Happy New Year and How Did My Resolutions Do In 2008

Christmas at Butchart Gardens

2008 is now over and 2009 is upon me, slapping my psyche to make sure I do better this year.  In order to determine how I have done this past 12 months, I have decided to review my 2008 resolutions.  I hope it isn't like watching a traffic accident but, regardless, let's watch together, shall we?

According to my post back in January of 2008, I was going to:

Continue Writing

I am happy to report this has gone quite well.  I have written almost daily (not necessarily on this blog, thought - and I do intend on making improvements) and have put together a few more poetry collections that I still need to finalize.  Surprisingly, this takes more time than I thought it would but it is enjoyable for me.  Oh, and I helped write a book so I can add that to my list.

Swim At Least Three Times A Week

This was going very well for some time and, I think, was accomplished for most of the year.  I fell off the band bandwagon in the fall, unfortunately.  January 6th is already scheduled as a return to the water so fear not.

Drink Less Beer

This has been quite the year for beer.  I have almost cut it entirely out of my diet to the point where a single beer tells my body that it doesn't want that single beer.  2009 will see me eliminate beer from my diet.

Read More!

This has been an awesome year for reading.  I have read somewhere in the realm of 50 books this year.  The most notable of them were autobiographies and biographies of the Star Trek cast (yes, very nerdy, but you can shut up now).  I only have a couple left and I will be a virtual library of information about the original cast of the Star Trek franchise.  Now, if I could only remember to open my mail on a weekly basis.

Hmm.  It appears I almost made my entire list from last year.  Should I do one for 2009?  For some reason, I haven't a huge desire to make resolutions outside of the ones I did last year.  Perhaps in a few days I will make a new list but, I think I have done a bang up job in 2008.  More praise for me!

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January 1st, 2009

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Shane Birley is a blogger, huge geeky nerd, web developer, poet, and creative writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a partner at Left Right Minds, a web development, arts management, business blogging and on line marketing company.

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