I have totally forgotten about my New Year’s resolutions from this year. My guess would be most people have. However, I wrote mine down. So let’s see how I did.
Invest so I’m not playing catch up in December.
I’ve done this for the most part. I’ve got my priorities and budgets set. It was a bit of a bumpy year so I’m not where I planned/wanted to be, but I’m getting back on track. Most importantly, when I could be, I was consistent with my investing and I’ll continue to be.
Rebuild my emergency fund.
With a short unemployment stint this year I had to tap into my emergency fund. But now that I’m gainfully employed, I’m building it as fast as I can. I did learn that buying a car is not a good reason to use your emergency fund – when a true emergency hits, like a job loss, you’ll be kicking yourself. I was lucky enough to be able to cover both with my fund, but only because my unemployment was shorter than most. In the future I plan to have a separate car fund so I can pay for my next car in cash (10 to 15 years from now).
Use the garage.
We moved to a house with a small garage. So I’m giving myself a pass on this one, but truthfully I probably would have failed.
Bring new things into my life.
This was code for get a new job. Which I did, even if it didn’t go as I planned. It was also a call to travel more, which we did on our honeymoon.
Be less fat.
I’m just going to roll this one over into this year. Total fail.
Run/bike/swim a triathlon with Rachel.
Again, total fail.
Get more sleep.
I still don’t get 8 hours a night, but I do get more than I was. Usually between 6 and 7, which is what my body needs.
Cook more.
We did cook more this year and we probably only ate out once or twice a week on average, which was the goal. However this will appear on next year’s list again.
Be healthier.
This happened, but not to the level I would have hoped.
Be cleaner.
Nope, didn’t happen. The house isn’t dirty, but it’s still not as clean as it should be.
Learn something new.
I probably did learn some things, but the goal was to learn something specific and important. That I didn’t do.
Help get CS ready.
I can’t remember if this was for the HOW tour or the new web site. Either way, both went off wonderfully.
Make a friend.
I have ex-coworkers that I only see only outside of work now and I’d call a good portion of them friends. Hopefully we’ll get closer as time passes.
Be nicer.
This was specifically to be nicer at my old job, which I was. For example, when someone told me, “your job is to copy what I write in the brief and paste it in a new word doc,” I didn’t punch them in the face; most writers would have, so I’m chalking this up in the win column.
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