New Years resolution 2010

Last year at this time I set forth to not read a new book in the year 2009 until I had finished all the books that I had started, but not finished. This turned out to be one of the toughest resolutions I have ever stuck with because there are so many new and wonderful books that come out every year that I ended up buying, but not reading, and while plodding through some of the books I realized why I never finished them in the first place.
Below is my list and how I did on the books. All things considered I finished a good chunk of the books, but I had a lot of distractions as every month I would get a new book from one of my Attending Doctors to read and complete a review allowing me to be able to keep the book. I debated about this and my resolution, but rationalized it by the fact that reading the books were for work, not pleasure and it was helping my resume for applying for a job.
Yea I know it was a shady thing to do...

So this year?
I resolve to:
1) Floss nightly
2) Stretch every time before and after I exercise (I am getting old)
3) Run at least one 1/2 marathon
4) Change at least one diaper (this one should not be hard)
5) Not faint when I become a father
6) Continue to bike to work as much as possible
7) Try to finish the books below

Happy New Year of 2010!


List of books:
The Life of Eric Liddle: Catherine Swift: done
Desires in Conflict: Joe Dallas: did not touch
KJV Apocrypha: still reading
Celebrating the Wrath of God: Jim McGuiggan: done
Out of the Silent Planet: CS Lewis: done
Perelandra: CS Lewis: done
That Hideous Strength: CS Lewis: did not touch
The Exemplary Husband: Stuart Scott: did not touch
The Power of a Praying Husband: Stormie Omartian: did not touch
Tramp for the Lord: Corrie Ten Boom: done
Jewish Cultures and Customs: Steve Herzig: done
Foundational Faith: John Koessler: still reading
Sharing Your Faith with a Hindu: Madasamy Thirumalai: did not touch
Happiness is a Choice: Frank Minirth and Paul Meier: done
Every Living Thing: James Herroit: done
The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank: done
Life for Every Married Couple: Ed Wheat: done
Systematic Theology: Wayne Grudem: still reading
Gang Leader for a Day: Sudhir Venkatesh: done
Death by Love: Mark Driscoll: done
The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor: Hudsdon Taylor: done
The Life of Samuel Morris: Lindley Baldwin: done
The Life of Mary Slessor: Basil Miller: done
The Old Testament: Mark Driscoll: done
The New Testament: Mark Driscoll: done
The Joy of Fearing God: Jerry Bridges: did not touch
The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales: Oliver Sacks: done
Tozer on the Holy Spirit: AW Tozer: still reading
The Two Kinds of Decay: Sarah Manguso: done
My Utmost for His Highest: Oswald Chambers: done
Unceasing Worship: Harold Best: still reading
Help Yourself: Dave Pelzer: done
That Incredible Christian: AW Tozer: still reading
To End All Wars: Ernest Gordon: done
Make My Life a Prayer: Keith Green: done
Rags of My Soul: T. Byram Karasu: done
Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of Self: Allen Siegel: still reading
Mnemonics and More for Psychiatry: David Robinson: still reading
Psychoanalytic Case Formulation: Nancy McWilliams: still reading
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Nancy McWilliams: still reading
Principles and Practice of Psychopharmacology: Phillip Janicak: still reading
The Screwtape Letters: CS Lewis: done
Serial Killers: Joel Norris: still reading
The Complete Book of Running: James Fixx: done
Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacology Beitman: still reading
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry Volume I and II: Kaplan and Sadock: still reading
House Officer Series: Neurology: Howard Weiner: still reading
Introduction to Supportive Psychotherapy: Winston: still reading
Motivational Interviewing: Bezalel Dantz: still reading
Telling Yourself the Truth: William Backus: done
Clinical Manual for Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychotic Depression: Anthony Rothschild: done
Concise Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Mina Dulcan: still reading
Quick Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR: APA: still reading
The Merk Manual: still reading
Desiring God: John Piper: still reading