The start of the decade is just another year: 2010 Resolutions
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I don't like making resolutions because they're so often broken. However, I have a few things I really need to do so I went ahead and made a few. I ended up with a lot of resolutions (well to me at least, usually it's like no more than three). I'm going to go ahead and post them here, and help fulfill my final resolution.
- Produce six games
- Learn the top 1000 kanji
- Read my Japanese textbooks (JSL/JWL series and Genki I)
- Achieve Navy PRT standard
- Cook and bake more
- Manage a post every week
The first resolution is pretty obvious for me. I've been delaying Project Silver for the longest time (which will hopefully have some announcable progress soon). So I decided to set a deadline but it and some other game ideas I've had. Ideally, I'd like to get around to more than 6 games but as it stands, I only have about two to three ideas (including this mysterious Project Silver) that I see being done solo. I have some recruiting and brainstorming to do once those ideas are completed.
Learning kanji and finishing my textbooks are a continuation of my plans to pass JLPT 1 and spend some time living in Japan. There are a number of reasons for this that I'm not really going to get in to. Needless to say, if I get in to JET, the ability to speak and read Japanese will come in handy.
I managed to get down to about 187 pounds last summer and now I'm back to being over 200. I want to get in shape just so I can manage to live past 47. Active military personnel seem to be in pretty good shape (at least my friend Terrell does) so their requirements seem to be a good place to start.
It's easier to eat healthy, women like it, I'll save money, and House is good at it. There are a lot of reasons to get good at cooking. Baking is just added on for the extra savings. I buy a lot of Druid Circles so I'm going to try my hand at making my own cookies and what not. I've also wanted to make some bread ever since I saw Yakitake. I'm pretty sexist and I honestly think baking is a woman's thing but I guess, I'm going to go ahead and violate my owns rules until I find a woman willing to make me some cookies. I'm sure it'll be almost as much fun as cooking...maybe....
Finally, managing to post every week has proven to be difficult. The real goal is 52 posts within the year but ideally, I'd prefer to make 1 post a week. We'll see how it goes. I don't know where I'm going to find time for all of this, especially if I find a job. I guess this is one of those times where I must exceed what I think I'm capable of to achieve greatness...or something like that...
I thank whatever gods may be / For my unconquerable soul. / I am the master of my fate / I am the captain of my soul. - Nelson Mandela (Invictus)
January 28th, 2010 - 14:27
eating healthy is pretty crucial to feeling better too. i’d like to learn japanese but i am not sure if i should invest in buying materials for it since i already have materials on mandarin that i need to be spending my time with. do you have japanese cds that you listen to while you drive?
how are japanese books? i haven’t read very many, but there’s a few i have been trying to get into. anyway, i think you could manage to conquer this list of resolutions. i really hope that you get the chance to go to japan. if you don’t, i’ll help you find a way to get over there. i have plenty of kooky ideas up my sleeves. but they’re legal, i promise.
you’re right, it’s just another year, but i think that if you spend it with the right people, it’ll be pretty awesome.
January 28th, 2010 - 22:22
I actually do have Japanese driving CDs, but I listen to them at home because I don’t want the distration while I drive. Most of my books are textbooks from the classes I took so they’re more geared toward learning. In that repsect, I think the ones I have are pretty good. By the way, Mandarin is an awesome choice. I was going to go that route but the pitch-system scared me off. Let me know how it turns out, mastery of a foreign language never fails to open doors.