Dec
30
2005

Looking ahead to aught-six

fibonacci resolutions

Here are my quantifiable New Years resolutions (listed in Fibonacci sequence):

  • Zero credit card balance by Dec. 31

  • Post one entry per week to cmerrill.com

  • Write one handwritten letter each month

  • Buy two new CDs per month

  • Be able to run three miles in 25.5 minutes

  • Leave the state five times

  • Spend eight days in Paris, France

  • Read 13 books

  • Prepare/cook 21 meals per month

  • Produce and upload 34 minutes of audio/video content

And I think I will try to follow these qualitative goals from the BBC (thanks, Freddy!).

9 Comments

Tell me more about "Produce and upload 34 minutes of audio/video content". You mean all at once? Or over the course of the year?

Posted by Mikey on December 30, 2005

Thirty-four minutes worth of smaller projects over the course of the year. About three minutes a month whether in small 30-second chunks or several minute pieces.

Posted by curt on December 30, 2005

Note to self: add credit-card payoff to list of New Year's Resolutions.

Also -- when are you going to France?!?!?!?! Wanna hit London instead? We speak the language.... :-)

Posted by Sara on December 31, 2005

I hear Tanzania is the place to see in the coming year. Everybody will be going there.

Posted by rob on December 31, 2005

I'm actually planning a two week trip with a week (8 days) in Paris and then taking the train to London for just under a week. This will be sometime in September, so if anyone wants to coordinate visits, that would be awesome. I'll probably confirm dates sometime in February.

Posted by curt on December 31, 2005

is that going to interfere with goal (a)?

Posted by rob on December 31, 2005

I think I'll still be able to accomplish goal (a). If I budget well enough (and stick to the budget), I think I'll be OK. The 21 meals goal will help in that regard because I won't be eating out as much.

Posted by curt on December 31, 2005

Oh, and one more thing -- in high school, at the peak of my running fitness, I could do 3.1 (hilly) miles in 26:26, and that's the fastest I ever got. Good luck with your training!

Posted by Sara on January 03, 2006

Are you related to g merril?? I just read the funniest darn blog about merril shoes...Made me want more of that "off" brand humor!

Posted by Liz on January 06, 2006

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