2009 New Year's Resolutions Recap

[tarotgal]

New Year's Resolutions 2009:
http://listography.com/KateKintail/to_do/new_years_resolutions_2009

Personal Goals:

1. Start working out again regularly and lose weight (Start weight: 158)
   Accomplished: No
   I am at 154 right now, but I haven't been working out and I certainly didn't lose the 30-35 I want to lose.


2. Grow hair out for Locks of Love
   Accomplished: In progress
   I nearly have 10 inches. I hope to chop it off in the next month or two


3. Safety permitting, park at the end of the parking lot each time I go anywhere to walk further
   Accomplished: Yes
   I would say about 75% of the time I parked far away from the store/building. Sometimes it was dark and not safe to park far away. Sometimes there weren't any other spots available and I didn't have a choice about where to park. But for the most part, I kept this up all year.


4. Start a YouTube channel and upload some videos
   Accomplished: Yes
   I created a channel and uploaded some videos. Nothing special (certainly not a vlog) but it's there.


5. Buy a new car
   Accomplished: Yes
   I bought Love, my Honda Element. I regret not spending more time on this, but Love is serving me well and I hope to have her for a long time.


6. Start working on a quilt consisting of shirts & cloth from my childhood
   Accomplished: No
   I didn't even touch this this year

Writing Goals:

1. Finish all fic requests from 2007 & 2008
   Accomplished: No
   I did finish a few, and I made good progress on a few others. But there are still stories outstanding


2. Bring the archive up to date
   Accomplished: Yes
   I worked throughout the year and, in December, I caught up. Everything is archived and up to date!


3. Finish a first draft of a novel
   Accomplished: Came close, but not cigar
   I tried really hard during November to finish my NaNoWriMo novel but came up short once again. I'm only a few chapters away from finishing, so I feel good about that but sad I couldn't finish.


4. Update the WR website
   Accomplished: Yes
   I updated the site last winter.

Book/BookCrossing Goals:

1. Keep track of pages read this year. Goal: 15000 pages
   Accomplished: No
   I came up short on my goal by a lot. I only read 7,439 pages (and earread 13,398 pages on audio)


2. Do not click on/read any "worst books read" threads on the BC forums
   Accomplished: Yes
   Actually, I managed to go the whole year without reading any of these and getting frustrated.


3. Finish the Art in the Pages release project to your satisfaction
   Accomplished: In Progress
   I am very close with this one. I only have a few more to go!


4. Read all manga & graphic novels in my possession (Start number: 39/143)
   Accomplished: No
   The number read is now 49/152. So I read 10 off my list... but added 9 new ones. LOL And I'm kind of cheating because there are another 10-15 I haven't unpacked yet from the last book sale that aren't on the list (nor are the BookCrossing ones included on this count. So... I'm drowning.)


5. Read what you want and don't waste time on ones you don't- be honest with yourself and get Mt. TBR down!
   Accomplished: Yes
   I did an excellent job of reading books I've been wanting to read for a while. There were a few books I read for a book club, but generally I am very happy with my reads this year

Fannish Goals:

1. Memorize all the Doctor Whos in order
   Accomplished: No
   Honestly, I didn't even try. But I'm putting this on next year's list.


2. Build planned LEGO creations & show them at Brick Fair
   Accomplished: Yes
   I had a wonderful time there, and ended up creating 4 things!


3. Finish knitting scarf for Remus
   Accomplished: No
   I didn't even open the box. Eeep! Sorry, Remus!

So... I actually thought I did badly this year, but I think my count of the above is 8 Yes, 8 No, and 2 still in progress. That's really not bad at all!