I completely missed posting on Monday, I guess because it was a holiday in the states. So pretend it’s still Monday and this is my posting.

Here we are 8 months into the year, 2/3 of the way on this 2023 journey, and it’s time for a 2023 Resolution Review. It’s that time of the year where I review what nonsense I came up with in January to try and fulfill, improve and better my life.  

So here we go.

Resolution #1 – I’m going to journal this year

I continue to journal, if not every day, at least every other day. I have not gone more than 2 days without journaling.  So, there you go.  Journaling has become a habit.  Put a check mark by this resolution. This one is going to be completed by year’s end.

Resolution #2 – I need to slow down and don’t give a fuck

This one is hard.  My personality is all about worry and anxiety, whether it’s work or personal.  I worry I’m not doing a good enough job and they could walk me out, which then triggers worries about money because I still have adult children that rely on some amount of monetary support from me, including health benefits for my youngest son.  I am still impatient when I drive to and from work.  Too many slow fuckers in the fast lane!  So, not succeeding at this resolution.  Maybe in retirement.

Resolution #3 – I gotta lose weight

Put a check mark by this one.  After visiting my hip surgeon and being told I needed to lose weight to prepare for a successful surgery, I buckled down and I’ve been losing 1-2 lbs per week.  Me and the wife have cut out as much carbs and sugar as we can and I have been staying within a calorie count that insures a 1-2 lbs loss each week.  We cut out potatoes, rice, beans and anything high in carbs.  We eat meat, cheese, eggs and we’ve found low carb bread.  Thanks to Hero Bread this diet has not been an issue.  We still eat burgers with buns, and brats with buns, and BLT sandwiches with bread.  And Hero makes tortillas so we still have Taco Tuesday or we have steak quesadillas.  Good stuff.  And we found a perfect use of the tortillas – we make thin crust pizza that is really good and has very little carbs and sugar.  So thank to Hero Breads for giving us the opportunity for a normal diet.  As of this posting I have lost 40 lbs.  Looking to lose 20 more.

Resolution #4 – I need to write (complete) a book or comic book

I need to reword this to completing a FIRST DRAFT of a novel or memoir.  I successfully completed Camp NaNoWriMo in July.  I set a goal of 20 thousand words and I did it.  I wrote 21K words towards a Memoir I’m working on.  I haven’t completed the draft but baby steps.  Just sitting down every day and hitting a word count goal was a successful step in the right direction.  I am going to give the main NaNoWriMo a try in November.   That is writing 50K of words in 30 days.  That would be well on the way to completing a first draft of my Sci-Fi novel.

Resolution #5 – I need to create, record, and release a song into the world

After spending the month of July working on my writing, i spent the month of August putting together one song.  I didn’t complete this.  I created a demo and I posted on Soundcloud but I haven’t finished the re-recording of the parts to make it more cohesive and releasable to a streaming service.  So failure for the month of August.  But I think I can still finish this goal for the yer and maybe add another one or two songs.  I’ve been highly creative these past couple of weeks.

Resolution #6 I’m going to Blog once per week

Since my last resolution update where I added this goal of blogging every Monday, I have done so.  Even it was a brief post saying that I had nothing to say, at least I said something.

In summary, except for resolution #2, I am pretty confident that I will complete my other resolution goals by the end of the year.  That is 5 out of 6 goals completed.  That’s 83%, that’s a B grade here in the U.S.  Above average.  I can live with that.