Refining the Resolutions

I haven’t broken my resolutions. I’ve just refined them.

Last week I wrote about my New Year’s resolutions.   How am I doing so far?

Blog more: I wrote that I wanted to blog once a week, and last week I did two posts.
Grade:  A
Refined resolution: blog twice a week.

Set goals: I sketched out some broad goals for the year, but until my preparation for this post, I hadn’t outlined specific goals.
Grade:  F
Refined resolution: set and hit specific, quantifiable goals for the year, each month, week, and day.

Work every weekday: Without this resolution, none of the others are possible.  I got up at a reasonable hour and was “at work” by 10:00 a.m. every free weekday, but I still wasted hours of time.
Grade:  B-
Refined resolution: seven hours of job-hunting, submitting for acting notices, or other administrative tasks each day.

Exercise: I had resolved to exercise three times a week, thirty minutes per session.  And I exercised for exactly 15 minutes last week.  By the end of the week, I had as much tension as a coiled spring.
Grade:  D-
Refined resolution: register at local rec center, exercise ninety minutes a week.

Cut the crap: This resolution isn’t quantifiable, so it’s hard for me to grade myself.  But I think I’ve been using fewer excuses in my daily speech.
Grade:  B
Refined resolution: stop making excuses.

My 2011 GPA is a 2.08.   My goal is to have that up to a 4.0 by the end of the month.

How are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions?   What are your strategies?