jordanBommelje

A new year has begun. It’s a fresh start to some things. For the year 2011, I have a few things I’d like to accomplish. They include:

1. Stop drinking Mountain Dew – This is a tough one for me, but I’m determined. Being more healthy overall is a more generic resolution.
2. Reduce debt and clear credit card balances – This is definitely possible with enough self discipline.
3. Read more books – Any kind of books. Manuals, fiction, non-fiction… Anything.
4. Write more in my blog – I want to make this a more active site.
5. Get certified in Mac OS X Server – A very realistic goal that would be very beneficial.
6. Take more photos – I want to start doing more freelance photography; this is a good way to start.
7. Take a vacation – It’s been a very long time, but I think it’s well deserved.
8. Be more organized – Keep things clean. I need to find ways to be neat.
9. Ride my bike more – I would really like to ride to and from work 3 times a week. That’s about 25 miles each day, 75 per week. Plus any additional recreational riding.
10. Promote RocRider.com – Provide a place for other bike riders around the area to communicate and keep in touch.

And that’s my list for 2011. I’ll mark off each thing as it’s done, and come back to it in 1 year. We’ll see how I do!

So today is going to be a new beginning for some things in my life. I want to make a few good changes. I’d like to start biking more often, eating healthier and blogging more often. Hopefully if I write enough, I can keep myself on track for things. I feel that writing about my experiences will help me with a few things. So what I’d like to do is eventually ride 10-20 miles on my bike daily, eat healthier and write a blog entry every day. Is it possible? Sure. I just need to discipline myself to do it. It will probably be a rocky start, but I’m up for the challenge. If anyone eants to help by going out riding, or eating somewhere good, let me know! Leave a comment or simply email me at jordan [at] jordanbommelje [.] com

So here’s a start…

So this morning I woke up, found a little extra money, so I used it to pay some bills, and also get a couple tubes for my bike. Replaced the tube and rode around for a few minutes to make sure it was ok. Damn it feels good to ride again. Can’t wait for summer!
Also can’t wait for my Canon 40D to show up any time from the Canon repair center. It’s been a year with out it, and a couple weeks ago I finally stopped procrastinating and shipped it off. Can’t wait to take a look and see what the issue was. Hopefully they’ll tell me.
Tonight I’m also taking my car over to my dad’s so he can help replace a coolant flange so my car isn’t over heating anymore. I’m interested to see if the AC works on the car since I got it in winter and couldn’t really test it. More to come if things go well even more later.