Archive for January, 2010
Resolutions – January update
Here we are one month into the new year, and I really don’t have much to show for it! In fact, I’ve actually gained a little weight since the start of the new year. I’ve also been treading water with my saving goals. The one area that I have been doing good in is my professional reading goal (have been making good progress on Code Complete). Just about any other way you look at it though, this year has been very disappointing so far. The good news is that can change very quickly. More…
2010 resolutions – complete list
Here are my resolutions for 2010, all in one place. This will make it easier to reference them throughout the year.
- Run a 5k in <25 minutes.
- Run a 10k in <55 minutes.
- Run a half-marathon in <110 minutes
- Get weight down to 190 by September and maintain through December
- Complete a fitness program (p90x or similar)
- read 1 technical book a quarter
- develop a usable web application on my personal time
- drastically improve my domain expertise at work
- get certified (probably MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Forms Applications)
- learn PowerShell
- save up for a new (used) car
- get braces
- improve conversational skills
- read New Testament
- start doing things early in the morning again