Friday, January 02, 2009

My New Year's Resolutions

  1. To lose 20lbs. That would put me at the exact height/weight ratio of Simon Templar, which is as random and unscientific a weight goal as any you could think of!
  2. To get at least one article published, in print, each and every month of 2009. I've already got April covered, so hooray!
  3. To shower, shave, dress smartly and basically look my confident best each and every day of 2009. It's sometimes difficult to find the time to primp and ponce with el bambino terriblé to look after, but I think this is a worthwhile goal.
  4. To follow through on all of my promising ideas. Ideas are great - but entirely useless unless you can turn them into reality.
  5. To find some enterprise or activity I enjoy that gets me some good, regular physical exercise. I can't stand exercise for exercise's sake. There must be a better way! It used to be running about a three story flat shooting my roommates with BB guns! Why can't I find something fun like that to do?
  6. To learn some basic motor fixin' skills, and how to weld. So when I finally get my next Gingermobile, I'll be able to repair and modify it myself.
  7. To cultivate my self-esteem. All us gratuitous self-publicists are basically insecure, so I think I could do with channeling my 'inner Roger Moore' and being a bit more confident in myself and my abilities.
  8. To introduce Baby Boozer to his grandparents. I can't believe he'll be a year old before he meets them!
  9. To put myself in a better position, financially and career wise, by the end of 2009. I realized that I will officially be 'in my thirties' this year, so I need to get cracking.
  10. To embrace and enjoy each moment of life as they're happening. Instead of always looking forward, then reminiscing about all the good times I didn't take full advantage of while I was enjoying them.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Great goals to have Roland. Happy New Years.

The Chemist said...

I stopped making New Year's resolutions long ago. I resolved one year not to make any commitments I couldn't keep. Interestingly, that's actually been working out quite nicely.

Max-e said...

Hi Roland, you are a braver man than me. I stopped making New Year's resolutions a long time ago, because I was never able to keep them - i think that was because they we spur of the moment decisions that did not come from the heart. Best of luck.
Btw I still think nuclear power is a crappy idea. Eskom has scrapped the idea for now, because of the prohibitiive costs. I think it is because they screwed up their credit rating after messing up the South African economy last year with the power cuts.
Have a great New Year.

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