NOPE. I'm not so "inclined". My Goals are largely as stated. They are measurable and can be accomplished. 
I will continue to work on CB/CA, along with not dropping my right hand, and a cleaner weight transfer at transition, and committing COM down the hill. And, with all of those, I could use some help. But continual improvement of skiing skills isn't a goal, it's just something I plan to do.
My goal for the year is to remember that my glass is much more than "half-full" -- and to enjoy the skiing and the beauty of being outdoors. And if I skid or stem a turn here and there, it won't keep me up that night. And if I fall in the trees because of lack of some skill, I'm pretty sure that I'll come up smiling -- 'cause falling in soft snow is a joy in and of itself.
About forty years ago in Vietnam, Tony Quiles died and I didn't. Lynn, I also know the two big heartbreaks in your life, and I imagine everyone has similarly painful memories. Steve Job's passing (at 56) sort of gives one pause, reminds almost all of us (I assume) that our glasses are much more than half-full (maybe especially those of us that are older).
Primary goal fully accomplished, even though Helluva was never there to make it easy to find the beauty around me. Interestingly, when I wrote the goal I was thinking of the beauty of the powder in the trees and the quietness of newly fallen snow. Not much of that at all this year, and yet we are all still lucky to have the skills and the means to get out and enjoy the snow. I have a son that's stationed in Afghanistan with US Agency for International Development. He's been living in 1/2 of a 40 foot metal shipping container for the last 9 months, easy for me to contrast that with me being out skiing.
Lynn's goals for me? Wellll, after seeing me on "film", her goals are my goals for this summer and next year.
My other goal is to beat Lynn in a Nastar course.
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