Resolutions 2009

I have a few general, ongoing resolutions for this year:

• Writing here on this blog;
• Photography, uploaded to my Flickr stream;
• Read, read, read (currently reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.)).

In addition to these I want to work towards definite goals and I want to work on these goals one at a time. My first goal for this year is to submit my thesis. This goal is complete once the thesis has been printed, signed off by my supervisors, and sent to the examiners. I want to complete this by the end of February this year.

Goals to be pursued later this year:

• Lose weight. This is also an ongoing thing, but I want to take some dedicated time at some point this year to concentrate solely on reducing my weight by some amount ... perhaps 10%;
• Learn Indonesian. Again, something that I could be doing throughout the year, but I need that solid block of time to allow for concentrated study and practice to get over the current hump in my learning where I just know words;
• Develop software applications. I need to develop a list of applications I want to write and use each as a goal;
• Website development. I have a few other websites that I have been neglecting and want to rejuvenate.

Each of these need a block of time to kick them into action and then regularly scheduled time to keep them maintained.

But the thesis is first.