On New Years resolutions
It's a new year, and time for new resolutions. Here's a few
1. Make someone crack up every day. I was mostly successful with this last year. By my count, there were 11 days where I didn't make anyone laugh (including a "haha" or "lol" seen through communicator). I will have an exception for days when I have no human interaction (detailed in a future goal), but my goal is 360 days.
2. Become a white-card Scrabble player. This means average 365 or more points a game, usually with 3 bingos. Right now, I'm 300+ with 1.5. Additionally, I'd like to break 700 in a match.
3. Cycle (n*100) miles in n days where n >= 2
4. Create a crossword puzzle. I haven't done this since 2006 and it would be fun to put some effort in to this. Bonus points if it is pun-tacular.
5. Write some app for the Kindle. It might be text-only-DOOM but I might have to deal with copyright for that.
6. Get in a legal fight and win.
7. Spend one day outside of my apartment without seeing another person.
8. Interview for a job that isn't for a tech company, just for the heck of it.
9. Start figure skating again. I'll be happy if I can skate backwards without looking like a klutz. Don't expect me to do a Phillipe Candelora impression.
10. One one-arm pullup. And none of that weak-stuff where you grab your arm with the other one.
11. Travel. I have this goal every year and did well last year. This years list of possible destinations
12. Delivery a truly excellent toast
13. Go one month without using one of the Seven Words. I used to take great pride in not cursing, but since I joined Amazon.com I've let this habit lapse.
14. Learn how to make at least one cocktail. If I can do this, I'll make a Dark and Stormy for anyone who visits my apartment.
15. Reorganize my library with some decent bookshelves. And the irony of owning a 400 book collection while working on Kindle does not escape me.
16. Talk in front of 1,000 people. I came pretty close to doing this Ignite in 2008. Not sure how I'll do it this year but it is worth a shot.
17. Solve one problem I have with a technological solution. I've thought about simple problems like "Who's turn is it to pay for dinner?" or "What's that Wikipedia article I was going to read?"
18. Read "A History of the World." I know a lot of things, but there's a lot more I don't know. I know a whole lot about Ancient Rome, but very little about Carthage or Zimbabwe. I'd like to fill in the gaps of my historical knowledge.
19. Have a nice, stimulating scientific discussion with an attractive woman at a party that does not have anything to do with the Drake Equation, airplanes on treadmills, bears or dopamine. Those topics have been done this year.
20. Get obsessed with things again. I'm at my best when I'm focused to a nearly insane level on things. I've dialed it back over the past few years, but maybe that was a mistake. So this year, it might be time to dial it back up.
1. Make someone crack up every day. I was mostly successful with this last year. By my count, there were 11 days where I didn't make anyone laugh (including a "haha" or "lol" seen through communicator). I will have an exception for days when I have no human interaction (detailed in a future goal), but my goal is 360 days.
2. Become a white-card Scrabble player. This means average 365 or more points a game, usually with 3 bingos. Right now, I'm 300+ with 1.5. Additionally, I'd like to break 700 in a match.
3. Cycle (n*100) miles in n days where n >= 2
4. Create a crossword puzzle. I haven't done this since 2006 and it would be fun to put some effort in to this. Bonus points if it is pun-tacular.
5. Write some app for the Kindle. It might be text-only-DOOM but I might have to deal with copyright for that.
6. Get in a legal fight and win.
7. Spend one day outside of my apartment without seeing another person.
8. Interview for a job that isn't for a tech company, just for the heck of it.
9. Start figure skating again. I'll be happy if I can skate backwards without looking like a klutz. Don't expect me to do a Phillipe Candelora impression.
10. One one-arm pullup. And none of that weak-stuff where you grab your arm with the other one.
11. Travel. I have this goal every year and did well last year. This years list of possible destinations
- Iceland
- Finland
- Northern Ireland/Scotland
- Southern France
- Cyprus
- Patagonia
- Turkey
12. Delivery a truly excellent toast
13. Go one month without using one of the Seven Words. I used to take great pride in not cursing, but since I joined Amazon.com I've let this habit lapse.
14. Learn how to make at least one cocktail. If I can do this, I'll make a Dark and Stormy for anyone who visits my apartment.
15. Reorganize my library with some decent bookshelves. And the irony of owning a 400 book collection while working on Kindle does not escape me.
16. Talk in front of 1,000 people. I came pretty close to doing this Ignite in 2008. Not sure how I'll do it this year but it is worth a shot.
17. Solve one problem I have with a technological solution. I've thought about simple problems like "Who's turn is it to pay for dinner?" or "What's that Wikipedia article I was going to read?"
18. Read "A History of the World." I know a lot of things, but there's a lot more I don't know. I know a whole lot about Ancient Rome, but very little about Carthage or Zimbabwe. I'd like to fill in the gaps of my historical knowledge.
19. Have a nice, stimulating scientific discussion with an attractive woman at a party that does not have anything to do with the Drake Equation, airplanes on treadmills, bears or dopamine. Those topics have been done this year.
20. Get obsessed with things again. I'm at my best when I'm focused to a nearly insane level on things. I've dialed it back over the past few years, but maybe that was a mistake. So this year, it might be time to dial it back up.
posted by Mehal at 12:14 AM
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