The 2011 Plan & Random Goals

Two days in and this year has already started off in an interesting way for me. There have already been new developments which of course I can’t disclose right now but I can honestly say my world will be changing in 2011, in ways I really hadn’t anticipated until now.

If you have read my blog in the past then you know I have been fighting the weight war for sometime now. Although I will admit when it came to the holiday season I just basically waved the white flag and gave into temptation.

Now as I start my first week of 2011 I will once again resolve to be better than I was before. This brings me to my first plan for 2011.

1. Run in the Ice Breaker Road Race in my hometown of Great Falls, MT.

I have never run 3 miles straight in my life and that’s the race I will be entering myself in. I have until April to be ready for it so if I can’t be ready by then, well lets just say that’s really sad. If I fail to be able to run it, I could at least walk it but I want to do something I’ve never done before in 2011 and that’s number one on the list. I also believe that if I can run 3 miles straight then the next part of my plan for 2011 will be easy.

2. See myself without the gut for the first time that I can remember.

I would absolutely love to see this goal accomplished by Summer. We all know how nice Vegas is in the Spring/Summer I’d like to fully enjoy it without having to worry about whether I look as good as I should. I have never seen myself skinny, it’s been a life long goal but I never put the work in like I should have. I know what I need to do and I’m looking to either have this goal completed early by the time this upcoming season of Biggest Loser is over or it will be complete before my friend Sarah Casey’s wedding in August.

By now you’ve probably figured out I’m not writing these as resolutions… To me resolutions always have the stigma of you say you’re going to do it but then after a week or two you give up and go back to what you were doing before. Well what I was doing before was not working for me and I want to be able to live my life to its fullest. So that’s why I’m stating in this blog this is my plan.

The final thing on my plan for 2011 is a simple concept.

3. Be better off financially at the start of 2012 then I was for the start of 2011.

I made some bad financial decisions in 2010, don’t need to elaborate too much into that. Simply enough friendship shouldn’t be financially beneficial for anyone if it is that’s not friendship, that’s a business relationship. My aunt said it best to me once, “I work too hard for my money just to give it a way.” I've taken that as some really good advice. I would never use someone for money, I’ve learned everyone is not like me.

Okay those 3 things are my plan for 2011. Those things I plan on accomplishing. The next list is random things I want to do or hope to do. I’m not feeling obligated to do it but I’d definitely like to try and do some of them or all of them in 2011. I've only written 25 but I'm sure I will have more random things to add as I think them up.

1. See the ocean
2. Make someone smile everyday
3. Have someone tell me I have inspired them
4. Not get the Nicole Wolf Robotham Award For I Can’t Take You Anywhere.
5. Don’t gamble a single dollar.
6. Limit fast food or ordering out of food to once a month max. (Except for in case of goal #7.)
7. Go to lunch/dinner with any friend who wants to occasionally.
8. Call the family more often.
9. Write a positive Twitter or Facebook message to someone everyday.
10. Have the motto “Fools Rush In” and remember that in life Baby Steps aren’t just for characters in the movie “What About Bob?”
11. Make sure to let friends & loved ones know how much they are appreciated.
12. Visit some place new.
13. Try and learn how to swim again.
14. Work on coordination and maybe some dance skills.
15. Work on being a little more social.
16. Read at least a book a month.
17. Watch a little less TV.
18. Get a new cell phone.
19. Consider buying a house and giving up the apartment life.
20. Hit at least a double in softball.
21. Don’t strike out during the softball season.
22. Care about others but always remember to put myself first.
23. Go out of my comfort zone once in a while.
24. Procrastinate a little less.
25. Keep Moving Forward.