Promises Reloaded

31/12/2009 Life No comments

Each year I like to set out a few goals for myself and see how well I can keep them. I’ve been doing this for, hmm, quite some time now. Here’s last years post. So lets see, how did I do with the goals set out during the start of this year? They’re split up into three sections, below, I’ll explain where there is explaining to do.

Me

1. Never hesitate
   I’m hesitant to say so, but I haven’t really fullfilled this promise. Seems I haven’t been less hesitant at all this year, maybe I’ve even been more hesitant than usual. This all differs on the situation however. For example, if my mom asks me to help lift down a box from the attic, I’ll take care of it in five minutes, no hesitation involved. When I check my email, I respond immediately. I’ve actually gotten better at responding to emails ASAP. However, when it comes to studies (amongst other things), I do hesitate. I take care of all kinds of less important projects before starting on the ones that should be done. Still need some working on this …
2. Write one poem each day of the year
   What? Did I say ONE?! I’ve written at least two poems each day this year. ;) That adds up to a lot of poems!
3. Improve my singing skills and vocal voice
   Pretty green! I don’t just practice in the shower anymore. Have yet to take any official lessons, but I’m happy to say I have improved through regular vocal exercise and recording.
   
4. Learn to communicate better with other people
   Yepp.
   
5. Improve enough physically to participate in Marathon
   Nope. :(
6. Finish all projects I start, and focus on tasks at hand
   I thought I’d have completed all of last years projects by this time, but I’m still way behind schedule. So, nope, haven’t managed this quite so well.

Life

1. Get tattoo
   Thought about it, still haven’t gotten around to it.
2. Get drivers license
   Oh yeah! :D
3. Double my savings
   Nah, not really, but they have been growing.
4. Get website costs +/- 0
   Haven’t earned a single cent on my websites. I’ve actually bought a few new domains and a reseller hosting account, so things have been going a bit more minus than usual this year.
5. Publish one book
   Material is ready, but not published.
6. Start company
   Yepp. :)

Grounds

Year started out great, and I would probably have accomplished all of these if my account hadn’t been hacked at the start of the year. It minimized my motivational ammounts and I haven’t spent as much time on these goals as I could have. Good or bad? Probably good, but it’s still pretty depressing having so much content irrevocably deleted.

1. Reach 20,000 Forum Posts
   Nah, haven’t posted much at all.
2. Reach 10,000 Flash Reviews
   Haven’t reviewed much either, so, no.
3. Reach 5,000 Music Reviews
   No no no.
4. Submit two Flashes each day in a month
   I submitted two flashes all January this year. They were deleted with the account hacking, though, but I still accomplished my goal. :/
5. Submit two Audios  each day in a month
   Yepp, and a whole lot more too. :)
6. Participate in six important events
   Six events, yes. How important they were can be discussed, but I did participate. :)

All in all that’s a pretty even list of accomplishments, don’t you agree? The Drivers License and Poetry Goal feel like the most important out of the list. The year has been good, though it could have been better. Next year will be great too, I know it, and I have a few goals I’d like to set for myself for this coming year as well. They aren’t as many as the previous year, but they definitely mean much more to me than the previous ones did. Here we go:

Personal Goals

1. Become Independent
   I define this as being able to live alone with basic elements of modern luxury (electricity, running water, etc), general ease in the daily survival process  & a balanced economy. As it is now I live at home, studying, with parentally financed commodities and edible intake. My primary goal is not to move out (it is not a priority) but to be able to live independently if such circumstances should appear and also to a certain extent in the current situation.
2. Become Musical
   I need to improve my voice, and I need to retrieve my lost skills with piano and guitar. In short, I want to spend a defined amount of time playing instruments and practicing my vocal chords. I don’t want to become a superstar, but I want to be able to sing and play when I feel like it. The goal is to reach a level of skill both personally and instrumentally where I can be classed as “Good”.
3. Become Early
   I want to get up earlier, I want to go to bed earlier, I want to hand in assignments earlier, I want to finish my projects before the deadline & I want to take care of any incoming tasks as soon as I can – not as soon as I want to.

Material Goals

1. Get Car
   With a car comes additional responsibility and financial output, but also the ability to quickly and smoothly travel between any relatively nearby locations.
2. Get Property
   Things are created and things are disposed of, the value of money rises and falls, the world is unsteady, the only thing that will always be there is the ground we stand on, and I would like to own a portion of it. I’d like to start a philosophical discussion on how the early isn’t really ours to own, but since that’s not the main context of this post, I think I’ll skip that for now.
3. Get Computer
   I need a new one. For work, for hobby & for study.

Eventual Goals

1. Publish Book
   My main plan and promise for this year is to publish (at minimum) one book.
2. Get Tattoo
   Doesn’t matter how much I think about this, I still want that tattoo!
3. Profit
   I will profit by advertisements,  website design, concept/website/script/hosting/book sales & jobs of varied sort.

There. I am hyped. I know I do this. I will start fulfilling these goals not later, but right now, immediately, whenever I have the time. It feels like I’m stepping in the right direction in life, and it feels great. As for Health, I didn’t mention anything about that in the goals, but I did get in good shape during last year and I will be staying in good shape this year. By being early I should have plenty of time left over for exercise and regular activity. Tonight will be an allnighter, as always, but after that it is, yet again, time for a brand new start. :D

31

31/12/2009 Random No comments

ThirtyOne

30

30/12/2009 Random No comments

Thirty

Glasses

29/12/2009 Life No comments

About a week ago my glasses broke, the ones I use while sitting in front of the computer, to see. I’ve been dropping them all over the place and carrying them around in a softbox for a couple of years, so it’s not strange, but I was still a little shocked when they actually split in two. They broke at a pretty bad place too, just at the edge of the middle bow. I paniced at first, remembering how much they cost (about 1,100 SEK) but then I calmed down and taped them together. Since they broke at such an odd spot it took a lot of duct tape to patch them together, and they still sagg at both ends, but that’s nothing a little using won’t get me ignorant of. I looked around for a new pair, was at the verge of buying one when I decided to try these out instead:

“What are those?!” you may ask, and the answer is: Pinhole glasses. By teaching your eye to focus on varied points within your periphery you will in time improve your eyesight, instead of each few years needing to upgrade to a new stronger pair of glasses. At least that’s what they say about them. The fact that the American government has forbidden anyone to speak positively for this amazing product just increases my hope in it, just imagine what a devastating blow they would deliver to the current eyeglass industry if they worked. They are much much cheaper, and in time, you won’t even need them, much less need to buy a new – even more expensive pair. So, I’ll be ordering a pair of these and trying them out, if it works, HURRAH! BANZAI! YAHOO! If not, hmm, that day that problem.

29

29/12/2009 Random No comments

TwentyNine

New Computer, and Other Stuff

28/12/2009 Life No comments

Now that Christmas is over I can finally buy stuff for myself!

It’s not that I want to buy stuff for myself though, I’d rather not, I’d rather save the money instead, but I wasn’t given a computer so thus I must pay for one myself and watch my stash of cash shrivel up at an alarming rate. The current one in house (not even my own) is seven years old. It was superduper when we bought it, but time flies, and now it’s not superduper anymore. My parents barely use the computer, and my dad is not keen on buying new technoligcal equipment any time soon. So I have, after two days of searching all over the net for the perfect package, bought myself a new computer, today. White I was at it, I bought myself a little NAS server, two 3,5 SATA discs on 1,5TB each, and since a monitor didn’t follow with the computer, I had to buy a good one as well. I tried to find a balance between quality and price instead of buying a full set for half as much (as I was planning on doing) and I’m pretty proud of the final choice. Computer should be arriving on Monday or Tuesday, so more info on that then. For the meantime, I’ll just daydream about the added wirepower and have nightmares about my almost empty bak account.

Oh, I also bought a tiny remote controlled car and a digital camera, they’ll come in handy. See you later then.