I’ve never been big on New Years resolutions and for the first time that I decided to have them I batted 1 for 2.  I aimed for a big physical change and lost some fat and really got my body into shape.  During that time I also aimed for some entrepreneurial goals.  My heart wasn’t in it for the later.

Now with my health and body on the right track I have put my mind on the right track as well.  They always say to go at it in that order.  I remember the feeling last year when I committed to attaining good health.  It was a full year before I felt that feeling again.  But it’s the kind of feeling that you just know wont go away, it’s only ever happened to me now twice.

So, this year I’ve started on the mind. Ever since I was a kid I had a huge interest in Astronomy and Cosmology and wanted to be an astronaut (elevators and swings make me queezy, so no flying for me).   While I was in the USAF I read Stephen Hawking’s first book when I was 20 and absolutely loved it.  However, due to a huge math anxiety I choose a different path, which, has paid off very well (software/web development, and no, you don’t actually need much math at all there).

The original idea of this new plan was to transfer to the UW as an Astronomy major in fall 2010 and get my undergrad and graduate degrees while continuing to work in my current career.  However, rethinking this now I will stick with Computer Science. I only need to work on my Math and Physics courses as well as that 1 year of foreign language (taking Chinese 121 at BCC as I type this – UPDATE: finished it).

I did save two posts from last year however for entertainment purposes, all the other “entrepreniual” stuff have been deleted.

UPDATE Oct 2009 – The stress of class work was having a toll on me physically!  So, I decided to keep doing what I’m good at and try to improve on it.