New Year Resolutions: What and why?

[diebitter]

Overall: Change my lifestyle to a much healthier one. IM have 3 young children, a long mortgage left to pay, so I really need to stick around for a long time.

Lose weight: I've got way too heavy. While I am doing some exercise (I walk about an hour a day during weekdays), it's not enough, and I need to do some running/rowing too on top of it (I have a treadmill and rowing machine set up in my garage with DVD\TV to watch - sweet).

Sleep better: I have slightly chaotic sleep cycle at the moment, down to probably too much poker a little too late, so always seem to get less than I need. I'm cutting down to 6-8 tourneys a week, on 2 or 3 nights only, and normal bed-time the other nights. The poor sleep habit also means tired at work, so snacking ensues. Not good.

Better eating habits: No, I don't mean a diet, I mean get back to a no-snacking, 3 meals a day lifestyle. A couple of pieces of fruit on top, to fill out the day.



Play my winning games: I play all sorts, but I'm a general loser at ring games, I do okay (slight winner) at SNGs but don't like them too much, but I'm okay at big tourneys long-term. I'm cutting out ring and SNGs, and sticking only to tourneys from now on.

Less 2+2, more reading books: All my reading these days is 2+2, Film/DVD sites/magazines, and the TV guide. Not good. I need to start reading more. Can't remember the last book I read. I've pulled Stephen King's 'On Writing' and some P.G.Wodehouse Jeeves stories to start over Christmas.

Help my eldest son build a 'battlefield': He plays a dungeons and dragons type game called 'Warhammer', and we're going to make a proper battlefield for it, and interchangeable bits that alter the battlefield for different games (eg moveable trees, houses etc).

just that will suit me nicely.