Since I've been kinda public with my goals for 2009 over on LJFWolffe.com, I thought I ought to write down where I am before I try to get where I'm going. It's always a good idea to document your baseline . . .

So: I weigh 203 today. (My highest weight was 260; according to tables, a person my height [and a large frame] should weigh 149-170. MiLady swears if I go that low I'll look ill.) My goal for 12/25/09 is to weigh 180; that should be attainable, and the hope is to gain healthy habits while getting to that weight. I can figure out then if I need to lose more.

Last year I made all of $10 online. The goal is to be making $2K/mon by Christmas. This is going to take a lot of work and constant blog posts, social stuff, etc.; but this is the level I need to create to keep the roof over our heads and the furkids in cat food. So this is the goal.

At this point in time, my FriendFeed stream is lucky to get any likes or comments at all on a given day; my blog posts sit in a silent void. My goal is to build up a vibrant community on Popular Delusions and HOOLD; I need to get where the people are and bring 'em on over. Figuring out how is ongoing.

Our house is, frankly, a pit. Between MiLady's spinal arthritis and my fibromyalgia, we just don't clean, there's piles of stuff we haven't put away, and the cobwebs on the ceilings are atrocious. My goal is to get the house presentable and keep it that way; I'm hoping to set up cleaning and yardwork rituals for myself so that a little gets done each day until the catch-up is done, and then the rituals will be in place to keep it that way.

This year MiLady and I made and kept two social commitments: The annual Drink Like a Fish Party and Orycon. We took one vacation trip, for the first time in our married lives. People rarely stopped over; we're too embarrassed to invite them, and when they call to ask if they can show we tend to put them off because we feel crappy so often. If I can get more healthy, and the house gets cleaned up, we can see people more often -- heck, we might even throw a party ourselves! My goal is for a better social life both on and offline.

On a non-goal related note, I'm sick of being like I am -- always achy somewhere, tired, headaches, and always bitchy and cranky. Ick. Some days I don't like being around me -- it's amazing MiLady's stayed with me through all of it. And there seems to be a wall between me and what I want to get done; as much as I want to write, I just can't get started. And daily routines? Ha! You'd be amazed what'll come up to kill that. I short, the 'arc' which ties all of these goals together is to figure myself out and thru fitness goals, quit having all these physical symptoms; thru work goals, to teach myself to sit down and WORK; and thru house and social goals, quit avoiding people and spend some time with them again. That's the plan, anyway. We'll see how it goes . . .

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