So how will this be different from last year?  That’s a question I routinely ask myself this time of year. The last week of December is traditionally a week of renewal for me.  I use the time to reflect, re-evaluate and retrofit my goals and dreams. I maintain about dozen common goals each year.  I …

I am a goal-oriented person.  My wife and kids will tell you I am obsessive/compulsive about my goals.  I admit it, they are right. I am so weird about my goals that I even time myself cutting my yard each week.  My personal best for 2008 was 56:54 – that time includes cutting, weed eating …