New Year’s Resolutions for Twenty-Ten!

Hi there, and Happy New Year! This blog is slowly becoming the “Bi-annual New Year’s Resolution Blog.” Needless to say, my 2008 resolutions were a bust. I barely touched the tip of the iceberg. I’m not sure this year will be much better, but I’ll post things here for future embarrassment.

Be a Kinder, Gentler Paul
Working at home, having two young children, and working a late-night job have not done wonders for my already-volitile personality. Almost every time I blow up, I am wrong about something or I ruin what little chance I had to be right. I am determined to put this year on a low simmer. For my sake and for everyone who needs to deal with me.

JAPANESE
Oh my. I really need to speak better Japanese. I’m sure there is some measure of improvement each year, but it would take a very sensitive device to measure it. I’m really going to make a concerted effort this year to at least talk more. And study more.

Be Creative
For someone with a design degree who works in a creative field, I am not especially creative. I need to make more things that aren’t work-related. There are so many things I want to do, but I need to approach them one thing at a time.

Get Organized
I don’t think this list is differing much from my 2008 resolutions. Anyway, gotta get organized. Need to clean up this office. We moved in nearly a year ago but the office still manages to have things in boxes. The WiFi to the printer stopped working and, rather than set it up again I strung a cord past my face and share the printer via my computer. This was months ago. Maybe if my workspace was better I wouldn’t be so grumpy. And I’d get more done.

Write Weekly
Yup. You heard me. I’m going to write in this blog at least once weekly. You can laugh at me in March when this is still the top post. I’m also going to try to redesign this blog. Nothing fancy, just something that’s my own.

Alright. I’m sure there’s more, but if I don’t post this now it’ll sit in my drafts for weeks. Stay tuned!