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Resolutions tracking
December 26, 2005 ( life )
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For 2k5 I set these up:
--Grad School: Get in, keep focused, kick ass, try not to go into too deep of debt.
--Geekliness: I need to upgrade my geek cred now that I'm back.
--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...
--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.
--Figure things out.
Well, I did a decent job of these. I got in and got aid for grad school, and so far have kicked ass. I've been doing a good job at getting deeper into database stuff, though my language of choice continues to be perl. Activism has panned out less. I've maintained a lot of the work-on-the-side for PC/Ja's intranet and some geek help for EsperanzaEnAccion, but I didn't make it to the big protest in DC this year in time, and I haven't gotten involved up there. Yes, I'm in grad school full-time and working part-time, but still. I didn't figure as much out as I'd like.
So, for 2k6....
--Grad School AND THE FUTURE: Over the course of the next year, I need to narrow down my focus and start sniffing out realistic and enjoyable job opportunities.
--Activism: Also, focus down on a few topics/causes for real activism. Give the ACLU and EFF some money, and make this more of a priority than it has been. Of course, continue occasional blog/rants filtering through BBC, DailyKOS and similar.
--DC: If I stick with international dev, DC will probably be a decently important city in my life, so I need to make peace with it and find more things about it that I really and truly like.
--Travel: I also want to get out of the country again, I've been gettin itchy. There are still-nebulous plans to head down to Nica this summer, and I need to work with my job and find a travel grant or two to get that to work out.
--Keep in better contact: a LOT of people have kinda fallen off my radar. Basically everyone not on LJ or IM... I need to be a bit better about staying in touch.
--Fitness: The last month of finals and projects and cold and thanksgiving really didn't do much good for me. I've been good about staying active in DC and walking a lot, but I need to work on eating less and maybe getting some non-walking exercise in.
Posted by griffjon at December 26, 2005 09:59 AM
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