I played in the Guinness World Record tournament on Pokerstars on Sunday. I built up a huge stack early and unfortunately I had to sit out for the rest of the tournament just after the 2nd break due to something coming up. I ended up cashing in the top 10 percent of the field even while sitting out thanks to my early work.

If that isn’t a great analogy to how alot of my goals have gone over the past year then I don’t know what would be. I move from one thing to the other even if the previous job is not completed. I am at a crossroads where I feel like nothing is getting done and things just keep piling on.

I really don’t know how to articulate it all that well, but I know that change is in order. I have talked about it over the past month or so here, and the turn of the year is pouring the cement over the hole I have dug.

I have a laundry list of goals that I want to attain in this coming year. I just hope it doesn’t make me feel too overwhelmed. So lets get to it:

My resolution for 2009 is to be Healthy and Wealthy!

Pretty simple and maybe a little selfish on my part, but with this overall resolution I have many smaller goals to set for myself:

1. Work out for a minimum of 30 minutes EVERY day.

Back when I played baseball in college I was in much better shape that I am today. I have put on way too much weight and it is time to do something about it. At just over six feet tall, I am topping the scales at over 270 lbs. and my playing weight back in college was 195-200. I am hoping to get back to below 210 at some point in the next year.

Getting started will be the hardest part of this goal. I know once I get into a routine, things will become much easier. In the past, I have never had a hard time putting on muscle, but keeping the fat off has always been a struggle. I am looking to be doing tons of cardio workouts to shed the pounds.

2. Start an online business or businesses.

I have a been doing plenty of research over the past couple of weeks, and I am getting that much closer to finally getting a domain name and hosting a site with the main purpose of making money.

At the same time, I will be offering a service. With the ideas I have at the moment, most of the services that I will be offering are informational. Even this blog of mine can be looked at as an informational portal. I have thought about moving this blog to my own domain and possibly adding some advertisement banners to try and bring in some extra cash. But at this point in time, I don’t want to monetize this blog.

3. Surpass my goal to 10k in poker.

Ok well this was kind of a goal that was supposed to be reached over the past year. I must admit that I am actually kind of disappointed with myself for letting myself slip up a few times. Each slip has proven to be disastrous in terms of reaching my goal. But I am still above where I started, and that is pretty much the only good thing I can say about my BR situation.

Over the next year, I WILL reach this goal and hopefully surpass it. Though, I haven’t played much over the last couple of weeks, I am playing better than ever and I know it is just a matter of putting in the hours and staying strict on bankroll management. So when it comes to hours, I hope to play 20 hours a week.

4. Eat healthier.

With my current job, I am always on the road. Usually just day trips, but nonetheless. When it is time for lunch, I am left choosing between unhealthy fast food restaurants. So I plan to start making a lunch to take with me. I also plan to start drinking more water and drink less sodas.

This goal ties in nicely with the working out for a minimum of 30 minutes a day goal. After all, one reason why my weight has gotten to where it is now is due to my poor nutrition habits.

5. Get on a better sleep schedule.

Another goal that will mesh well with my other “healthy” goals. I currently don’t even have a sleep schedule. Some nights I will go to bed at 1 AM, other times I might go to bed as late as 4 AM. When it comes to waking up, I will often wake up anywhere between 7:30 AM to 2 PM depending on how sleep deprived I am or what time I went to bed the night before.

I want to have a more structured sleep pattern. This might not be the easiest goal to reach for me, especially since we have a baby on the way. It has nothing to do with my poker playing either, often times I am just fooling around on the internet until 3 in the morning. It is pretty sad when I say that my most productive hours in the day are between 11 PM and 3 AM.

I will post here as I progress with each of these New Year Resolutions. Without doing it myself, I don’t feel qualified at this point in time trying to give pointers that can be found elsewhere. I will hopefully have some helpful tips to anyone that might be trying to attain the same goals as I find things working out for me. I feel I know what I need to do in each area, it is just a matter of doing it.

Wish me luck, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!