30th Dec 2009
My 2010 Resolutions
For many years, I didn’t believe in doing New Years Resolutions. I figured that it was a good idea to just resolve to change things as one went along. That’s still a good idea, but I do see the symbolism of the clean slate of a New Year. Doubly so for a new decade.
And I also say Good Riddance to the decade of 2000-2009. There were lots of ups to it (I love you Kimmy, and you have filled our time together with so much love, energy, and grace — I want you in all of our decades to come :). There have also been way too many downs, and I’ve learned and just want to move on.
I’m blogging some of my resolutions, so that I put a little pressure on myself to get them done … I’m only listing things that I think I can really control. Stuff that involves other people or that gets a bit personal doesn’t get penned here.
Ze Resolutions
- Wake Up when the alarm goes off
(hitting the snooze button on my iPod is way too convenient — I’m going to move it so that I have to get out of bed) - Lose 20 pounds by June 1st
(I refuse to go any bigger than 34×30 Levis 550’s — I am drawing my line in the sand! task #1: buy a scale) - Throw stuff out so that I dont need a storage area any longer
Tech & Creative Stuff
- Average one creative output per day (such as a picture, video, blog post, tweet)
- Make a list of all of the web sites I am registered with
(and get rid of ones I am not likely to ever use again) - Get daniel.org redone as a proper personal domain by February 1st (themed, pages for software and writings)
- actively use my lynda.com and safarionline.com accounts to keep learning (complete at least one video course per month, and read at least one tech book per month)
- Get slide scanner working and scan at least 50 slides per month
- learn final cut express and photoshop
- learn Ruby on Rails
- resurrect FlexiPhoto and implement ThereThen addresses so that photos can be aliased by time and location — do this by March 1st.
- No more SL scripting unless there is a financial reason to do so
(I feel like SL has been a huge detour — I am glad that I am very good LSL scripter and have done some innovative work, but I could have been using that time to do things that would have done more to pay the bills)
There are a ton of other things I could write as Resolutions, such as Get A Job or Travel To Europe, but anything that involves other people isn’t something I can completely control. (I do think I will be working and traveling, but it’s not like 2000, where I had the resources to just grab tickets and friends and take off)
[update -- January 14, 2010]
So far, I am paying attention to some resolutions pretty well …
Kimmy – We’re not together any more. I do wish her the best.
Waking up – Am doing much better at this!
Weight – have ordered a scale so that I know where I am at. Lots of little tweaks, such as making 2 scrambled eggs instead of 3.
Creative output – yep! Doing it.
Lynda.com and Safarionline – yep! Doing it.
Second Life – yep! I have really pulled back and I dont script there any more.
The thought that sums up my mood lately is:
“I cant get the last few years back, but I can sure make the next few count.”
[update -- January 29, 2010]
Got a scale – doing daily weigh-ins, not gaining :)
Got a VPS (Virtual Private Server) via Slicehost.com and am configuring it
[update - June 1, 2010]
Averaging a creative output a day? Close to it, if I count mix sessions I put up on Dropbox.
Slicehost working out well. It hosts javajoint.com and my therethen* domains.
