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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!!!