Looking Back at 2010

My resolutions at the beginning of last year (and how I did):
1) Read at least 6 books for fun (i.e. no business books) - Completed
2) Read one business related book a month - at best, I read 6 business related book
3) Read at least 6 spiritual/personal growth books - Completed

All in all, I read 46 books this year. Quite a benchmark for myself.

4) Complete one video game (there are video games that do have an end, I've just never actually finished one before. I got two for christmas that are that way, so I am going to finish one of them) - Completed...a couple of times.

5) Plan 6 dates with my wife (one every other month - she has the other six) - Fail, maybe 3, maybe

6) Becoming healthier (I don't want to say lose weight or drop this many sizes, etc. because then I won't. Rather, it is more creating the habits with no goal in sight. In the past, I've tried to start exercising with the goal to lose weight and failed. I want this year to approach it, whether I lose weight or not, I'm going to exercise) - Fail, given my success with the goals above, I do need to put a number on my goal.

7) Start drafting a book (yes, I want to write a book) - Started, and while I do think I have a book in me, at this point in my life, there are other things I need to focus on.

8) Payoff all debt with the exception of my student loans (which are still too large at this point to tackle in a year), and our largest two credit cards. - Fail, we added a car loan, and loans from parents. Good news, one credit card will be gone by the end of the month.

9) Start a christmas club account for christmas 2010 so that it isn't a financial burden this year. - Fail, didn't do, but this Christmas did not feel slighted in the least.

10) Apply for (and hopefully take) the Professional Engineers exam in October - Fail, do not know if this is even in the cards right now either.

11) Become more organized. I'm like quasi-organized (ex. I have my comics in a box and they are in order, but the boxes aren't where they should be and I don't have a inventory of them written down anywhere) (less nerdy ex. our bills paying process is still not as defined as we had it when we were in Indiana, so we need to get fully "recovered" from our move. It still seems we are still in relocation chaos). - Fail, the bills have moved from box to box, the comics are still where they were - I could go on and on.

12) Post progress on each of these on the blog - While I did well with some book reviews, etc., nothing close to how much I wanted to post.

Well here's to 2011