The year is almost over. It’s time to sit down and look at 2011. Did I reach all the goals I set for myself? I have to admit the answer is no. Oh, I did a lot and I’m happy with the results, but there are some basic goals that I always fall short on. One such goal is fitness. As I said in Fitness: One Step at a Time, it’s time to get in shape. I need to lose the extra weight I’m carrying around. I vowed to lose weight last year and the year before that. I’ll make the same promise again this year. I start out on the right track, but then I let the demands of everyday life mess with my routine.
I’m renewing my vow again this year, but I’m going to track my campaign with hard facts and numbers. Walking is a part of my plans. Researchers claim that in order to lose weight one needs to walk at least 10,000 steps a day. If that goal was met, a person would have walked 2000 miles over the course of a year. I walk a lot during the school day and routinely top 10,000 steps, but I always fall short on the weekends and during the summer. My goal is 8,000 steps a day or 1,500 miles for the year. I also want to return to the gym. I attended faithfully through the spring and summer but when school started this fall I started making excuses. There are water aerobics classes four nights a week. Attending twice a week is not an unrealistic goal.
My writing goals are a bit more complicated. While I enjoy my online writing, I miss writing fiction. I’ve had this idea… It’s fiction but not a novel. I’m afraid to mention what it is for fear of jinxing the project, but I wrote the into last night. It turned out really good. Even my husband gave it the thumbs up. The thought of writing, really writing again, is exciting. Will I have it finished within the next year? Maybe.
I have several other goals and plans for the new year but none can hold a candle to the two I’ve already listed. Whether or not I succeed is yet to be seen, but my intentions are good.
Wish me luck!
I’m renewing my vow again this year, but I’m going to track my campaign with hard facts and numbers. Walking is a part of my plans. Researchers claim that in order to lose weight one needs to walk at least 10,000 steps a day. If that goal was met, a person would have walked 2000 miles over the course of a year. I walk a lot during the school day and routinely top 10,000 steps, but I always fall short on the weekends and during the summer. My goal is 8,000 steps a day or 1,500 miles for the year. I also want to return to the gym. I attended faithfully through the spring and summer but when school started this fall I started making excuses. There are water aerobics classes four nights a week. Attending twice a week is not an unrealistic goal.
My writing goals are a bit more complicated. While I enjoy my online writing, I miss writing fiction. I’ve had this idea… It’s fiction but not a novel. I’m afraid to mention what it is for fear of jinxing the project, but I wrote the into last night. It turned out really good. Even my husband gave it the thumbs up. The thought of writing, really writing again, is exciting. Will I have it finished within the next year? Maybe.
I have several other goals and plans for the new year but none can hold a candle to the two I’ve already listed. Whether or not I succeed is yet to be seen, but my intentions are good.
Wish me luck!
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