2008 Goal Recap

So here’s the score from what I set out to do in 2008 (and yes, the post date on that entry is off due to my blog migration):

Improve my health

• BMI of 24.9 or less  - fail. I’m around 28.2 right now (better than the 29.8 I started with). I started the year around the 250 pounds mark and now am at 230; need to drop another 30. Most folks can’t tell, though. I suppose it is because I’m a few inches over 72.
• Improve cardiovascular conditioning – fail. The idea to do C25K came and went.
• Build my core and improve my posture – fail.  Posture is minimally better, but that’s it.
• Get a minimum of six hours sleep every night – fail. I was pretty lucky to get four hours some nights.
• Lower my cholesterol to a healthy level – done! I’m under 200 and my LDL/HDL numbers are better, too.

Simplify

• Reduce my online presence – partial-fail. I deleted my MySpace account, but re-activated Twitter. The social interactions I have had via Twitter and the great people I have met in the community via Twitter outweigh the noise (and blocking and unfollowing help minimize noise, too).
• Reduce my home IT demands – um, fail. Still working on this and hope to have greater success in ‘09.
• Purge the house stuff we don’t use – not much, still working on this, albeit more aggressively this year as we’re planning on moving in the next twelve months.

Community Involvement

• Re-engage with the online mobile community – not as successful as I had planned. Still working on this. Work took over my life again, so this and the blogging got back-burnered.
• Make it to more CINNUG meetings - Yes, I did make it to more meetings in ‘08 than I did in ‘07. Although it was still a poor showing as one of the group directors.
• Regular blogging and writing – not so good here either.

Improved personal/professional balance – Fail. No other way to say it.
Given the crazy work schedule I have had this year (particularly April through October), achieving balance has been tough.  Unfortunately, the next release cycle for this project (now through May) is shaping up for more of the same. I’m certain that I have had some growth out of the experience, but I think I’m still too close to the project to ascertain what it was.  Funny (sad funny?),  the better part of the last 5 1/2 years I have had a crazy work schedule with lots of OT. Hmm.

That said, I’m still determined to work on the balance issue and get more life in my life.  Uncertain of what I need to do to do that; may need something ‘extreme’.

Going to get my 2009 goals up this weekend; again hoping that the public statement of them helps with my accountability.