2012: GTFO

so 2012 is in the rearview mirror and the dust is settling behind us... we're rolling forward into 2013 with good momentum. i am very optimistic about this year and anticipate changes coming in various shapes and forms. so far there is one enhancement; i've joined a local run group that meets goes on monday runs out of a bar in the city... it's a little counter-intuitive driving somewhere to go running in my mind, but the sense of having a support network or at least community is very encouraging. my weight has backslid about 5 lbs this week... i've been eating for crap, so i'm not surprised - so i need to get that back under my thumb... but all in all, i'm not worried and like i said; certainly not surprised. so on that thought... how have you decided to better your life this year? i'm really not one for doing the resolution thing... but i do want to better my life and this is a good "anchor point" to affix a start to... so here we go - keep me on point, and i'll do the same for you! so to repeat my tentative list of resolutions for 2013: 1. to thine own self be true (be me; if i don't love it don't do it- with the exception of things like bills and whatnot... also, not going along with what others want me to do if it means selling myself short) 2. get to my target weight healthily! 3. take a lesson from mugatu: "you learn martial arts!" (no billy blanks tai bo for me... gracie school maybe?) 4. use my collection of guitars for more than paper weights and dust collectors - make a new noise. 5. gym 5 days a week minimum (or similar exertion) including my run at least once a week 6. complete a tough mudder or similar 7. professional growth at work (or find something new) 8. unabashed optimism in life (this will be tough, but i want to shed some of my cynicism) 9. find and pursue something that stirs passion in me 10. make sure the folks i love, know it without question 11. take strides to be great at something (sewing maybe?) 12. read more (added that since i've been given at least a dozen books in 2012 and haven't read much) 13. eat less crap (literally and figuratively; eat healthy and not deal with people who expect me to roll over for them with nothing in return)