Summary of All Goals From 2009

Happy New Year!!

I know I just did a post on my running / joggling goals for 2009 but you might be interested in my other goals. Here is the list of 81 goals I tried to accomplish in 2009 and how I did.

Grade

Overall, I give myself a B-

I accomplished a few things, but there were a bunch in which I made no progress at all.

Here is how I did.

Success!

Hurray! Of the 81 goals I set out to accomplish, I completed 26 or 32%. Not great, but not too bad either.

230% complete – Go on 10 trips outside IL – 23 trips
140% complete – Read 15 books (10 from) GBOAT list – Read 21 books
110% complete – Get >500 contacts on Linked-in – over 550 already
104% complete – Push-ups – >8000 – 8338 complete
100% complete – Watch Curb Your Enthusiasm season 2 – Done
100% complete – Take nieces & nephews out on 4 occasions
100% complete – Situps – > 6000 – 6044 complete
100% complete – Sell car – Got $2000 for it
100% complete – Reduce soda consumption – limit 1 per day
100% complete – Reduce alcohol consumption – limit 1 beer per day
100% complete – Joggling every day – haven’t missed a day
100% complete – Joggling 1400 miles – finished 1404 miles
100% complete – Get >1000 followers on Twitter – over 3500 followers
100% complete – Eat only 1 order of fries each month
100% complete – Donate blood twice
100% complete – Dentist – 2 times – went once
100% complete – Create class for cosmetic chemists – Launched new website
100% complete – Complete 2 puzzle books – finished one
100% complete – Buy digital audio recorder – Got an iPhone
100% complete – Buy cable to hook up computer to TV – I can do this now
100% complete – Buy a video camera – Got a free Flip
100% complete – Doctor – yearly checkup – I’m in good health
100% complete – Create address spreadsheet – Made one but need to check for accuracy
100% complete – Set up home computer network – I have a bad one
100% complete – Donate stuff to charity – Donated a bunch of stuff

Made significant progress

I finished more than half on 7 goals. I feel good about all these except the one about planning a trip. I’m taking a little credit but mostly, I failed in the spirit of this one.

80% complete – Read & study a book about writing. – Reading Creating characters
75% complete – Participate in 4 open mic nights – completed 3
75% complete – Complete 4 marathons – Only completed 3
68% complete – Make 6 new websites – Started 4
67% complete – Volunteer on 12 occasions – Volunteered 8 times
50% complete – Win the euchre league – won an online tournament
50% complete – Plan & go on a trip together – went to Florida

Sketchy at best

27 of the 81 were not even half complete. On some of these, I was just unable to succeed (e.g. winning money at poker). On most, I just forgot I was going to do them. Then on a bunch of them, I just lost interest. The ones I’m most disappointed in were things like planning dates, sending my wife flowers/presents, and sending birthday cards to people. I do make it a point to send birthday FB wishes to everyone but it’s not quite the same.

46% complete – Win >$1000 playing poker – up $461 for the year
41% complete – Learn 12 new juggling tricks – learned 5
40% complete – Generate >$150,000
34% complete – Create 6 ebooks – Finished 2
33% complete – Record 12 podcast episodes – 4 episode recorded
33% complete – Create 12 pictures – Finished 4
30% complete – Create 30 ukulele videos – Finished 9
27% complete – Re-learn Geometry – Finished 3 of 11 chapters in Geometry book
25% complete – Send flowers 4 times1 time
25% complete – Give 4 unexpected gifts – Bought 1
20% complete – Publish novel – Written about >200 pages but not good
16.7% complete – Help each sibling achieve a goal or solve some problem – helped 1
10% complete – Teach 10 people to juggle – Taught 1 person
9% complete – Use >$400 on NPR member card – Used $36 so far
8.3% complete – Plan 12 dates – planned one. others scheduled.
8.3% complete – Learn 12 new magic tricks – learned one new card trick
6.5% complete – Yoga 200 times – only 13 yoga sessions this year. Gotta get better
5% complete – Send birthday cards to F&F – Made list. Now just need to take action
5% complete – Make friends in >50 countries – need to review current list – made 4 online
5% complete – Make 6 inventions that solve problems – Brainstormed about 20 ideas
5% complete – Joggle 100 miler – looked up potential races but haven’t picked one yet
5% complete – Inspire 6 people to run a race – found 2 candidates for running races
5% complete – Improve pool game – play nearly everyday but haven’t measured it
5% complete – Get friends in each state – need to review current friend list
5% complete – Create a game – Brainstormed about 12 game ideas
3.3% complete – Create 30 BBrains videos – Finished 1

Fail!

And on 22 of the 81, I was a complete failure. Some were beyond my control (e.g. qualifying for Boston, winning kickball or Fantasy Baseball) so I don’t take it too hard. Others, I just forgot about. Still other things were just too discordant with my character that I wasn’t able to change. Oh well, I’ll carry them over to next year.

0% complete – Win kickball championship – Lost
0% complete – Win Fantasy Baseball league – came in fifth place
0% complete – Win a pool tournament – Didn’t even play in one
0% complete – Take golf lessons – don’t know if I’ll do this – Didn’t do it
0% complete – Set of 8 juggling bags
0% complete – Set of 6 juggling clubs
0% complete – Sell $500 worth of stuff on Internet – no progress
0% complete – Raise >$10,000 for charity – no action at all
0% complete – Qualify for Boston Marathon – Missed by 39 seconds
0% complete – Participate in 2 activities with mom – no progress (although we recorded a song together)
0% complete – Participate in 2 activities with dad – no progress
0% complete – Learn 600 Spanish words – forgot about this one
0% complete – Handstands – hold for 2 min – didn’t start practicing yet
0% complete – Complete a triathlon – Didn’t do it
0% complete – Buy a new place
0% complete – Buy a bike
0% complete – Become SCC vice president elect – lost election
0% complete – Record album of songs
0% complete – Publish euchre book
0% complete – Create a juggling routine
0% complete – Create 6 audio stories

194 lbs – Weight loss – weigh <180 – Went up and down but ended exactly where I started.

Looking Forward

So now I get to work on my 2010 goals. I’m probably going to cut back a bit as 81 is a bit much. Also, many of these don’t really qualify as “goals”. Some are challenges or wishes or something. This is going to take a little work.

How did you do on your ’09 goals or resolutions? Got any for 2010?

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