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Reflections and New Beginnings

For the past three years I have been very narcissistic, become very narcissistic! Okay, I’ve only taken 156 official pictures of myself for the project, when I guess it could have been 1095, but still that’s very vain of me! However, it is now at an end, for now.

Last January I’d already made the decision to get fitter. Something that most people do every January. I tried to document it in pictures too. On reflection I probably failed on that front as well as as achieving fitness goal. Well put it this way, I haven’t lost as much weight as I’d planned too. I do feel fitter though, so that’s a positive thing to reflect on. I took part in three half-marathons and I beat my 13.1 mile personal best time!

So as is tradition at this time of year, it’s time to look forward and to set goals for the year ahead. At this point it would be easy to roll off a list of things I’d like to achieve before the year is out but it’s probably better to set smaller targets first. That way you’re more likely to succeed, right?

So, what do I want to achieve first? Well actually I would like to be more confident. Then if I’m more confident then I’ll be more motivated. If I’m more motivated then I’ll get out running more. If I get out running more, then I’ll get fitter. If I get fitter…well, you get the idea. There’s probably whole lot of positive side effects to those things as well. 2011 is going to see a lot of changes at my work, so some extra confidence might come in handy.

I also want to be more confident with words, so I intend to come and try and write something here once a week.