Last year, my friend Sara asked me about my resolutions that I had for 2009. For some reason, I took it very seriously and wrote a lengthy post about my resolutions. I accomplished most of them to some degree. I’m not going to worry about the ones that I apparently wasn’t as resolute on as I could have been. But we both enjoyed the process so she wrote me this year for my 2010 resolutions. And here they are…
The first one is an important one and one that will shape the rest of the year: Start thinking big. Big and Fearless. I’m tired of feeling like I drown in the details of life.
I did not make as much money this year as previous years. In general, I’m having a “is this where my career should be?” point in my life. As I approach 40, I’m getting too old to compete with college age consultants for building simple websites. But what else should I focus on doing? Hmmm…
Take photos of all my friends in some sort of photo that represents them. In costumes. Staged. I really want a nice photo book at the end of the year with everyone I know. This requires some long term planning.
Keep losing weight. I felt like I was on a good nutritional path before the holidays arrived. I can feel it’s in my grasp. I just need to keep everything in focus and not get side-tracked. Keep up with my existing routine of lifting weights and running.
Get my god-damned comic books on my website with donation links and places to buy printed issues. I was so close to get everything up a few months ago and then I got side-tracked. I’d love to do another issue, but without money to hire an artist, it’s not going to happen.
Learn Spanish. Learning a little Mandarin was pretty painless (using Fluenz). As long as I give it an hour or two a week, I make progress.
It’s time for more social outlets. I don’t what this would be: a photography group, a gay rights group, a musical group…something.
I bought t-shirt silk screening supplies over a year ago and I’ve never used them. Why not? It would be fun to be making my own t-shirts. It’s not even that hard, I just need to get over the hump of making the first one.
These are some resolutions that I doubt will ever come to pass but are fun to think about:
There is news that the Apple Tablet will be coming out soon. I think they will have a new format for printed materials delivered electronically. I’d like to learn that as quickly as possible and try to get in on comic publishing for electronic formats.
Start a NYC chapter of the Tea Party Movement (I’m only half-joking. This would be hysterical and I could write a book afterwards.)
On a side note…chairmanswife.com and dearbartender.com are two URLs that I have that are expiring soon. Maybe I should finally do something with them. This past year I laughed at the notion of building a content website. Who would ever visit? Now I’m in a mindset that maybe I should just build it and not worry about the results so much. (Think big, Keith!)
I had a thought when I was making chocolates this year. I could write a book about all the chocolates. I have recipes now for almost 20 chocolates, each with a flavor from a different part of the world. I could write a few pages about each of the places and their local flavors. I could have copious pictures of the process of making the chocolates. It would all make a cute little Christmas-y book to give to people.
Some updates…
I saw a book on developing your programming career from one of my favorite publishers. Perhaps I should read it and start putting into practice some techniques for growing my career. And on another side note, there’s all of a sudden a lot of little work in my lap.
I went to meetup.com and looked for some groups to join. And so I joined the following:
Gay Tech Meetup
Queer Sangha
NYC Gay Men’s Book Club
Pin Up Studio Photography
I know it’s a little gay-centric, but hey…I like the company of gay men. Meetings start this Sunday, Dec 27th, so I’ll be 3 days ahead of schedule on completing these resolutions!
