I worked yesterday and have a somewhat pressing deadline for a server and website I need to have up soon, so I didn’t think much about it being the last day of the year. We’re also waiting for the arrival of my brother’s baby which could be any time now, so my thoughts were elsewhere. And one of the things I wanted to do last year was do more with physical objects. I’m going to call that an unquestioned success. And the idea of continuing to do these blog posts is not as appealing anymore. I may switch over to doing them in my journals which I’ve been using a lot more. For the first time, ever, I think, I even ordered a planner. It should arrive in a few days and I’m going to try it to even more organize by thoughts and days.

Anyway, to keep this short, here’s my review of 2019. It was a great year. Did I eat more vegetables? Unquestionably, yes. Were there a wide variety, unquestionably no. But I very much did get in the habit of taking a salad to work most days. So I could this as a success.

Doing more with physical objects? Yep, I finished the quilt for Annie at the start of the year and made a baby one for my brother. I also did quite a bit of woodworking in fixing stools for my brother. And I wrote a lot in my journal. More on this later.

Be more present? Yes, I think I am. I also don’t think I’m on my phone too much, which is a good thing. I should probably be on my computer less (a-hem), thus the move to more writing with pens and paper.

Bike more? Ok, that’s a fail. My total miles for last year was only 861. I can do better and will.

Fail more? I think that’s probably a fail too. I did make a printer stand that has a shelf on it and the shelf really doesn’t slide open because the box isn’t square. But that’s the only fail that’s come to mind right now. So I clearly didn’t stretch myself enough.

However, overall, I don’t think I’ve ever been happier in my life. Life is good?

For 2020? I kind of think I want to keep the same resolutions that I had last year. But now that I’m going to start using my paper planner (note I’m going to use a Clever Fox Planner that should arrive soon), I’ll hopefully be more mindful throughout the year. I think my journal so far is just me doing a weekly summary. But the thought of sitting down to breakfast each day with a paper planner and pen instead of my laptop seems very appealing to me. We’ll see.

One thing I want to do today is to make a wall calendar to track on big habit over the year. And while I definitely started eating more salads over the year, I didn’t get that adventurous with other vegetables. I just read the book The Blue Zones last week and my takeaway there is I should be eating more beans. People in the blue zones eat around a cup of beans a day. So I think that’s going to be my tracker. Try to eat some beans (black beans, white beans, tofu, etc.) every day.

And now, since I’m off, I’m going to do some woodworking today. And probably clean my room up a bit. I’m also trying to get over a cold, so I’ll take it easy a little too. And life is good. I’m looking forward to 2020 being even better than 2019.