[Rain Man]

Using my own poll categories:

Health - Not as good as expected, but only because I have a really good track record. I have a foot injury from running that's slowed me down, and I caught a cold this year, which makes it a down year. However, that's inconsequential and I'm lucky to be very healthy.

Fitness - Not as good as expected. I've gained a little weight this year, which slows me down. However, I'm only about 13 pounds above my ideal weight, and I'm going to fix that in 2013. I'm pretty fit overall.

Finance - This was the big winner this year. The company had record profits, and I was able to reap some of them. Very, very good year.

Family - I have a pretty stable family (both nuclear and extended), so there's not much drama. It's about the same, and that's pretty darn good.

Love Life - I went with 'better than expected'. The ongoing 20+ year marriage experiment seemed to have an up year this year.

Career Progress - I went with "about the same", but truthfully maybe I didn't accomplish what I want. The job is good, but I was hoping to branch out on some things this year and didn't really accomplish that to the scale I wanted. It was mostly status quo, and that's not the progress I was hoping for.

Inner Peace and Happiness - I think it was an up year for inner peace and happiness. I'm coming out of a trough in that area, so an up year was welcome.

Social Life - Honestly, my social life sucks, but it always has. I always want to improve it, but it's never really a priority. I'm kind of a lone wolf most of the time.

Special Projects - I think I gave myself short shrift in the poll. I said it wasn't where I wanted to be, but the truth is that I made some good progress in some areas. Sandbox is a big special project, and while we're a bit delayed relative to our goal, we made a ton of progress. I also met a huge personal goal this year that's worthy of its own thread in the next day or so, and I finished my virtual run across the U.S., as well as doing 13 half-marathons. And on top of that, we made a successful move to upgraded office space at work, which was a big deal. The more I think about it, I accomplished a lot.

Life Goals - I put 'about what I expected' on the poll. Truthfully, I need to work on this more in 2013. I've been kind of drifting for the past couple of years.

Personal Growth - I let a few things slip, but wouldn't say that I regressed. I think I was pretty much the average American in this regard, and would like to improve.

Overall Year - The whole was greater than the sum of its parts in 2012. I made a little progress in a lot of areas, made a lot of progress in a couple of areas, and really had no big setbacks. I would have to say that it was a great year for me.