I’m a goals oriented person so the new year always presents itself to me as an opportunity to set up coming goals and review past accomplishments.
My brewing goal this year is to get a bottling or canning line in full operation by mid summer at Yellowhammer. We also have a production goal to meet this year that about doubles last years.
My personal goal is to lose 15 lbs and get back into shape again. I also want to spend more time with my family and get back out on the backpacking trail more often.
The day I turned 40 I went out for a 6 mile run and afterward hiked to the top of the mountain behind my house for some thoughtful meditation. I turn 45 this year and want be be in good enough shape to repeat that experience.
Anyone else want to share their goals and resolutions?
Got a physical this month and found out my chlorestoral, sp. is a little high so am going to try to get it down. Since I quit working last July I’ve gotten pretty lax in my exercise and am sure that has something to do with it.
I turn 47 in ~ 3 weeks and would also like to trim down a bit. I’ve always lifted weights regularly, a habit developed from playing football in high school. But we all know the gut gets tougher to keep off the older you get. So I’ve gotta cut back at the table, plain and simple.
As for brewing, we’re close to getting a new kitchen fridge which means I can move the existing one to the garage to replace my burned out lagering fridge. So I want to get back to making lagers - I miss having BoPils,Helles, and Dort around, to name a few.
I’m looking at dropping about ten pounds before next summer. I’ve been pretty lax (for me) about my diet this year so it’s time to get more diligent. I’d also like to make some money this year. That would be a nice change of pace from not making money my first several months in business.
I also want to brew more beer this year and get more involved with the local club. Every year I try to improve the quality of my beer over the last year and next year will be no exception.
Lose weight and become a BJCP judge…although they seem like they are in conflict with each other since I’ll have to do a lot of beer tasting to study ;D
Drop a butt load of weight.
Brew better beer
More time on my bike. I somehow managed to only put about 3,000 miles on in 2013… not good for the soul.
Build greenhouse for the bride
List goes on
Well, I am moving into a new house about as soon as the year begins, and haven’t brewed a batch in 6 months…
Retrofit Garage for Brewing
Retrofit Crawlspace for fermenting/lagering/barrel-aging?
Make at least 100g of beer
Become a BJCP judge
Get a medal in a competition
Get a bike, and start racking up miles
Get back down to about 160
My brewing goal is to start our neighborhood brew club and see if we can get more neighbors involved.
Personal goals would be to just spend as much time with family as possible. My daughter is 4 now and I just want to soak up as much time with her as possible, even if it means brewing less.
Last year I met my goal and ran my first 1/2 marathon. Next year my goal is to run a triathlon along with another 1/2 marathon. Eventually I want to run a full marathon, but I’m not sure if I will squeeze that in next year. I used to do a lot of mountain biking and really enjoy it, but I didn’t go once last year, so I’m intent on getting back to riding some of these great Colorado trails in 2014.
+1 on the bike. I got about 7k last year and now I’m retired I hope to get more than that this next year. Also looking at a new bike. 2014 street glide.
Create a DSLR time-lapse volcano video that I like enough to post on Vimeo.
The weight thing is easy. I ride my bike and swim every day.
I caught the biggest wave of my life last Friday. My friends say it had a 30’+ face. It looked like 100’ when I made my first bottom turn. I would have s*** myself, but I was too busy keeping from being buried under a million tons of water. It didn’t look that big until I committed myself to catching the wave. Everything after that was just staying alive. That was the most alive I’ve felt since I was a kid. Been surfing 46 years. That was awesome!
Brewing wise my goals are to finally start making lagers with my new, repurposed lagering fridge, get into a few more comps and score some more bling, refocus on some good recipes and improve them
All my kids are graduating their respective schools this year and moving on in the fall with the oldest off to college, they grow up fast so I’m looking at spending more time with them both individually and as a family
Pay off a little debt and get the business growing again since the economy around here is starting to finally pick up and head back in the right direction.
Lose 35 more lbs. lost 35 in 2013 so I need to keep the momentum going.
Master brewing lagers or at least keep working towards a decent one.
Be less grumpy and more patient.
My resolution for 2014 is the same as 2013’s. I fully resolve to not make New Year’s resolutions. I tworked last year.
Goals are bit less easy to meet: lose a little weight each month until I’m somewhere under obese. Hopefully get more energy in the process and survive to type this again going into 2015.
