Last year I made some public and not-so-public New Year’s resolutions. I decided to look them up and see how successful I was. Here are the results:

1) Walk five days a week most weeks of the year. — Didn’t make five as often as I wanted, but did make it four days most weeks.
2) Enter some judged racewalks. — There were conflicts and the Buckeye Striders did not host the 1-hour racewalk we usually host.
3) Walk faster. — YES!!! I reached my half marathon PR at Air Force half this year! Woo hoo!
4) Teach some old dogs new tricks. — They all need to bark less, one needs to be outside more. — Nope. Though let the little blind dog outside more, she still has issues with being “house broken.” Can’t get the barking to reduce either.
5) Eat more fruits and vegetables. — Yes! discovered I really like honeycrisp apples and ate lots of them this year. Also found some delicious oranges early on. We put more veggies in our main dishes and had a lot more salads with dinner.
6) Reduce stress. — Partially successful. I had a horrible deadline at the beginning of the year and lost weight due to the stress. After that book was finished, life was better.
7) Work less. — Partially successful. After meeting that really tough deadline, I did work less.
8) Be more decisive. — I’m not sure. I might have been more decisive — I might not have.
9) Sleep more. — Yes, I did sleep more, just not consistently enough.
10) Spend more time with friends. — I did, but not some friends I specifically had in mind, like Tammy.
11) Manage my time better. (Less time on Twitter?) — I was moderately successful with this one. And I did spend way too much time on Twitter, though I did try to cut back a little.

After I post this, I guess I better come with up resolutions for 2010!

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