{"id":627,"date":"2011-01-01T15:46:13","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scriniary.smallinfinity.net\/blog\/?p=627"},"modified":"2011-01-01T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T19:46:13","slug":"20102011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethshack.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/01\/20102011\/","title":{"rendered":"2010\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like it&#8217;s time for one of those annual review and goal posts. I don&#8217;t make resolutions, because that just sets me up for failure. Goals, on the other hand, give me something to strive for.<\/p>\n<p>Writing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2010 I made 24 short story submissions. My previous high was 10 (in 2009), so I&#8217;m quite happy about that. I&#8217;d like to increase it again this year, though not by the same percentage.<\/li>\n<li>I only wrote two stories in 2010. In 2011 I plan to write four.<\/li>\n<li>Finished and began revising a book and started writing another book. This year I will finish writing the one, finish revising the other, and start a new one. I&#8217;m trying to get down to a one book a year schedule; not there yet but getting faster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fitness:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Last year I ran 3 5ks and failed to come in last in any of them. This year, I plan on doing two 5ks, in April and November, and would like to finish in under 40 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Last spring I started swimming again, so I plan to do a triathlon or two this year. There are two local ones that have the swim in a pool instead of a lake, and that wouldn&#8217;t require a 1+ hour drive to get there, so I&#8217;m keeping an eye out for when they&#8217;re scheduled.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m going to join the bike club again and actually go on some rides. Riding on the roads is a lot more comfortable in a big group.<\/li>\n<li>Last weekend I ran across a program for working up to <a href=\"http:\/\/hundredpushups.com\/\">100 consecutive pushups<\/a> (also 200 crunches). Being able to do 100 pushups in a row seems like a neat ability so I&#8217;m giving it (and the crunches) a try.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also in the &#8220;neat but useless abilities&#8221; category is mental arithmetic. I don&#8217;t remember where I found this link, but someone made a <a href=\"http:\/\/myreckonings.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/22\/a-2011-%E2%80%9Clightning-calculation%E2%80%9D-calendar\/\">2011 lightning calculation calendar<\/a> with methods and exercises for multiplication, square roots, logarithms, etc. It&#8217;s been a nice &#8220;wake the brain up in the morning&#8221; technique for the past couple weeks.<\/p>\n<p>(Crossposted to <a href=\"http:\/\/dendrophilous.livejournal.com\/\">LJ<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like it&#8217;s time for one of those annual review and goal posts. I don&#8217;t make resolutions, because that just sets me up for failure. Goals, on the other hand, give me something to strive for. 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