New year brings new goals

So, it is 2009. This year, I'll turn 32, move again, change jobs again and probably need to fill my eyeglass prescription. While it looks like my year will already be FULL of excitement...I wanted to add in a few personal goals and resolutions. Maybe having written these down will help me to actually fulfill them!

Okay, I'm going to start with the mundane. Resolution 1: I will hang up my coat in the coat closet as soon as I get home, instead of throwing it on the chair, the bed, the floor, the desk....wel,l I think you get the point that my coat usually ends up anywhere BUT the closest. I know it sounds stupid, but for some reason this is hard for me. When I admitted to my husband that I had made a resolution for this year, he looked at my skeptically, since he doesn't do resolutions. When I told him what it was, he smiled and offered his full support. Apparently, he doesn't appreciate my coat(s) being everywhere and anywhere all at once!

Resolution 2: Lose the ten pounds I gained between the end of tri season and now. I know that everyone else in America will also resolve to lose weight...so at least I am not alone. Starting out, I feel pretty discouraged, since I had just worked so hard to lose the weight last winter. Something about Wisconsin winters makes you gain ten pounds. I'm not sure if it's the beer, the cheese, the cold weather or the lack of sun. I think in my case it is all four!!

Resolution 3: Stop biting my cuticles. This is a terrible habit I have--and something I do when I am really anxious. Currently, that means my hands are a mess. It has gotten to the point where my fingers hurt and I am embarrassed to have people see my hands. This resolution will be the hardest one for me since it involves dealing with my anxiety in a different way, at a time where my anxiety level are pretty high.

So, those are my resolutions, those things I want to change about myself. But, I think that new years should also bring new goals. For me, these goals revolve around completing some pretty daunting races. I have my eyes set on a half Ironman in late summer. I am still working on my race schedule and some things will depend on where we end up moving to this summer. At least I have managed to come to my senses and realize that a full marathon and three triathlons will be too much to complete over the span of four months.

Training starts now....hence, I went running in 15 degree weather. For anyone curious, 15 degrees is too freaking cold to be running in.