the obligatory New Year post (2010)
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions (they’re always just begging to be broken), but I do have some goals for 2010. Maybe resolutions and goals are the same thing? For some reason, a goal feels less likely to be broken than a resolution. Who knows… Anyway, I shall put these goals out into the world so that I might be held accountable 
health:
- cook more, eat out less, less prepared convenience foods
- exercise 5 days a week (currently doing about 2 or 3)
- more strength training (trying out Jillian Michaels Shred to start!)
- lose 25 lbs before I get knocked up
- 1 glass of wine a day is healthy, 2 or 3 glasses not so much…
hardcore writing goals:
- novel finished, revised, and out to agents by the end of the year! (Whoa, that’s ambitious! Can I get some cheerleaders on this one?)
- get Dylan in preschool/part-time care for daily writing time, so I can accomplish my ambitious goal of finishing my novel by the end of the year
- publish a short story
- keep up with my weekly progress reports
- pre-draft novel #2 during NaNoWriMo 2010
family life:
- get a babysitter and go on regular dates with my hubby again
- as a possible side-product of all those dates, get knocked up… (but no sooner than March/April, so that I can finish my novel by the end of the year)
- save a downpayment to buy a house next year
Good luck on everyone’s goals for 2010! Let’s make it a good one!
I like all of your non-resolutions, Laura. I think they’re all attainable as well. Good luck!
I always break my resolutions – I think of it as tradition.
Good Luck with the novel! And fingers crossed for that short story.
Husband and I are doing the exercise thing, too. I used to do hardcode pilates, but it resulted in me being grossly underweight–100lbs at 5′7″, LOL! We’re going for three days a week. Husband used to be super active, and uh, since graduating, that’s declined considerably, LOL!
And what’s this?? Knocked up? Gasp! Going for another? Awww!!
/waves imaginary pom-poms for novel completion and short story!
Angie, thanks, I’m reaching high, but we’ll see
Carnaxa, thanks for the luck!
Mao, it’s in the fine print when you get married, your husband becomes better acquainted with the couch
I know, I’m crazy right? But they’re like potato chips or something, you can’t just have one!
I’m cheering!
Thanks, Kim!