Resolutions are lame

I’ve spent the past week thinking about last year and how I want this year to be different. I realized very early in this thought process that I have no idea what my New Year’s Resolutions for last year were, but I’m reasonably certain they didn’t stick. So I’m not making resolutions this year; they never last.

Instead, I’m starting a list of things I’d like to do to improve my quality of life. There’s no pressure with this list; if something isn’t working out, then it either isn’t improving anything or I’ll simply try harder.

So, with that in mind, here’s my first pass at this list:

  1. Slow down
  2. Learn a new programming language
  3. Budget better, save more
  4. Write (at least) one original article per week
  5. Read more
  6. Commit to a todo system (regardless of which one)
  7. Consume less frivolous media (less RSS, for example)
  8. More music, less TV
  9. More time with family/friends, less with my computer

I don’t think it’s an unreasonable list, and hopefully I can look back at this in a year and think “Well, I’ve done all those things…now what?”