New Years Resolutions
Now, it’s not my usual style to make New Year’s resolutions. But for some reason this year I’m starting to see the sense in them. It just seems worthwhile to have some goals to work towards and make sure I end the year farther ahead than where I started out. Anyway, without further commentary, here they are:
1. Start and maintain a blog. This one’s half satisfied already… of course I’ll have to keep on it and make sure this thing stays alive and continually updated through the year and beyond. And it’ll help me track the rest of my resolutions, which means they may actually be kept.
2. Eat well. Yes, this is terribly vague on its own and needs some specifics, too much to go into in entirety here. I’ll elaborate in a subsequent post.
3. Stay in shape. Again, pretty vague. Watch for details in another post.
4. Improve my game in ultimate. This is in part related to resolution #3, but there are a number of other aspects to improve and particular goals I have in mind… again, wait for another post.
5. Keep in touch with friends. Last year I was not great at this, particularly for friends out of town but also some still here who I just haven’t made a point of seeing. I’ve also had that ‘out-of-the-loop’ feeling way too much. Must do better at keeping regular contact with people and making sure I see them when I have the chance.
6. Stress less. Basically, I want to make an effort to not put more stress on myself than needed. Some stress is unavoidable – e.g., tight deadlines at work I can’t just blow off – but a lot is simply worrying about things I can’t change, or where worrying (or getting frustrated or angry) does no good. There are a few cases it’s been pointed out to me where I do this – on the road dealing with idiot drivers, in ultimate games where I’m frustrated our team is underperforming – those are a key start, but I’m sure other situations will reveal themselves. Be cool, let it slide.
More details to follow on the ones I’ve indicated, and progress reports periodically.
1. Start and maintain a blog. This one’s half satisfied already… of course I’ll have to keep on it and make sure this thing stays alive and continually updated through the year and beyond. And it’ll help me track the rest of my resolutions, which means they may actually be kept.
2. Eat well. Yes, this is terribly vague on its own and needs some specifics, too much to go into in entirety here. I’ll elaborate in a subsequent post.
3. Stay in shape. Again, pretty vague. Watch for details in another post.
4. Improve my game in ultimate. This is in part related to resolution #3, but there are a number of other aspects to improve and particular goals I have in mind… again, wait for another post.
5. Keep in touch with friends. Last year I was not great at this, particularly for friends out of town but also some still here who I just haven’t made a point of seeing. I’ve also had that ‘out-of-the-loop’ feeling way too much. Must do better at keeping regular contact with people and making sure I see them when I have the chance.
6. Stress less. Basically, I want to make an effort to not put more stress on myself than needed. Some stress is unavoidable – e.g., tight deadlines at work I can’t just blow off – but a lot is simply worrying about things I can’t change, or where worrying (or getting frustrated or angry) does no good. There are a few cases it’s been pointed out to me where I do this – on the road dealing with idiot drivers, in ultimate games where I’m frustrated our team is underperforming – those are a key start, but I’m sure other situations will reveal themselves. Be cool, let it slide.
More details to follow on the ones I’ve indicated, and progress reports periodically.
posted by Druski at 9:34 p.m.
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