Additionally,The Drop Inn Center does wonderful work with the homeless population, and is also a node from which to connect with other great non-profit charities. DropInn.org is their website.

And as suffering is not exclusively the lot of human beings, spca cincinnati is yet another place deserving of helpful effort: spcacincinnati.org

Finally, on the west side you may find an opportunity to merge number three with number five. The Mobo Bicycle Cooperative is working to make Cincinnati more bicycle friendly, a shift that is globally positive. Their site is mobobicyclecoop.org

That of course merely scratches the surface, and indeed this comment comes a month from the year’s outset so you may already be proceeding along your own lines. Nevertheless, i hope these suggestions are helpful.

Theodore Roosevelt

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”

George Bernard Shaw

and somewhat more whimsically,

“When things go wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low, and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but do not quit.
Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit-
It’s when things go wrong that you must not quit.”

~ Unknown

Cool goals. I’m in the process of making mine. I’m taking mine a step further. I’m time-bounding them!

Here are three cool exercise a friend introduced to me. I think the Wheel is the coolest.

Wheel:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russell-bishop/transformation-keys-how-t_b_149145.html

Imagination:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russell-bishop/how-to-prepare-for-your-b_b_150884.html

Visualization:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russell-bishop/step-3-to-your-best-year_b_155019.html

Love that you are brave enough to publish your not resolutions. The big surprise to me was surfing – I had no idea. Will you wear a helmet and life Jacket? Maybe you meant the other kind of surfing??. I think # one should have been call my mother every day so she does not have to check out your various on-line activities to find out what you’re doing . I want first dibs on that painting.

I think I will apply it today at lunchtime for deciding where to go.

@Monika – We need to come up with some fitnessy stuff to do together! You have better success rates when you do stuff with friends. Maybe start a “Walking Wednesdays” night where we go for long walks in new neighborhoods every Wednesday… thoughts?

@Rob – Thanks for the encouragement – you are such an awesome and supportive friend. I will definitely keep you posted and let me know if you come up with anything.

@Jim – I might take you up on the painting thing. Although you can’t make fun of my lack of talent

It is great that you set specific, varied goals for 2010, that you are willing to post them, and that you are asking your friends and colleagues to hold you accountable. I, like a lot of the people who are lucky enough to know you, think that you rock on a lot of different levels, so it’s not surprising learning to play guitar is your #1 goal and I expect you to achieve most of these goals.

I’m looking forward to following your progress on the blog and doing what I can to help you get these done!

Now I guess I have to come up with some goals for myself too, otherwise I’ll feel like a slacker.