I always holistically evaluate myself on my Resolutions with a Pass, Neutral, or Fail. I mentioned in my personal highlights post that 2011 was a year of internal, emotional struggles and overall I didn’t accomplish as much as I wanted to. Nevertheless, I have made significant efforts at shaping my life to be the way I want it.
Build Best Delegate toward profitability and automation: Neutral. I think the startup has grown significant since the beginning of the year; it has great name recognition and some revenue now. However, we’re still not close to profitability or automation — or even implementing our many good ideas.
Travel for fun with a purpose beyond sightseeing: Neutral. If anything, my traveling was quite the opposite. I didn’t get to fully enjoy my trips as much because I was locked down with work. This would’ve been a fail except I did go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Start a personal development website and post more often: Fail. I didn’t post as much as I wanted to, although I think my content did improve somewhat.
Start a microloan fund and continue exploring opportunities in international development: Fail. I didn’t get to start on this with so much of my focus being on the startup. In retrospect, perhaps my startup will provide opportunities to address international development in the future.
Purchase a DSLR and become confident in using it: Pass. I feel pretty comfortable using it and can’t believe I’ve only had it for less than a year. The next step is to use it more artistically.
Try following the Four Hour Body to holistically improve my physical fitness: Fail. Well, I did try it for several months but ultimately did not achieve my fitness goals. Although it didn’t work out, I do feel a bit more health conscious.
Be able to cook seven different healthy meals: Fail. I have one dish that I was proud of (summer fruit salad with made-from-scratch mango vinaigrette dressing) and I cooked occasionally when I was in Atlanta, but other than that I haven’t developed the healthy repertoire that I wanted.
Strive — don’t stress — for success in dating. Enjoy getting to know the other person and let success come to me. Also improve in communicating what I want and being more self-assured: Pass. Although I will admit I went through a lot of good growing pains on this.
Achieve GMAT and GRE scores in the statistical range for top 10 business schools and international relations schools: Fail. I didn’t even try studying for it. Right now it’s debatable how relevant this is for my career aspirations; I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do.
Spend more time exploring Atlanta and the South and meet new friends in the process: Neutral. I felt like I enjoyed Atlanta overall despite flying almost every other weekend to other cities. I didn’t meet many new friends but I was satisfied with my LDP friends already.
Overall: 2 Pass, 3 Neutral, 5 Fail
