New Years Resolutions

It's been nearly 6 weeks since my last post. I had come to the realization that this blog was more personal therapy than anything else I thought it might become. I've also become aware that daily blogs posts may be more difficult and time consuming to maintain than I previously thought and that perhaps I should set more realistic expectations for myself. Therefore, I have made it a New Year's resolution to rededicate myself to this blog at a more reasonable level of expectations while still keeping true to my original purpose.

But my three main New Year's resolutions this year are to take better physical care of myself (by eating better and exercising), to be more loving to my wonderful wife, and to work harder at being successful. Yes, having so many resolutions only increases the likelihood of failure, especially since most people never stick to their resolutions, but I have a lot of confidence in myself and feel that I'm not setting the bar too high. These resolutions should be automatic in my life and hopefully next year, I'll be setting even higher expectations for myself.

Today's post is to remind everyone of what a great year 2008 was. I present you with a couple of news articles that have caught my interest recently.

FBI: Justifiable homicides at highest in more than a decade
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-14-justifiable_N.htm
"Citizens have taken greater responsibility for their own safety."
"Clearly there is a message out there that citizens may be able to defend themselves"

And in other news…

Report: Police officer deaths down in 2008
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/29/police.deaths.down/index.html?iref=24hours

Happy New Year!