Goals for 2025

My goal for 2023

To recover from whatever is going on with my neck...

Labor Day weekend

Jacob made another 5 on his AP test! Maybe I'll get him a car as a reward instead of having him ride his bike to school... Maybe. 🤔

Houston Half Marathon

26.2

Life flashing before your eyes

Weight cutting for BJJ

I've been training BJJ for about a year now with a bunch of gaps in between due to various injuries, sickness, busy with the kids, etc... but it's been a year. So am I any good? I'm definitely better than a random guy off the street who knows zero martial arts but against someone who trains, that's debatable.

Manifesto

Goals Smoals

What are "smoals" you ask? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It's the thing I do where I change the first letter of the word with an "sm-". Like if you were to tell me it's cold outside when the temperature is in the upper 60's, I would reply with "cold smold." Basically I'm changing the word to be as ridiculous as the idea that was said. In this case, goals. Every year we come up with goals and resolutions for the new year and every year it all sounds the same. When I jotted down my goals for 2016, it was the same exact goals from last year. Lame.

Goals for 2015

It's that time already to set those new year goals. Looking back at last year's goals, I did pretty good with my goals. Well I only had four goals, one of which was the fitness challenge. I got through that one but crawled to the finish. I'll do better this year. The other two goals I did the majority of the time (goodnight kiss and finishing projects) but the goal of taking a daily picture everyday... totally didn't keep up with. So 3 out of 4. That's 75%, a solid C.

First-half of 2014 review

In the beginning of the year, I always write down my goals... my New Years resolutions. For 2014, they are:

1. Exercise at least twelve times a month.
2. Finish what you started.
3. Take a daily picture.
4. Goodnight kiss.

With half the year already over, let's see how (bad) I'm doing.

Goals for 2014

It's a new year and time for the obligatory New Year's resolutions. But when I was thinking of my goals from the past, it was so nebulous. Like stay healthy or eat better. It needed to be more defined. It needed to be measurable. And it shouldn't always be a fitness goal or something you dread (like give up soda) but it should be something fun too. So with that, here are my 2014 goals.

My resolutions

Okay, it's the new year which means it's a fresh start. Clean slate. It also means time for the obligatory New Years resolutions. Looking back at last year's, this year's resolutions are pretty much the same, maybe just worded a little differently. For the most part, I think I kept up with them. Here's the updated 2013 version.

My goals to getting/staying in shape

In my previous post, I wrote that one of my resolutions is to keep in shape. It's quite vague so I'm going to set goals for myself. Ultimately I'd like to get  to <10% body fat. But for now, I'm going to set short term goals that are more easily attainable and it will be a gradual step-wise process that will eventually end (I hope) with my ultimate goal.

New Year's resolutions

Goodbye 2011. Hello 2012. It's a new year. A clean slate. And that also means it's time for the obligatory New Year's resolutions. I try not to confuse goals and resolutions as I think resolutions have no absolute end, unlike goals (e.g. lose 5 pounds). So here are my 2012 resolutions.