I Resolve...

I was planning on doing this a little sooner but I caught a nasty sinus infection that nailed me for a few days. Also, my good friend over at GuadSpot wrote a post that really threw me for a loop. I keep meaning to call him about it but I'm not really sure what I'd say. Anyway, despite the 'Debbie Downers' out there I did get a very positive reaction to my question about whether I should post my New Years Resolutions. So, I'm going to.
Let me preface by saying the format I am choosing is something I learned from my year and a half working at FranklinCovey. I learned there that if you have more than about 3 "Wildly Important Goals" or "WIGs" at any one time you will have difficulty doing anything with excellence. I think there is something to that but it's not a hard and fast rule.
So, I am going with 3 highly important goals to start out with and we'll see how I do. I'm not promising that I will report back so if you're curious throughout the year you'll have to ask me.


Personal
My wildly important personal goal is to take care of my body. To lose weight. I have some specific goals in this area but my initial tact is to change my lifestyle so that I am exercising the way I should and the way I want to for the rest of my life. I will tackle the weight issue more head on as I get in a rhythm with my exercising. I know! Surprise! I want to lose weight, this is a very unique and original resolution ;) However, with my age climbing and with Type II diabetes on both sides of my family it is past time for me to take care of this.


Family
This one just sort of came to me.
I am resolving to spend significant time with my family 'out of doors' at least once a month this year.
This means some kind of event or outting not just a walk to the park. It will probably take place on a Saturday and take a half a day or so each time. We will do this even during the winter, for there are plenty of Winter activities here in Utah that we can take part in. I think it will be fun. I will most likely report here on these activities so stay tuned!


Career
This one is probably the weakest of the three. I have been trying to figure out what I can do in this realm. I haven't enjoyed work as much as I am now in a long long time if ever. That being said, I want to improve and grow my skills etc.
So, this one might change if I have some additional inspiration or if job requirements change etc.
I will purchase several technical study manuals and spend time each work day studying them. I will start with the Flash manual I already have and go forward with some HTML and CSS and then add some Ruby on Rails books. By the end of the year I hope to be better able to make fixes and changes on the web sites I am responsible for myself if one of my devs isn't available etc.