Most people’s health goals involve some sort of number. Weigh less than this number. Get cholesterol under that number. Lift more weight. Run this far under that time.

Since the start of the new year, I’ve been thinking about goals and goal-setting. The thing is, year after year, my goals remain mostly unchanged.

New Year. A quarter of a century into the 2000s. And time for yearly goals.

New Year, New Goals.

It’s a new year - so it’s time for New Year’s Goals.

New year, new goals. Or at least updated goals.

Sometime back in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, I turned to my wife and asked her “what would you do if I said I wanted to start running?”

2021 is more than half over - which makes this a good time to look at how far along I am at accomplishing my goals for this year.

It’s a brand new year, which means it’s time to set yearly goals.

It’s a brand new year, which means it’s time to set yearly goals. But before I list my goals for 2021, let’s take a look at how I did for my 2020 goals.

Part of my 2020 goal to improve my health was to weigh less than 225 pounds.

It’s July, the seventh month, meaning the first six months of the year are over. In other words, the year is already more than halfway over.

It’s a New Year - which means it’s time for New Year’s Resolutions. Or, in my case, New Year’s Goals.

It’s hard to believe that 2019 is already halfway over. It’s a good time to review how I’m doing on my yearly goals.

2018 has come and gone - and what a year it’s been! Now that it’s the beginning of 2019, it’s time to reflect on the previous year and set out to decide what we want to accomplish this year.

I used to not like making resolutions specifically for the new year. It’s not that I didn’t like setting goals or that I never fulfill them, it’s just I didn’t see the point of only doing them once per year or waiting until an arbitrary time to make them. Instead, I’d set and accomplish various goals throughout the year.

2017 is going to be an exciting year for me, and there are going to be a lot of things happening. Here are four things I’m especially excited for!