So Let's Try This Again

It's been almost 8 months since I posted anything.  Not a record, but not what I envisioned for 2021.

At the beginning of each year, I try to set a few goals to keep me from being a slug.  Last year I set a very high posting goal for this blog at 100 posts.

Let's see...how'd I do?  Sixteen you say?  Well, at least I wasn't even in the ballpark and fell just short.  Such things are deflating when you come close and still fail.

Once I realized I was going to fail on this one, I guess I went big.

The rest of my goals weren't so bad.

I actually hit my push up and squat goals in early September.  I finished the year with 15,000 of each.

I have no idea how many steps I took, because things took a major change for me last year in the phone area.  

I stopped carrying my phone with me.  I would sometimes go days without even checking it, only to see it was dead.  (I highly recommend doing this if you can).

And since I was using my phone to track my steps, I no longer tracked them.

However, things took a dramatic turn for me last year regarding my overall health and fitness.  In addition to the above body weight exercises, I added significant amounts of weight training as well as now walking and running.

Last year I wrote the following:  "I'm getting a little slower, a little grayer, a little less strong, and a little less energetic...I am honestly exhausted."

By the grace of God, I can honestly say that is no longer the case. I am faster, stronger and more energetic than I was a year ago.  And I don't know how, but I think I am less gray.  Thank you.

I did well with reading.  Finished the Bible around Thanksgiving, reading 4 chapters a day.

Would like to get in more reading this year, in general.

As far as specific goal setting, here is what I think is realistic:

1- 15,000 push ups and squats

2- 10 books

3- 50 blog posts

4- Run my first 5K.

5- Recite the Lord's Prayer, The Creeds, Luther's morning and evening prayers every day.  I can't believe I haven't done this every day.  Maybe I should just read the Treasury of Daily Prayer every day.

6- Listen to Issues, Etc and morning chapel every day it's available.

7- Get up at the same time every day.  I had been doing this for 10-15 years prior, but last year I became a little less rigid about it.  That was a bad idea.

As always, Deo Volente.