2009 was a mixed bag... the early part of the year was very successful. I was in a position to move to a job within the company that would offer better prospects in general. In terms of socialising, I hooked up with a few people from work which improved my social life immeasurably and within there are a few people I actually regard as friends, like JB. Dating was a complete washout, even with my pro-active membership on Match.com and my own attempts to contact girls that look interesting to me was, quite frankly, appalling. At least, it was appalling in terms of getting a reply out of intelligent, cute women.
The second half of the year fell apart because of an unwanted internal move within the company that resulted in me reporting my boss to higher management for borderline harassment.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm glad to see the back of 2009.
What for 2010 then?
I think the most important thing is to sort out my professional life. I'm still stuck in this role where me and my boss don't get on, so I need out and I'm not sure human resources are going to be much help. It's all up to me.
Goal #1: Move to a new team or find a new job externally. I might have to do something more to make myself a better employment prospect like take a night class or do some self-study for a professional exam.
Goal #2: Lose some weight and get fitter. I have a gym membership, but I need to be doing something a bit more like sort out my diet. In terms of exercise, I need to be doing something at least three times per week - playing footy and/or hitting the gym and if I could supplement that by walking to and/or from work, then I think this could be a very achievable goal. In terms of weight, I need to lose about two stone (28 lbs, 12.7 kg).
These are my two main goals for this year with the possible little sub-goals built-in that would help me achieve those targets.
Some other ideas that have been floating around my head are:
Some travelling - perhaps even quite far afield for a relative's wedding later in the year with a few shorter city breaks.
Learning to drive - I've always hated driving when I've done lessons before, but it's something that I've recently started to think about. There's a local firm that will offer to do it in 4 weeks at a cost of £500. If I were going to do it, I'd want to do it as quickly as possible.
Dating - things haven't changed here since last year. I'm still not enjoying the single life, so I'll continue to look. I'm still semi-hoping to meet with RB again. I'm kinda surprised that the mutual friend hasn't asked me about RB, but that's my only link to her right now and it's the slimmest of slim chances.
These are my initial goals for 2010... hopefully, I'll be able to strike these of my list and add some more later, but for now, this is enough to be getting on with. In order to perhaps help me along, I think I'll sign up to 43 Things. I don't know if that's going to help, but let's see?
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