I do my best to keep a daily sketchbook/notebook. From time-to-time I’ll go back and revisit earlier pages or books altogether. It’s a great way to see all that you’ve accomplished, as well as have left to do, and much more tangible than a Facebook timeline. With that said, I was browsing though some archives and came across a list of goals I had jotted down for 2013. Seeing as how we’re a little more than half-way through the year, I thought I’d share a status report.
Get married– Success. Read more about that here.Use My passport– We traveled through Panama & Colombia on our honeymoon so I can check this off the list until next year. View photos from our travels on Flickr.Start parkcitymountainbike.com– Granted the site has been seriously neglected lately, I did make significant headway. Not to mention the page is ranking first page on Google for all Park City related mountain biking terms (take that Utah Mountain Biking). See it live at Park City Mountain Biking.- Compete in at least 3 bike races – The wedding took precedence to this one. Since race season is almost over and I’m quite out of shape from traveling at sea level, this might have to wait ’til next year.
Go somewhere / do something new– Admittedly, this goal is a little weak. However, in retrospect I have had many new adventures this year so I’m keeping it on the list.- Pursue self-initiated projects – Another weak one. The key to setting and achieving goals is creating concrete terms. In this case, “pursue” seems a bit too ambiguous. A set number of projects or other success metric would have made this a more measurable goal, so I’m leaving it unchecked while I reconsider.
Get a motorcycle– Hands down one of the best purchases I’ve ever made.- Learn to do a wheelie. – Embarrassing really. At this rate, I’m going to die an old man without being able to properly wheelie on a bicycle.
- Drink Less / Eat Better – Again, too ambiguous to measure success. Although I have been attempting to limit both drink and meat consumption, so all-in-all I feel I have been working towards a better diet.
- Take more photos – Ditto.
Five out of ten ain’t bad considering I have a solid 4 and a half months left to check off the rest. Additionally, it gives me the opportunity to rewrite a couple and evaluate where I’m coming up short.
Related: 13 Rules for 2013