But this was a gimme.
- Finally finish my blog redesign.
- Verdict: Failure-ish. I did tweak the design a bit, but the big redesign still awaits.
- Finally start doing some stretching.
- Verdict: Success! After the issues with my knees and a couple of visits to a physiotherapist, I now stretch before I run.
Weird bonus resolution:
- Record an original song in Garage Band.
- Verdict: Failure. I think I opened Garage Band once. Fortunately, this was a silly resolution.
Overall: Eight resolutions, four successes. This is actually better than I expected. Onward to 2024!
My Fancy Resolutions for 2024
NOTE: For 2024 I am skipping the "easy" stuff that I would probably be doing anyway, like running and birding.
- Get to 150 pounds. But for real this time. Gotta go with the classics.
- Finish my prototype game. Title to be revealed soon™.
- Complete my blog redesign. Another classic. It could happen!
- Revive my newsletter. I am actually working on this now, and have moved from Substack to Buttondown for the hosting.
- Complete one of my unfinished novels. Likely either The Mean Mind or Road Closed. I’ve been itching to get back into writing again, and either of these stories will be fun to noodle around on.
- Start a new blog or something. I kind of have something in mind, we’ll see what happens.
- Focus on:
- Being happy
- Staying healthy
- Bringing good into the world
- Getting decent sleep, which will help with all of the above
New for 2024: I will check in at the end of each month to see how well I am doing on these things and use a letter, star, number or some other system to mark my progress or lack thereof. It’ll be fun!
