And now, resolution

373 words written by dylan
Posted January 02, 2004 @ 01:59 PM
3 comments

Here are the 2004 goals. Feel free to hold me accountable or just laugh at my audacity.

Major goals
One
To weigh <190 lbs by Dec 31.

Two
In order to reduce my natural Eeyore-ness, point out the good things about something (an issue, suggestion, project, person) before noting the bad.

Three
Have less debt at the end of the year than when I started.

Four
Survive the birthing process and first eight months of the Player's life with as few blowups as possible.

Minor goals

  1. Attend a fotolog or blog meetup.
  2. Cull the CD collection to a more manageable number.
  3. Cull the books. It's time.
  4. Design someone else's website for profit (freelance).
  5. Design someone else's website not-for-profit.
  6. Memorize one poem, hopefully a short one.
  7. Apply to grad school, take the GRE, write my essay, meet profs and get some faculty sponsorship, track down references.
  8. Figure out life insurance and saving for Player's college.
  9. Write one of the short stories that's been rattling around my head all these years. (Extra credit: Sell it to a reputable journal/mag and make the wife jealous. Extra extra credit: Have it made into a graphic novel and make the wife extra jealous.)
  10. Get the wife a new computer, upgrade current computer to XP, and get the home network stable.
  11. Finish one Dostoevsky novel.
  12. Take a class. Any class. Use my 6 free hours per quarter from work, perhaps.
  13. Have people over for dinner AT LEAST three times this year.
  14. Even more photography.
  15. Make bread or some other baked good.
  16. Make the long-promised mix CD for cousin Mary (and Lemonhead-free).
  17. Make the long-promised mix CD for Kat (Lemonhead-free if she prefers).
  18. Acquire Baby Bjorn. Take Player hiking.
  19. Fix the divots in the front drive with a lot of gravel.
  20. Fix the back door (and bill the landlord).
  21. Find a meaty, interesting magazine. Subscribe to it.
  22. Resolve my pent-up anger with someone who send me a really nasty tell-off letter four years ago then showed up a few months ago and acted as it nothing ever happened.

Website goals

  1. Try to post something new at least five days out of seven.
  2. Redo the wedding section.
  3. Do up a nice baby site.

  4. Redesign the main site.
  5. Increase readership.
  6. Post the California pictures (at long last).

Comments

  1. yes, no heads of lemon please. And I've been waiting how long for that mix? ;)

    Posted by: kat | January 2, 2004 04:16 PM

  2. I wouldn't be worried about the first 8 months. It the first 18 years. ;)

    WRW

    Posted by: Little brother | January 7, 2004 04:58 PM

  3. Go. RSVP for meetup -now-.

    *pointing*

    Posted by: samantha | January 8, 2004 07:37 PM