Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year Everyone. 
2008 was quite a year for me. Here are the quick highlights.
1) Had surgery on my septum.
2) Co-authored a review in the Journal “Cell.”
3) Visited NYC, and did most of the touristy stuff.
4) Visited Alcatraz Island.
5) Further explored the bay area
6) Gave my first talk at an international conference.
The best for last:
7) My daughter Jocelyn entered my life.
Now it is time for resolutions. I wasn’t going to list any this year, but I’ve changed my mind after hearing about a study. This study was examining if new year resolutions work, and what you can do to succeed. It turns out, they do work as long as they are reasonably attainable and you have some sort of emotional support. Roughly 40% of the people that make resolutions succeed. When examining people who have the same goals but did not make a resolution, only 4% of the people fulfilled those aspirations.
So, I’ll give it a shot and here are my resolutions for 2009
1) Go to they gym more…roughly 2 or more times a week would be nice. Mainly, I’ve been getting a “bench belly” and it would be nice to loose 10-15 lbs. Even if I don’t loose much weight, I could use the cardio work out.
2) Watch much less t.v. and spend more time reading.
3) Get caught up with my reading at work and be overall more organized.
I think I will leave it at three, and I hope those are reasonably attainable. I was going to add “find a hobby,” but with a newborn I think my hobby will be raising a daughter.
To everyone that reads this, I hope you had a good overall 2008 and I wish you all a 2009 that greatly exceeds all expectations.
Wishing the Bauers a fantastic 2009!