Okay, I'm just spitballing these right now, but off the top of my head, here are some New Years Resolutions:
- Spend less money on alcohol (not to be confused with stop drinking)
- Go see more live music
- Save money and use it for traveling
- Take more pictures (includes being more comfortable taking pictures out in public)
- Get better at UMvC3 (video games are how I stay home to save money)
- Talk to my sister more (she's going to be starting high school!)
- Stay abreast of current events (so I actually have relevant/interesting subject matter to discuss with people)
- Get better headphones/earbuds (noise canceling > blasting your music, killing your eardrums)
- Cook more (eating out leads to more drinking and of course it costs more)
- Get back into resistance training (it's been more difficult since gyms are as accessible/affordable in NY compared to SoCal)
- Find a job at a company in an industry that I enjoy and relate to
- Film, edit and post a video beyond random cellphone vids
- Help a friend find a job
Towards the end of last year, I had intended to make myself into a workaholic. I'm semi-reconsidering that stance, though at this point it wouldn't be such a bad things to lean towards that end of the spectrum. I don't want the emptiness of such a life with seemingly no true endpoint, but setting goals and experiencing a sense of accomplishment along the way should set at least a few good things in motion.
Lost in the shuffle of NYR's is the effect of (and almost dependence on) other people. We don't live in vaccuums and we can't accomplish everything alone - we just have to be more in-control of our interactions and stay cognizant of ourselves through the course of them. I'm a stern believer that blaming your failures on other people is weak and unproductive. Own your failures and your successes will be more meaningful.
Happy new year, all!
[Note: I used to never make these things because it seemed hokey/uncool, but there really isn't any harm in them, so why not? If you're turned off by a pending sense of disappointment due to failing to keep your resolutions, that speaks to the expectations you have of yourself and your general outlook on how you go about your life. I'm not high-strung or "spiritual", but I would like to have the general opinion that my life is not just a strain on others and a waste of resources over the course of years. There's a sliding scale for the subjective measure of how we view what it means to live a decent life and I'd like to nudge my placement a little further up from the low end, that's all.]

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