New Year’s Resolutions

I’ll admit, I haven’t felt like blogging much the last few months.  September was a bad month for me professionally.  The company for whom I worked for 13 years was forced to close it’s doors and the search for a new career is not exactly bearing a lot of fruit.  But the New Year has given me an opportunity and the motivation develop positive habits.

Here is the list of resolutions in no particular order of importance:

• Be more healthy.
  Of course part of that is the very cliché desire to lose some extra weight (my sedentary lifestyle has become much more so since I’ve not been working), but I also want to eat better, exercise more and drink less for it’s own sake.
• Have more adventures with the family.
  My kids are 9 and 7.  They are old enough to participate in activities that will create life long memories.  So part of being more active means I want to be more active with the kids and my wife.  I’m thinking some hiking, canoeing and camping are on tap for this spring.  There aren’t many places here in south Alabama to hike (except tromping around in the woods), but the northern part of the state has some gorgeous mountains, canyons and falls.
• Read more books.
  This is simply a habit I’ve neglected.  I love to read and used to devour books.  I’m out of the loop when it comes to authors worth knowing so if you have any suggestions (fantasy, horror or political non-fiction) I’d love to hear them.
• Blog regularly.
  I think twice a week qualifies as regularly.  There are a couple of reasons I want to get back into this habit.  It forces me to stay engaged in the wider world and it sharpens my thinking about issues I care about.  It is so easy to become insulated when you are out of work.
  And speaking of work…
• Get a job!
  Okay, this isn’t exactly a New Year’s resolution but it is important.

I’ll revisit this post in a few months and write an update about how I’m doing.

-Jay