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Last year my only new year's resolution was to not drink any more fancy coffee drinks. As you can see, I didn't last very long with that resolution.

I'm not much of a resolution-maker. I've tried in the past and they don't work for me. I can't just wake up one day and decide to do something life-changing. I need to arrive at those kinds of changes more gradually. I have goals for 2008, but they're goals I've had for a while and not really tied to the new year. Here are some things I hope to do in the next twelve months:

- Bike a century (100 miles in one day).
- Run a 5K.
- Keep up with both this blog and Pink Argyle.
- Keep up with my photo-a-day project at least until I've done it for 365 days; then, hopefully, keep it up for the rest of 2008 so I will have done it for an entire calendar year.
- Finish paying off my student loans (that's an easy one; I'll be done in a couple of months), then use the extra money to do some home improvements and get our house ready to sell.

I do think it's good to write down my goals because otherwise I forget to feel a sense of accomplishment; I become too focused on the next goals and the ones after those.

Oh and as for the fancy coffee drinks, I only lasted until sometime last February. I'm going to try it again this January. At least until I can properly fit into my clothes again. That's pretty much the closest I'll come to being on a diet.