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New year new me and all that. I guess it's as good a time as any to reflect and write down what I want to get out of this new year. 2018 could have been better or worse, but I want to focus on the positives and set some good, fun goals for this coming year.

Here's some positive stuff from 2018:

• Lots of house renovations,
• Learned to use my first big boy power tool (reciprocating saw)
• Destroyed a whole deck
• Put up a dog run fence
• Took my first flight in 11 years to Seattle to attend Build
• Had the best donut ever in Seattle
• Took my first flight out of the country, ever.
• Traveled Keflavik/Iceland for 36 hours by myself and saw geysers, natural hot springs, and the coolest scenery ever (!!)
• Traveled to Helsinki and visited amazing pals
• Got to meet Spoon in person!!!
• Ate some reindeer, Finnish blood pancakes, and karelian rice pasties.
• Saw the GP of Figure Skating Helsinki and therefore Yuzuru Hanyu live!!
• Danny's socialization improved a ton and he's going to daycare regularly
• Rearranged living room for parties
• Got a raise and good bonus.
• Did better at keeping things clean overall.
• Met so many amazing and awesome new folks on #mastodon <333

Now for 2019, here's some things I'd like to set as goals:

• More outings with local friends
• Try to do three trips this year to distant places (spring, summer, fall)
• More local road trips (montreal, rochester?)
• Just more #travel overall!
• Host more parties! (every other month?)
• Plant an easy-ish to care for garden (april thru summer)
• Start interior first floor renovations, like the laundry room and back hallway, or the kitchen.
• Improve focus at work and refresh myself on some of the tech aspects.
• The usual #diet/#exercise. I'd like to track calories at least 5 days a week and work out 2-3 times per week!

Hopefully I can keep on track for at least some of these. I want to make 2019 better than 2018. Here's to this year's #resolutions!!!