I love new year’s resolutions: by their very nature, they are about as reliable as gas prices. This is mainly because we have no idea what the next day, week or month (let alone the next year) will bring, and a new year’s resolution is essentially an assumption based on nothing but wishful thinking.
With that in mind, I have tons of new year’s resolutions this year:
- I will slowly, slowly quit smoking.
Or I will cut down to the point that I can stop smoking when I’m alone. (This will probably just end up with me hanging around with more smokers though, but there’s no ‘logic requirement’ on these resolutions anyway.) - I will finally, finally build something important.
Not that highfiber isn’t important, or oks. Or guttervomit (which is very important to me). But I want to build something that actually has a positive effect on either a) the online habits of the wired Filipino, b) the offline habits of the wired Filipino or c) our economy. A bit ambitious, but hey, a couple of weeks ago I successfully hosted a party in Victoria Court with 30 people who met each other online. As far as I’m concerned, the world is my fucking oyster. - I will finally, finally get a real office.
This one has been exactly 4 months in the making (and by the time we actually get around to doing it, it’ll be double that). I’ve been itching to relocate for so long it hurts to think about it. - I will finally, finally move out of the house.
I am dangerously close to that dreaded "25-and-living-with-my-mom" border line I set for myself, and with all of the other things I’m trying to accomplish by this coming year, it looks like I will probably miss it by several months. The primary reason for this, apart from well, not wanting to be 25-and-living-with-my-mom, is that since I’ll be moving my place of work (see resolution above), I should move my place of residence as well to match.
So that’s what I’ve got for 2006. What are your resolutions?