Let’s see how this thing is going:
- Review your resolutions monthly.
Self-referential check. - Eat two before you buy one.
So far so good- Read two books before you buy one, excluding vacations or conferences:
- Read “Economics” and “Economics: A Self-Teaching Guide“, bought “Hot Thought” at the Stanford Bookstore
- Read “The Enchiridion” and “The Skeptic’s Guide to Global Poverty“, bought “Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control” at City Lights Books.
The hardest of all the resolutions by far. “But it’s my birthday!” No.
- Read two comics before you buy one, excluding three comics per week:
Have not bought more than three comics per week, have read several. Pretty easy to keep this one under the lid. - Watch two DVDs before you buy one, and don’t let anyone loan you anything:
Watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers and All the President’s Men, but bought nothing. Not very tempting.
- Read two books before you buy one, excluding vacations or conferences:
- Work out at the gym at least twice a week, three weeks per month:
Sandi and I are back on a regular schedule, more or less; 3-4 times per week. Easy to miss a subsequent day once you miss a day. - Go to a martial arts class two times a week, at least three weeks per month:
Been going to the Aikido Center, think I got in at least three weeks last month. Easy to miss a subsequent day once you miss a day. - Review your GTD folder at least once a week, three weeks a month.
So far, so good. - Publish at least one Fanu Fiku page a month.
Total failure on this in January, but I do have a big backlog of pages and worked on a 24 hour comic day, so this is in progress. - Spend at least two hours writing at least twice a week.
On top of it. - Spend at least two hours doing generative research at least once a week.
Total failure on this; I have spent very little time doing this, but at least I’m still reading technical journals at a good pace. - Send a short story to a magazine at least once a month.
Total failure. I need to tackle that this weekend. - Spend at least one hour a week practicing a foreign language.
Total failure. - Spend at least one hour a week practicing your poi.
Had to order new poi as we lost them in a recent trip. - Each week, contact a friend you haven’t talked to in a while.
So far so good. - Write a blog entry once a week.
So far so good. - Read a novel once a month.
Total failure at the “fun” resolution. I recently finished re-reading “The Fountainhead” prior to making the resolutions. I’m trying to read Triplanetary but it is frankly gad-ow-ful, and I really don’t like saying that about some author’s hard work.
So so far we’re batting … meh. 16 resolutions, total failure on 6 of them. Gotta keep at it… suggestions welcome, as would be 24 extra hours every day.
-the Centaur
