I did well in reading Novels in 2022 but still fell short of my goal, and I completed the Hike of Hadrian’s Wall (Amazing) thanks to Angie. But, as usual, many excuses prevented me from focusing on and completing most of the 2022 items. I will again attempt in 2023 to focus on a smaller list of things to accomplish versus starting the year with a New Year’s resolution.
I have a terrible habit of working on office items after returning home. When I am teaching, which has been every quarter, I will routinely answer work-related emails from the students up until 2300. So, this year, I plan to attempt to leave the work at the door:
- Don’t Bring Work Home with Me.
After years of thinking about it, we finally bought a Class B RV – we have dubbed it the Runabout. The goal this year will be to get out and use it:
- Embrace Time in the Runabout (At Least 23 Nights).
Each of the following five items is part of my multiple set of hobbies that I have but do not do anything with – it drives Angie a bit crazy. I plan to try and achieve some level of activity on each, and by allowing it to be crappy, I hope it pushes me over the need to be perfect before I start:
- Write 23 Short Stories (1,000 – 5,000 words).
- Write a Crappy Novel.
- Build a Crappy Model Railroad.
- Make a Stop Motion Animated Short Film.
- Build a Diorama and Enter it in a Contest.
The following four items focus on health and my effort to try to live healthier in 2023:
- Embrace the Plant-Based Whole Food Lifestyle.
- Work out at least three times every week.
- Complete at least 23 miles of Races.
- Complete at least 23 Hikes of 4 miles or more.
The following three items are an attempt to focus some of the 3,832 hours I have with real interests:
- Read 10 Novels.
- Watch 23 movies that aired NLT 1990.
- Make at Least 23 Blog Entries.
The following five items are an attempt to get rid of the mini-screens in my life and to allow us to get back to some items with our hands:
- Continue Friday Pizza and a Movie Night.
- Start Game Night with the Family.
- Start No Tech / No Computer Saturday.
- Setup Home Maker Space.
- Make More Stuff with the Family.
We have a gorgeous backyard and entertainment space that has gotten out of control, and we are not using it. I hope to recapture and take advantage of it in 2023.
- Work at Least 23 Hours a Quarter in the Backyard (That’s only seven odd hours a month!).
- Host at Least 4 Backyard Gatherings.
- Finally, Learn to Make Good Pizza and Pasta.
The last item is simply a peace of mind item.
- Complete the payments on the Runabout.