2023 Resolution Recap

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I love New Years Resolutions.

It's an arbitrary line in the sand, sure, but it stands as the reset point for my life and behaviours.

My method of setting New Years Resolutions in the past has been that of shooting with buckshot - you aim in a direction, and you hope that some part of the projectile hits the target, even if a bunch miss. In this analogy, I set many goals, with the understanding that I won't land everything.

But this comes with the obvious drawback of not having to hold myself accountable to where I miss. I can chalk it up to "well, I missed this year, maybe we'll go again next year - look at all the goals I did accomplish!"

The issue with this is it encourages the "easy win" resolutions to pass, and the harder, grittier ones to fall by the wayside.

This year, I want to think more deeply about crafting resolutions. And I want to make sure I have the mechanisms in place to track and achieve them.

A look back at 2023

I wrote these out at the beginning of last year at 3am, after some drinks with friends as we sat around talking about life. Now, I want to reflect back on the goals, and my relative success and failure.

End count: 4 full successes, 6 partial successes and 7 full misses. Not the worst, but think I can improve this batting average for next year.

© Matthew Fish.