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Saturday, January 02, 2010

Happy New Years, 2010 the year that will be

I feel like my life is pointing the right direction. I did a lot of work in 2009 on myself. I put into action a lot of plans that I have been working on. I think it is time to set some goals around this.

Resolutions:

Ride my bike more: I want to ride my bike at least 100 days this year. I was thinking at least 2 forty weeks this year. I will have to pick up the other 20 somewhere. I want to ride enough that I fell comfortable riding to other cities in Santa Clara County, that is without having to ride the Light Rail.

Exercise more: I want to accomplish 300 hours of moderate exercise. That is 6 hours a week for 50 weeks. I will give myself some time off for vacation. Even if it is just an hour of walking 6 days a week. I have started doing this, and it really helps.

Build my savings: I have a number in mind, but I am not going to share it with you.

Do more creative projects: I have a number of projects in mind that you will read about in another post. I want to accomplish more than half of them.

Read 12 books this year: I really do not read enough. I want to read more. 12 books is a modest number, it is a great increase over my last couple of years.

Make 100 Sad Salvation posts: I really do not want Sad Salvation to fade away. That is just too easy to do. It is simple to let Twitter and Facebook take over. I want my blog to last another year. Maybe it needs a redesign.

**** ** ******: ** **** ** ** **** * ***** * ****. (This has been redacted. Tell me if you have any guesses what it is)

Make more than $15 from Google AdSense: Yeah, I made a big $15 dollars from google this year. It was all in October on the Costume Checklist blog. I might need to start some more blogs to get it done, but I think it is doable. If you want to help me go click on some of the ads over there... If you want to find great places to find costumes.

Labels: 2010, list, new years, New Years Resolution, self, tag overload

- Rich, 4:11 PM

Sunday, January 13, 2008

2008 Goals

I think it is important to have goals. Without goals it is hard to measure how things are getting done. I am not always the best at

Here are my first batch of goals for 2008

1. For at least 40 weeks this year blog three days a week.
2. Total Flickr photos posted to 10,000
3. Total Flickr views, 2 million
4. Walk a more than 3,650,000 steps
5. *** **** ** ***** ** (This has to do with a secret)
6. Take a photo every day.

Let me know if you think I should have any more goals.

Labels: 2008, flickr, goal, New Years Resolution, steps, tag cloud, views, walk

- Rich, 11:57 AM

Sunday, January 06, 2008

2007 Goals

Here are my goals from 2007 and results:

Take a photography everyday (Failed)
Post at least 200 pre-2005 to Flickr (Failed)
200,000 Views of my flickr Photostream (Failed)
Post 2000 photo to flickr (Pass)
Spend the night at 12 places outside of San Jose (Pass)
Use my text messaging more. (Pass)
Use up all 500 of my monthly text messages at least once (Pass)
Blog at least 150 photos. (Pass)
Be open to the changes that come (Pass)
Listen to 120 new albums (Pass)

I got 7 out of 10 passing. I am not sure that is a passing grade because the three hardest are the ones I failed at. I think it is important to keep track of these things.

Labels: 2007, flickr, goal, New Years Resolution, photography, Resolution, tag overload

- Rich, 4:56 PM

Monday, January 06, 2003

New Year Resolution Blues

It is time to find out how well I did on last year's New Year's Resolutions.

New Years Resolution - # 1

I resolve to clean up and organize my apartment and keep it until the end of 2002.

Result: Archived (sort of)! I moved in September. From January to September, my apartment was really a mess. Since I moved I have been able keep my apartment clean. I will take this as a win.

New Years Resolution - # 2

I resolve to finish 100 pages of a novel by the end of the year.

Result: Failed! I did not write any pages of a novel in 2002. Almost all of my writing went into this blog.

New Years Resolution - # 3

I resolve to write a letter to everyone I am in regular contact with in the next 12 months.

Result: Failed! I think I wrote a total of three letters last year.

New Years Resolution - # 4

I resolve to be more careful with the way I spend cash.

Result: Failed! I spent money like a drunken sailor for most of the year. My cash flowed out of my pockets like water.

New Years Resolution - # 5

I resolve to ** ** **** ** *** **** *** ** **** **** *** ***** ***.

Result: Unknown! I have not been keeping track of this. My guess is that I did not archive my goal, but I do not really know.

New Years Resolution - # 6

I resolve to try to make San Jose more of a home

Result: Archived! My new apartment, Hanging out with Eric, going to Live Journal and Blogger meetups have been part of making San Jose more of a home to me. It has been working. I need to carry on this year.

New Years Resolution - # 7

I resolve to waste less time doing nothing.

Result: Failed! I spent just as much time in 2002 watching TV and sitting around my apartment.

Overall Results 2-4-1

That is not too bad. I thought I had failed on all seven. That is better then most the people I know do. I feel encouraged to make more resolutions.

2003 Resolution #1

Host at least 25 poker nights this year.

2003 Resolution #2

Put at least 10 hours a week into my web logs.

2003 Resolution #3

By the end of the year have a plan for the 5 years of my life.

2003 Resolution #4

Give out 100 Mix CDs.

Labels: 2002, new years, New Years Resolution, tag overload

- Rich, 11:43 PM

Thursday, January 03, 2002

New Years Resolutions - # 7

I resolve to waste less time doing nothing.

I feel that I could sit in front of my computer 20 hours a day and that still would not be enough time for me to write everything I want to write. Right now I feel that I could just write forever. On top of that I still have to do things like work and have a social life. I have to avoid things that are meaningless wastes of time.

One of the things I will try to cut out is how much TV I watch. I watch TV just because I cannot find anything better to do. I know that I need to only watch TV when I have something good to watch.

Labels: new years, New Years Resolution, self, time, waste, writing

- Rich, 12:26 PM

Wednesday, January 02, 2002

New Years Resolutions - # 6

I resolve to try to make San Jose more of a home.

I think there are two ways I can really do this. The first is to try to soclize more. I have a handful of work friends right now. I think with a little work and some social events, I can turn some of them into real friends. I need to get them away from the office. I need to set up things like poker night and movie nights. I think it is something that could be fun.

I also need to get out more in San Jose. I need to go to cultural events in the city. I need to pay attention to things going on around here. I keep on saying that San Jose is a boring city. I might not be trying hard enough. I need to try harder to get around.

Labels: 2002, home, new years, New Years Resolution, San Jose, self

- Rich, 11:58 PM

Tuesday, January 01, 2002

Resoluitions

I feel like I should have more resolutions. I feel like there are a few more stuck in my head that I cannot get out right now. I am hoping they will fall out over the next couple of days.

Labels: 2002, new years, New Years Resolution, self

- Rich, 11:42 PM

New Years Resolutions - # 5

I resolve to ** ** **** ** *** **** *** ** **** **** *** ***** ***.

I need to keep some secrets in my life. People cannot know everything I am doing. There are just some things I cannot put on the web.

Labels: 2002, new years, New Years Resolution, secret

- Rich, 9:17 PM

New Years Resolutions - # 4

I resolve to be more careful with the way I spend cash.

I have been trying be more careful about the way I spend money. I just do not seem able to be careful about the way I spend cash. Once it leaves the ATM I cannot keep track of what I am spending it on. If i want to control my money, I will have to start here. I want to keep track of the dollars I am spending out of the ATM.

Labels: 2002, Money, new years, New Years Resolution, self

- Rich, 10:19 AM

Monday, December 31, 2001

New Years Resolutions - # 3

I resolve to write a letter to everyone I am in regular contact with in the next 12 months.

I used to be pretty good at writing letters to people. I was not good at writing letters to people in 2001. I fell way behind where I used to be. I do everything with e-mail and it is not the same thing. It does not have the same touch to it. There are about 24 people that I should really write letters to. My father is at the top of this list. Maybe I can re-spark correspondence with some of these people.

Labels: 2002, letter, new years, New Years Resolution, writing

- Rich, 9:12 PM

New Years Resolutions - # 2

I resolve to finish 100 pages of a novel by the end of the year.

For a while now I have been saying that I would start writing a novel when I turn 30. I turn 30 this year. That means I have to start cracking. Making it a new year's resolution puts a little more pressure on me to do it. I know what I want to write a novel about. Now I just have to write it.

Labels: 2002, list, new years, New Years Resolution, novel, writing

- Rich, 10:53 AM

Sunday, December 30, 2001

New Years Resolutions - # 1

I resolve to clean up and organize my apartment and keep it until the end of 2002.

I know this does not seem like much of a resolution, but most of you have not seen my apartment. My apartment currently falls under no less then three different categories of mess.

1. Clutter - Clutter is the physical manifestation of procrastination. We build up clutter because we do not want to deal with that physical object at that moment. We do not want to take the time to do the task that will organize it in our life.

2. Disorganization - I have not been very organized since I moved into this apartment. I have not build a system to deal with things like bank statements, CD cases, books, credit card receipts, and most other things I need to keep. I have had this problem ever since I left Portland. I think that I have had "I might leave this city at any time" attitude. This had kept me from doing things like buying furniture. I am not resolved to stay in San Jose and in this apartment for another year. This means I can go out and buy things like book cases and a dresser.

3. Pack Ratting - I received a Microwave as a gift last Christmas. I still have that box in my apartment. Maybe I should be keeping the boxes of everything I buy if I had someplace to store them. I live in a studio apartment. I think I should get rid of some of these boxes now. They are just filling up my apartment.

On top of these things my apartment could use a good cleaning also. I am set to work on these things in 2002. I have already started to plan on ways I can improve these things.

Labels: 2002, apartment, clutter, disorganization, new years, New Years Resolution, pack rat, Resolution, self

- Rich, 10:58 PM

New Years Resolutions - Preface

I have decided to make a lot of resolutions this year. I am usually good for about four or five resolutions a year. I know that only keep one, if I even keep any. I have decided to make these Resolutions one at a time. I have up to Jan 10 to make them. I have a couple that have been kicking around for a while. I want to see if I can keep all of them this year. It is a hard thing to do. I wonder if I am in the right place in my life to keep them.

I always hear people say they are not going to make any resolutions. I think this is crap. I think they are just trying to wimp out. I think that making resolutions is part of the way that we push ourselves. I am making these resolutions because there are parts of my life I feel I can make better and things I think I can achieve. Maybe putting them on Sad Salvation will push me to keep them.

Labels: new years, New Years Resolution, preface, self

- Rich, 10:15 PM

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