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I’m back, and what better way to come back than to lay out some new goals (resolutions if you will) for 2008…

My most important goal this year is to reignight my passion for application development. Specifically, I’m going to tap into the brain trust of the “fearsome foursome” (Jon, Josh, Jay, and Nils) and bootstrap a new project. Some ideas have been floated, which already has me brimming with excitement.

Another big goal is to get back to writing regularly. No less than 5 hours per week writing. I need to find a good way to track my progress on this front. Dont Break The Chain is a likely contender.

Of course, now that I’m getting older (I’m now mid-thirties, oh noes!) I need to pay more attention to my health, so my goal on this front are three pronged, like a fork…a fork shoved into a steamy pile of chili-cheese fries…mmm!

First up, reduce my restaurant trips from 9+ meals per week to under 6. This is probably a bit aggressive but I’m going to give it a shot. This should be easy to track via Mint.com so long as I never pay cash for meals (no cheating!).

Obviously if I’m eating out less, I need to learn to cook a wider variety of foods. A man can only eat so many peanut butter sandwiches! Prong the second is to learn to cook at least 2 new meals each month. I’m not sure how to measure this. Cooking for Engineers might help me succeed. I’m not sure how to measure success here, maybe blog about my culinary experiences?

Then there is the exercise. Obviously the most popular resolution as measured by the massive influx of new people at my gym every January. The goal is to run a minimum of 10 miles a week (measuring from Sunday to Saturday), increasing by 1 mile per month, so that I’m running 11 miles per week in February, 12 per week in March, etc. This is a pretty modest goal which should help make it achievable. I’ll be tracking this using Map My Run (until I find something better).

Lastly, to help me maintain some diversity in my pursuits my final goal is to read (to completion) at least 1 non-technical book per month!

So that is pretty much it. Bring on 2008!