I think it goes without saying, this year has been a dumpster fire on so many levels. Everyone has challenges and I’m not going to get into the muck and mire of who had it worse. Let’s chalk this one up to, we survived, let’s not do that again!

So let’s see how we did!

Theme results

This was the year of renovation. I had some general ideas of things I wanted to accomplish. I had a few pounds to shed, I had some career goals that I was focused on making happen and for the most part, I made some significant progress in this area. While my weight at one point was down 15 pounds, I’ve gained a few back due to stress, lack of sleep and general bad habits. Still in the right direction. My sleep is still very much an issue and something that will be a factor into the habits of next year.

What a freaking year this has been. Shit show might be the better term for it. Pandemic, conspiracy theories, race riots, and its an election year. Every time I think it can’t get any worse, somehow the shit show gets renewed for another month.

But as with tradition, its time for the mid year checkin on the annual goals and this year, theme.

Theme update

The theme we’ll address first. This is a year of renovation. I think that one is pretty clear that it is happening. Kind of forced to happen but it is happening. I’m working at home full time which has had a variety of effects on the body, mind and soul. Some for the better, some for the much worse. My health has been fairly in check. I’ve been healthy, lost weight. But some of my habits are getting the best of me. My sleep is atrocious, some of my work hours are getting longer and longer. The overall net effect of all of this has been positive from the fact that I’m around more to help out with the kiddos, I’m losing weight, and work has been hyper focused on only a few things. The second half of this year could setup some major renovations on the career front as well.

I’ve been a listener of several shows on Relay.fm for a while now but finally got around to checking out Cortex. One of the big things that they do on the show for the past several years are themes. They are not goals or resolutions, but more things you want to do in a certain amount of time frame. Some are yearly but not necessarily starting on January 1st. Check out episode 95 to get some background on it and the types of themes that they take on.

Feels like the same type of thing happening again this year as last year. Reviews galore at work and a lot of self reflection on how things went. Time to put into words what I want to work on personally over 2020. Let’s start the decade off right.

• Get nutrition back in check - This is really a weight goal that I have for this, but this has been going on for far too long. I’ve struggled to keep the weight off. I need to get back to a weight that I can still have my fluctuations, but not get too out of whack. And quite honestly, it comes down to nuturition. I eat way too damn much. I need to start making better choices and consuming less junk. I’m going to figure out some better habits in the new year with drinking better choices, and eliminate some of the unfortunate snacking that I do throughout the day.

Its that time of the year again. Let’s see how I ended up the year on my goals. I think its important to both list out the successes, and failures, publicly. Its about accountability and I think a little transparency helps people understand some of the struggles that we all have and how we are trying to make ourselves better. So let’s get started.

• Drop the next 10 lbs - FAIL! I’d like to say I knocked this one out of the park with my successes at the beginning of the year. But, I cannot say that is true. I was down a full 10 lbs at one point. But then work got the better of me with not doing enough working out and a LOT of eating. reCharge helped until it didn’t. The last week was a bit rough with a family reunion and then a trip out to California to see a buddy. We may have enjoyed ourselves a little too much out there with food and booze. The end of the year didn’t help spending a week in the hospital with my son fighting RSV. I stress ate and didn’t take care of myself like I should have. These are reasons, not excuses, to why I didn’t make this goal. If anything, right now I’m right back where I started from. I’m going to get there and try some different things for 2020 around this goal.