Resolutions 2009

  • First and foremost, CHOOSE
  • Be mindful
  • Read more books in a shorter period of time; one to one and a half months (I'm a slow reader)
  • Regain my assertiveness and self-confidence; stop being so hesitant and second guessing everything
  • Learn and develop five new technical skills
    • Dive further into Mechatronics and Automation
    • Learn new programming languages
    • More if time permits
  • Find new cooking recipes, and actually cook them while maintaining a low budget
    • Slow cooking recipes
    • High protein, low-carb recipes?
  • Continue documenting daily life (flickr)
  • Become more active
    • Morning runs, weights, maybe some cross training
    • Boxing/get a punching bag to release built up anger and frustration
    • GO climbing at least three times this year
    • Go hiking in the mountains
  • See new places (travel) and leave having learned at least one new thing from each place
  • Be less self-destructive
  • Watch more movies, both major and independent, now that I'm no longer subscribed to cable service. There's so many movies that I haven't realized that I've been missing.
  • Find a new happy place
  • Fine tune and stick to a healthier sleep schedule
  • Care a little lot less
    • Depend less on certain people to be honest
    • Let go
  • End the year a little better of a person