Resolutions

My primary New Year's Resolution is to avoid interacting with the checking account that's used to pay my mortgage, my condo association fee, and my student loans. This one account handles over $3200 worth of expenses each month, so being able to ignore it completely has lots of appeal. I especially like the idea that achieving this goal brings me one-step closer to the state of nirvana that's experienced by college students who never have to worry about silly things like paying off loans or making regular contributions to support the people who take care of the property on which you live.

My secondary resolution is to abandon the weight-training aspect of my workout regiment and concentrate on improving my ability to run a 5k (3.1 miles) race without any issues. Currently, I've been able to accomplish this distance in 39 minutes which isn't that great. Additionally, I've picked up the side-goal of "traveling a total of 4 miles" during my cardio sessions which can be partially accomplished by walking without any regard for time. Being able to bang out 4 miles during every trip to the gym would be very exciting for me.