This is George’s list of goals/challenges/achievements for 2011. Feel free to encourage, harass, or otherwise engage in his pursuit of all things 2011.

Updated November 2011.

40 Day Challenges

Give up caffeine for 40 straight days
Completed! 02/27/11

Floss everyday for 40 straight days
Completed! 02/27/11

Give up fast food for 40 straight days
Completed! 04/13/11

Pray with wife everyday for 40 straight days
Started/Stopped/Started/Stopped

Lead Bible study with wife everyday for 40 straight days.
Started/Stopped/Started/Stopped

Reading Challenges

Read Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology
Finished through chapter 5. I don’t want to say I’ve stopped trying on this one, but well, I seem to have stopped trying. 

Read 12 books
Finished 10. See complete list here.

Read through the New Testament
Completed! 09/15/11

Memorize 2 chapters of scripture
Just a couple of verses down.

Physical Challenges

Let’s just go ahead and admit that I dropped the ball in this category. I procrastinated. I made excuses. And it shows. Fortunately, as much as I believe in sticking to goals, I also believe in learning from failure and re-establishing those goals with a new mindset. These goals have not gone away. But their timeline is under negotiation.

Complete a half marathon event
I could still “technically” go out and complete one….but it would be painfully slow…or just painful. 

Weigh185 lbs
I have not given up on this one COMPLETELY for the year. Not yet. 

Complete P90X
Welp, I’ve officially passed the point of being able to technically complete this. I’ve still done workouts on and off, but definitely not 1-2 hours a day, 6-7 days a week, for 3 straight months.

Do 100 pushups in a row
See above. 

Financial Challenges

Pay off $15,000 in debt
On track.

Give away ten percent of my income
On track.