After a very long hiatus I’m back on Posterous (partly since getting an iPhone blogging has never been easier). Being the end of the year, the natural thing to do is reflect on how the year has gone. Inspired by a post by Garry (http://garry.posterous.com/my-resolutions-for-2009) I thought I’d write down my thoughts and hopefully it will help me strenghten my resolve. I have been looking back at the past two years and reflecting on how they went. 2007 & 2008 were incredible years for me. I fell in love and moved in with Maria, quit my 9-5 corporate job, worked on my own start up with some of the smartest people I know, took part in Y-Combinator (summer 08), put my start up on hold after working on it for over 20 months, and now will be entering the workforce again to hopefully build upon what I learned while working on Youlicit (more on this later).  The life lessons I’ve learned in these last 731 days have been more than some learn in a lifetime. And going into 2009 I want to resolve to act on these lessons learned.

Personal goals:
- Spoil Maria rotten
- Learn Spanish
- Be more fiscally conservative
- Be better at prioritizing everything in my life
- Start and maintain a personal blog
- Plan a trip to India before summer of 2010
- Take more pictures
- Volunteer to give back to the community
- Read more books

Leisure goals:
- Continue learning salsa
- Explore more restaurants in New York and try out new cuisines and foods
- See more music and art events in the city

Health goals:
- Run at least twice a week and go to the gym at least four times a week
- Eat less cholesterol heavy foods
- Eat more veggies regularly
- Cook at home more often

Geek goals:
- Pick up Python and write at least one useful webapp in django
- (stretch) Experiment with developing on a mobile platform (iPhone
or android)