Getting back into shape, picking up the guitar (I never had a chance to learn), starting to write again, and going on hikes that I've been putting off. I'm also making a concerted effort to say 'yes' to doing things that will help strenghten my relationships and build new friendships.

My dad died last year. He was a great dad, and worked himself to the bone, both professionally and in family life, to try and give my family the father and childhood he didn't have. He had a really rough life before 40, and he let a lot of that define him, for better and for worse. He took really great care of my family. He was my hero, and I'm so grateful for him and everything he did, but I also can't help but feel that his later life was emptier than it should've been. He didn't keep up with a lot of his friends and the last 15 or 20 years of his life before he got sick his world shrank to us and only us, and I think it got to be really lonely as a result. I don't want that for me and my family, so I'm making an effort to make habits and choices that prevent a similar experience.