Read 12 books with a variety of topics, genres, and styles. I read Radical: Taking your Faith Back from the American Dream, which was a challenging book that basically asked where in the Bible it says we should pursue the American Dream instead of following Jesus. Not that the American Dream is wrong or bad, but just a reminder that Christians should be pursuing Jesus first and what He wants for their life, not what our American Culture says we must have to be happy. I followed that  challenge by reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which I’m surprised I’d never read before.  It is a great story about the life of a good/pious slave named  Tom and how many different people in the South treated their slaves.  It is a moving story, though a little hard to read since it is written in the English of the era.

Complete a Triathlon Square Lake Short Course, September 10. 0.5 Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run. For March I ran 25 miles (10 less than February), not the right direction but I was sick for almost 2 weeks. I also biked 20.5 miles the first time in 3 months that I’ve been outside!! Plus 30 minutes on the trainer. I started bike commuting towards the end of the month.  No swimming, but we did do some snowshoeing at the beginning of the month!

Finish this YouVersion devotional plan (Bible Study).  Still going well.  With only one or two verses a day and a short paragraph thought afterwards it doesn’t take a lot of time.

Make a substantial change to one of my programs at work. We’ve worked on a social entrepreneurship project using Youth Venture as a guide, but it has been a struggle.  It was designed for 8th grade and up and I ended up with a lot of 6th graders.  We did some adapting, but it still requires a little more abstract thinking than they’ve demonstrated.  I also think the “social” part made it a little harder.  They are wrapping up next week and submitting the applications to me to see if any are worth funding.

Blog Regularly Blogging on all fronts has slowed down a little.  As Nadia has gotten older we’ve been taking less pictures and life is just busy! It is hard to carve out chunks of time to write and research.

Learn how to use my digital camera and experiment with its features. No progress on this one.  I don’t think this goal is specific enough for clear improvement.  This month I’ll work on developing something more specific.

The most viewed post of March 2011,  Curing Plantar Fasciitis, again. Number two was Treating Plantar Fasciitis, but a surprise number 3 was my post about Twin Cities Running Stores. This didn’t change from last month.  A post I’d like to see get more views is my thoughts of running the Downtown Riverfront, which is in the top 20.