{"id":1717,"date":"2009-12-30T18:41:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2018-11-19T15:41:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:41:14","slug":"2009-resolutions-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/2009-resolutions-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Resolutions Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the end of the year, which means its time for me to look back at my <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/2009-resolutions\">2009 resolutions<\/a> to see how well I met my goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete a marathon<br \/>\nResult: Success! I <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/minor-miracles-and-marathons\">completed the Portland Marathon in October<\/a>. It wasn&#8217;t my best moment, but I did make it. I had to verify that this resolution said &#8220;complete&#8221; rather than &#8220;run&#8221; because I certainly did not run the entire marathon.<\/li>\n<li>Complete an Olympic-length Triathlon<br \/>\nResult: Failure. Had I been a little more aggressive with my schedule before starting work, I could have participated in an olympic-length race with Kunlun; however, I was not sufficiently on the ball and I missed this one.<\/li>\n<li>Get a better time on a Sprint Triathlon<br \/>\nResult: Success! I completed the Seafair Triathlon <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/seafair-triathlon-2009\">three and a half minutes faster<\/a> this year than last year.<\/li>\n<li>Complete Seattle To Portland bike ride in One Day<br \/>\nResult: Success! I left Seattle with the first wave at 4:45 am, and many hours later, arrived at the finish line in Portland just after 9:00pm. Apparently, I didn&#8217;t blog about this, perhaps because I was preoccupied with my upcoming travels (see next item)<\/li>\n<li>Visit Australia and Peru<br \/>\nResult: Success! I traveled to Peru with Kunlun, Scott, and Ben in June. I enjoyed myself, but I&#8217;m not itching to go back real soon. I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/peru-part-1\">the<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/peru-part-2\">trip<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/peru-part-3\">five<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/peru-part-4\">blog<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/peru-part-5\">posts<\/a>. I returned home just long enough for the Seattle to Portland bike ride and the Seafair Triathlon, then I headed out for Australia and New Zealand with my parents, a trip that I consider to be the most wonderful success of any trip I have ever embarked on. I definitely have more I want to see and do in <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/anz\">Australia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/fabulous-bay-of-islands\">New Zealand<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Work out (1+  hour) at least once \ta week<br \/>\nResult: Mixed. I probably got more exercise than this throughout the week, but often not all at one time.<\/li>\n<li>Get my Motorcycle certification endorsement<br \/>\nResult: Failure. I just didn&#8217;t get around to this. I will try again next year.<\/li>\n<li>Complete my Masters degree with a grade at least as high as my Bachelors degrees<br \/>\nResult: Failure. I&#8217;m pretty disappointed with the overall grade I achieved in grad school. If I ever go back, I won&#8217;t let it happen again.<\/li>\n<li>Eat slower, smaller portions<br \/>\nResult: Partial success. I&#8217;m getting better at regulating how much and how quickly I eat, but I still have too many lapses. Fortunately, I&#8217;m learning more about myself, which is helping me make progress here.<\/li>\n<li>Eat only until I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m full<br \/>\nResult: Partial success. This is of course closely related to the last point, and I have gotten better at moderating my intake at each meal. Again, this is a work is progress.<\/li>\n<li>Curb over-snacking tendencies<br \/>\nResult: Success. I&#8217;ve found that by limiting what I have around the house, I can control what I munch on much better. This is made a little more difficult by easy accessat work to junk food, but it hasn&#8217;t been a major problem, so I feel good about claiming this as success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, I feel good about my accomplishments this year, even though the failures bite a little, I hope to learn from them and do better next year.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for next year&#8217;s resolutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the end of the year, which means its time for me to look back at my 2009 resolutions to see how well I met my goals: Complete a marathon Result: Success! I completed the Portland Marathon in October. It wasn&#8217;t my best moment, but I did make it. 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