{"id":13394,"date":"2009-01-01T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2009\/01\/01\/you-say-you-want-a-resolution-2008-2009-edition.html"},"modified":"2009-01-01T12:42:53","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T19:42:53","slug":"you_say_you_want_a_resolu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/you_say_you_want_a_resolu.html","title":{"rendered":"You say you want a Resolution (2008-2009 edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Okay, time to do the recap of last year’s resolutions<\/a> and set some new\/refreshed ones for this year.<\/p>\n

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Spend more time with Kitten<\/strong>. Keep up the karate stuff, but also be more involved on a daily basis with her homework and other stuff. Get that time in before she decides that Daddy is (like New year Resolutions) pass\u00e9. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I think I did okay with this this year. I tried to get Katherine more involved in stuff around the house (sometimes self-servingly), I tried to stay in touch with what-all she was doing, and, of course, we maintained the karate stuff.<\/p>\n

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Get my virtual world in order. <\/strong>Get my blogs updated and cleaned up. Increase traffic to WIST. Get my photos caught up, including the stuff I have on other sites.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The blogs are still running on older versions of MT, but I made very significant progress on photos (using Flickr, and getting all of my 2008 photos, of which there were a plentitude, up), and got into a solid, regular rhythm on WIST, leading to a slow, steady rise in traffic.<\/p>\n

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Write. Edit. Write<\/strong>. No real progress with that this past year. It’s not clear to me how, amidst all the other commitments I have, how to leverage this — but it’s something I really want to do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This one was just a general flop. It’s a matter of devotion and investment of time, and I just didn’t. Disappointing.<\/p>\n

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Be fit<\/strong>. Repeat the 1,500 miles, keep up the karate — and find a new Geek Diet tool. Get back under 200 by June, and to 185 by the end of the year. There are some things I can do toward that end (that are sustainable and rational); I just need to do them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mixed bag here. On the one hand, I did make the 1,500 miles (close but solidly), and kept up on the karate. On the downside, I didn’t find a better Geek Diet tool, and my year-end weight is actually (at 217) higher than it was last New Year.<\/p>\n

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Ditto<\/strong> for last year’s addendum<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, I hope I’m being a good, supportive, helpful, loving husband. Margie still puts up with me, so I guess I’m doing something right.<\/p>\n

So, what to do for this coming year?<\/p>\n

I’m going to take for granted that I’m going to be an involved husband and father. No specifics I can think of to do with this.<\/p>\n

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  1. Be fit<\/strong>: A true clich\u00e9, I know, but … Continue with the 1,500 Miles to Nowhere program. Continue karate. And … yes, start tracking calories again, convenient tool or not. 200 lbs. by 1 June, 185 by the end of the year. Next year, no question about whether 36s need to be exchanged!<\/li>\n
  2. Be photographically organized<\/strong>: Continue with the photography conversion and updating. All 2009 photos, four additional years at my discretion will get uploaded and online in a single place.<\/li>\n
  3. Be blogically up to date<\/strong>:  Movable Type to the current version and all features working once again.<\/li>\n
  4. Be genealogical<\/strong>: New! Get my genealogy research back up and running … one of those outstanding “projects” that never seems to quite get traction.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s a lot, frankly, given what seem to be constant conflicts for time. I’d say they’re in priority order, too, and my main focus will be back on #1.<\/p>\n

    I’m not putting in anything “creative” in there — writing per se <\/em>is dropping off the list this year, given both track record, competition, and recognizing that I get at least some of that out through other venues. In a sense, all the items 2-4 employ some some measure of creativity (and writing), and that will have to do for the nonce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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