December 15- Just Kidding

Got a job for 2010. Juuuust kidding. Good one, right? Wrong.

As a result of this shituation, I've decided to make a list of the things that I want to do with myself in the meantime. In the coming weeks, and certainly starting in 2010, I am going to have something to write about: getting goals accomplished. A friend of mine, Brian, had started a similar idea with his blog (located HERE), and I have decided to piggy-back on that idea only using it to suit my own purposes. I've decided to put more effort into writing in the coming year, as I didn't do it as much as I should. As a result, I have not honed my craft as much as I should like.

This muck-up has given me much to look forward to in 2010...

By the way, I have already bitten the weenie on both my giving up swearing (lasting until the 3rd), and not writing (my whirlwind trip to New York accounted for some,but not all, of this). So for the year, I have come up short on my ultimate goal of giving these things up for months at a time. The list is as follows:

Drinking (Jan.)- SUCCESS
Masturbating (Feb.)- FAILURE
Looking for Trouble (Feb.)- SUCCESS
Shaving the 'Stache (Mar.)- SUCCESS
New and Different Album Every Day (Mar.)- SUCCESS
Salt on Food (Apr.)- SUCCESS
5 Books in a Month (Apr.)- FAILURE
TV (May)- SUCCESS
Exercise Daily (May)- FAILURE
Biting Nails (Jun.)- SUCCESS
Twirling Hair (Jun.)- SUCCESS
Cracking Knuckles (Jun.)- SUCCESS
Post Every Day (Jun.)- SUCCESS
Texting While Driving (Jul.)- SUCCESS
Help Someone Every Day (Jul.)- SUCCESS
Avoid Second Portions (Aug.)- FAILURE
Finish Half-Read Books (Aug.)- SUCCESS (finished 4)
Crossing Legs While Sitting (Sept.)- FAILURE (though I DID stop when I caught myself)
Plan Diet (Sept.)- SUCCESS
October- FAILURE (justified)
Cell Phone (Nov.)- SUCCESS
Daily Conversation in Spanish (Nov.)- SUCCESS
Swearing (Dec.)- FAILURE
Write Every Day (Dec.)- FAILURE

16 for 24....a solid .667 average. By most measures, that's pretty good. While I will continue to try (and in some cases, retry) giving these things up in the future (and while I'll continue to post here), I will be reflecting on the year that was as the year comes to a close. It's been a wild one and just in reviewing some of these posts, I've grown. By how much is a question mark, but the fact that I have is not up for dispute. I look forward to the coming year and hope that you will join me!

Talk to each other.