I made last summer the “Summer of Self.”

Basically I the goal was to read books, draw, get my finances in order, and get in better shape.

On the read books goal, well I’ve read a few books over the last year, but sadly not as frequently or in whole as I wanted.  I more or less end up reading half a book, stop at a natural break in the story, and end up picking up another book a few weeks later.  So I’m reading (and I read the news and various comic books daily).  So I’m a nerd more than a literary fiend.  It is ok.

Drawing – I’m about a month behind in drawings, which, all things considered, is pretty good.  At one point I was 100 drawings behind.  I’m slowly catching up.  We’ll put this one in the “ongoing progress” category.

Get Finances in Order.  Well I have no credit card debt, but do still pay student loans and have a car payment.  But those are manageable.  Getting rid of credit card debt was huge.  Its been a goal for years.  So that’s a check in the done category.

Getting in Better Shape.  Well, January 2012 I weighed almost 200 pounds.  Which is nuts for my frame and who I am.  Today I weighed in at 170.5.  Not bad.  I weighed 185 in July 2012 and 170 by the middle of October 2012.  Which is when my regular biking ended.  So the fact that I’ve maintained 170 (ish) since then is really good.  I’m back to biking regularly and my goal is to get to 160 and maintain there.  So I’ll put a check in the done category (being that exercise is a routine as opposed to a rarity now) with some more refinement to be done.

I think I did pretty good with my goals.  I’ll have to keep working on them as I figure out some new ones for this summer.