Resolutions For 2011

1. Last six consecutive months without biting fingernails.

2. Travel outside the United States.

3. Converse with strangers more often.

4. Contribute to D-I-Y Foreign Aid Revolution.

5. Go skiing for the first time ever.

6. Focus more on U.S. policy, less on U.S. politics.

7. Go tubing down the Delaware river.

8. Wash Jeep for the first time in over three years.

9. Watch Lord of the Rings Trilogy back-to-back-to-back.

10. Accomplish more than half of these resolutions.

Revisiting 2010 Resolutions

1. End 20+ years of biting my fingernails.

[Lasted 5 months without biting, longest ever. Ugh.]

2. Microfinance through Kiva.org.

[Food vendors in Peru & Uganda. Readying third loan.]

3. Experience a new city with Andrea.

[Boston. More wicked awesome than we expected.]

4. Create detailed outline of book idea.

[Outlining chapters in my head doesn't count.]

5. Have more kayaking adventures.

[Charles River is choppy, crowded, and exhilarating.]

6. No cable television news before 8pm.

[A drastic reduction. Alas, it was an election year.]

7. Increase book reading to a book a month

[Read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers in a single day.]

8. Have more bike riding adventures.

[Need storage space for bikes. Also bikes.]

9. Own a PS3 sooner rather than later.

[Merry Christmas to me.]

10. Accomplish half of these resolutions.

[Boom.]

(Original Post: '10 Resolutions For 2010')