Austin Twitter’er Zachary Ricks posed the following question via Twitter this morning:

What’s your top three things to accomplish in 2009?

Right off the top of my head — the three things that I most hope to accomplish in 2009 are:

1. Have a baby — In less than a week, on New Year’s Eve, my wife and I will celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary. We think it’s going to stick, so it’s time to start having children. Well, at least a child anyway. We hope next year is the year for us.
2. Make the “Success Stories” page at my Crossfit Central gym — I started Crossfit training two days per week at the Crossfit Central gym back in August. Since then, I have built my own Crossfit garage gym and am training 2-3 additional days per week there (plus still maintaining my 2 days at Crossfit Central). I’ve made tremendous strides in my levels of strength and overall levels of fitness…but still have a long way to go. 2009 is the year I hope to pull it all together and achieve such tremendous and obvious progress, that my coaches will add me to the Success Stories for 2009.
3. Raise at least $1000 for the MS 150 — For the third time, I’ll be riding in the MS 150 Charity Bike Ride from Houston to Austin (April 18-19) to raise money for the fight against multiple sclerosis. Every rider must raise at least $400. My goal this year is to raise at least $1000. With your help, we will find a cure for this disease in our lifetime. Please consider a small donation to sponsor me on this ride. I’ll do the hard part — ride my bike from Houston to Austin. All you have to do is make a small tax-deductible donation to support me. My MS 150 Donation page.

What about you? What do you  hope to accomplish in 2009?