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Resolutions for 2005
December 31, 2004 ( life )
So, resolutions of the past first. In 2000, my resolution was to have a girlfriend, which kinda worked. 2001 got more exciting, with some, mostly unfulfilled but lofty ideas, like figuring out direction, and getting a girlfriend (again). 2002 was a good year for resolutions, and I fulfilled them all. I didn't
resolve to get a girlfriend, but yet I had a good relationship nonetheless, which just goes to prove the old adage. 2003 resolutions were pretty lame, but I think only because I stopped mid-sentence, and can't seem to find the rest of the entry.
Last year's:
I've continued to let myself slide in Jamaica, and need to devote myself to walking more, and eating in a more healthy fashion, and at least regaining my Venezuelan physique, if not better. I must figure out the next step in my journey, as this current one finishes in August. I resolve to assist in regime change in the US this next election.
I managed 2k4 alright, resolution-wise, mostly because they weren't very strenuous. Thanks to K for the last one, even tho it didn't pan out. Let's look at 2k5:
--Grad School: Get in, keep focused, kick ass, try not to go into too deep of debt. I need to stay strongly focused on IT in development and resist the temptations of plan2-ing my grad school (scattershot approach to studies great for undergrad, not so much for grad), also resist the temptations of letting whichever program I end up in directing me overmuch.
--Geekliness: I need to upgrade my geek cred now that I'm back. Getting stuff working at Job will provide a lot of this, and re-vamping my contact tool to use perl:DBI and other fun tools will also help. Also, contact-list-wise, just getting all my people-info combined into one coherent document will be a great stride in organization.
--Activism: I have problems with being in the US, and I want to redirect this frustration into positive activism, both on the warm-fuzzy volunteering for good causes kind, and the sabre-rattling kind of doing protests, and continuing doing some political posts on the GriffJon.com blog, and trying, in my own small ways, to get people to look again at current events and consider what's going on in the world.
--Travel: Not a likelihood for 2k5, but I want to maintain it as an ideal.
--Live a good life: Especially over the next few months, I need to combine saving money, being good with the job, and living healthily, and simply. I need to catch myself and maintain my Peace Corps money sensibilities and frugalities -- PC/J was good with money, if you directed carefully what you splurged on, and lived simply in other areas. I hope to continue this in Austin and beyond. Stuff weighs you down, and until you're ready to decide on a place for more than just a few years, it hinders your ability to move about, and moving about has been so nice to me the past few years.
--Figure out things.
Posted by griffjon at December 31, 2004 12:23 PM
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