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Apropos of this year’s goals… Where am I as of the end of September?

SHORT VERSION: mostly slummin’ this year, actually.

I hate to admit it but that’s pretty much the truth.

1. Write ≥3 hours each week. I got inspired in July. And almost hit my mark for that month. But then the enthusiasm waned big-time.
   
   Maybe I should just change this goal to: “Complete NaNoWriMo 2010”.
2. Submit at least 2 short stories for publication. Submitted one in January. And/but that one got rejected. And as I admitted before, that one stung, and more than it should have. Vide supra.
3. Revise at least one of my novels-in-progress. Going to punt this to next year. At the earliest. It was a nice thought.
4. Read ≥36 books. Goodreads says I’m up to 34 already for 2010–and/but 2 of those are still marked “currently-reading”. And I also picked a number of “big ones” this year as well ¹. So I’ve got that going for me at least.
   
5. Exercise: get my money’s worth at Bolton Valley. I did, thanks. And I plan to again this winter.
6. Exercise: walk or run ≥1 mile ≥2 times/week. Trying to get a re-start on this one. See also: notexercise.tumblr.com
7. Exercise: climb at least once each week. It got tough this year. Seems to be getting tougher. Sticking with it as best as time and partner availability will allow ².
   
8. Restrict my “personal expenses” to $70/week. Most weeks I do just fine. (Let’s leave it at that.)

1. Gravity’s Rainbow, anyone?[↩]
2. Fortunately, I’ve also made a few more climber friends.[↩]

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