First update for my 2016 resolutions since… June 1st.

Let’s take a look at my list and see where things went wrong.

  • Learn to play the guitar: FAIL
    I was off to a good start, and it lasted several months. Ultimately all I have are excuses. The main one was that I liked to practice at night, but certain people would complain about the racket. I still have my guitar, still want to play, and have it right next to my desk, although it’s out of tune.
  • Write more: FAIL
    Didn’t write all year, wrote a decent outline for Nanowrimo. Got off to a good start.. I made it 9 days, and I wrote 14,822 words. But then I just started hating what I was writing. Once you get a little behind of your writing goal, you really lose all motivation for Nanowrimo.
  • Better communication: Not great
    Did Skype, but it is hard coordinating. I found it easiest if I just skyped peoples’ phones, instead of trying to get both of us on Skype at the same time. Grace didn’t do it as much though. Need to do better.
  • Read at least 2 books a month: Yay
    I think I did this, I didn’t do a great job of keeping track of my reading, and in the last month or so, I’ve mostly been watching Mad Men at night instead of reading, but I got a decent amount done.
  • Watch less movies / TV: So-so
    I don’t know if I watched movies / TV, but I tried to be more selective about what I watch, so I watched better movies and tried not to watch garbage TV, and watch good shows (Mad Men and Stranger Things come to mind).
  • Develop blog about Chile: FAIL
    Did nothing but think about this… still got ideas, and nothing to show for it. Lame.
  • Exercise: Not really
    I’ve been more careful with my eating in the last few months, and I definitely do more physical activity playing with Grace, but not actually going out jogging, or anything scheduled. I should do more.
  • Keep track of my resolutions: FAIL
    I only kept track of my resolutions up until May, so yeah, I failed this.

I may just keep my resolutions the same for next year, so that I feel guilty when I don’t do anything.