2009 In Review: Goals Met (and Unmet)

Goals, not resolutions, remember? Here’s a look back at how I did this year. Amazing — it seems like I wrote these only yesterday.

• Goal #1: ride out of state – technically met, if you count a 20 mile excursion into California on a tour of some giant redwoods. Pathetic, I know!
• Goal #2: take a long trip – depends on how one defines the phrase “long trip.” I did take a few 4 day trips this year; one to the Southern Oregon coast, another to BMWRO‘s Chief Joseph Rally, and the last a relaxed trip to central Oregon to celebrate Stacey’s birthday.
• Goal #3: get 10,000 lifetime miles – Success!
• Goal #4: take the Team Oregon ART course – Failed, thanks to an unforgiving schedule. I even registered for the final class of the year — only to have my co-worker call in a favor that caused me to work that day. Drat.
• Goal #5: work toward becoming a Team Oregon instructor – Failed due to bureaucratic red tape. The issue was getting paid — apparently the state government can’t figure out how to pay someone for two different positions at the same employer. I may be able to work this out eventually, but the Econopocalypse is not the time to be rocking the boat with one’s boss, ya know?

2009 was a pretty good year. I rode a bunch more than I did last year, met a lot of great folks in meatspace, and met even more in cyberspace.

My biggest obstacle was time. 40 hours a week in a cube and 2 weeks vacation is not conducive for long-range motorcycle travel, or much of anything really. Nevertheless, I’m thankful to still have a job that pays the bills with enough left over for things like motorcycling.

Bye bye, 2009!

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