Daniel J Isom

This is it. The last update for my 2018 resolutions. I crushed two of them and am very happy to report that I've got a solid start on the last. I don't think I'm going to a do a monthly update for 2019 because I was only going to set a single resolution, but I will write about my progress periodically. We'll get more into that in a second, let's see how I fared in December.

In May 2017, I had 129 board games (not including expansions or kids' games). As of today, I have 109. I think I've done a okay job curating my collection as I intended to do after writing this piece . Now I'm going to do something more drastic, cut that number in half. Why that amount? Why do this at all? First, the number (54) is arbitrary and will likely change to a lower number in time. Also, what I don't have is lack of space or an emergent need for money. What I do have are other issues. The major one being lack of time to play; I'm lucky to get a couple days a month. Even then, maybe one to three see the table each time. Seeing the games sitting on the shelves, multiple times a day, creates stress & disappointment. Knowing it will take literally years for some of them to get played again weighs on me. I want to play all of my games, but not everyone else does as often or at all. So keeping some of those games just doesn't make sense, not right

This past summer I was standing in front of the mirror in our bathroom and was not happy with what I saw. I knew I had put weight back on from the last time I lost a bunch. When I stepped on the scale, I was disgusted. Eighteen of the 32 or so pounds, that I had worked so hard on losing, were back. I made the decision that day to get back to tracking what I was eating. I knew that would help, but it wasn't until I got my Fitbit Flex 2  that I really got motivated. Since July 15th, the day I got the Fitbit, I've lost 35 pounds to get down below to my initial goal weight of 180. I probably would have reached my goal a few weeks ago, but between BurrEato and Thanksgiving, November is a big eating month for me. I still tracked my calories and only went over 2 days for the whole month, because sometimes you just have to treat yourself. The key to my success has really come from the Fitbit, or rather, being more active because of it. I had a streak of over two months where I di

Only one month to go and I'm ready to declare that I succeeded on two of the three resolutions. I've been crushing the bread baking, doing way more than I expected to. I also have NO unplayed games! The meditation resolution was a bust this month, but that'll be my big focus for December and next year.