Spent my new years eve relaxing with my family tonight. We went to Sushi Muramoto for dinner, then came home and watched "Salmon Fishing in Yemen" with Ewan MacGregor. The film seemed stuck unable to decide whether or not it was taking itself seriously, and the result was some cute and hilarious moments sandwiched between painfully corny and cliche scenes. I spent most of the time, particularly towards the end, cringing.
We then shared some beer, then scotch, then champagne, as we watched... crappy video-taped musical performances from Los Angeles. After seeing the ball drop in Times Square at 11pm CST, it turned out that there was no further hourly midnight celebration moving westward oddly enough. I seem to recall celebrating midnight 4 times live on television, but apparently there's no market for that anymore sadly enough.
And now, for the resolutions. I realize that they are a bit cliche and unnecessary -- after all, nothing's stopping you from pursuing goals all year long -- yet at the same time I can't help but enjoy the annual day to pause and reflect on how your life changed in the past year and how you might like to see it change in the next one.
Obviously a ton has changed for me in the past year. After a 2011 that felt very much in the doldrums, I felt like I found myself again and am still in the process of doing so. Books, music, cooking, learning, engaging, living.
And so, here are my resolutions:
We then shared some beer, then scotch, then champagne, as we watched... crappy video-taped musical performances from Los Angeles. After seeing the ball drop in Times Square at 11pm CST, it turned out that there was no further hourly midnight celebration moving westward oddly enough. I seem to recall celebrating midnight 4 times live on television, but apparently there's no market for that anymore sadly enough.
And now, for the resolutions. I realize that they are a bit cliche and unnecessary -- after all, nothing's stopping you from pursuing goals all year long -- yet at the same time I can't help but enjoy the annual day to pause and reflect on how your life changed in the past year and how you might like to see it change in the next one.
Obviously a ton has changed for me in the past year. After a 2011 that felt very much in the doldrums, I felt like I found myself again and am still in the process of doing so. Books, music, cooking, learning, engaging, living.
And so, here are my resolutions:
- Doing
- To write in this journal every day, because no day is ever worth forgetting -- and any attitude other than that is honestly just depressing
- To practice seriously my ukulele every day, working from my Dummies book until finished and then going from there. I want to move my relationship with this instrument from one of novelty to legitimate interest to learn. It's a really cool one to play, and it'd be even cooler if I applied myself and let myself get lost in the journey of learning a stringed instrument.
- To bake some serious bread -- let's enjoy an all out experimentation, making small loaves of bread until I can create loaves and baguettes that I truly love.
- Living
- Note the theme: I want to take living seriously again. Take work seriously, take play seriously, take everything I do seriously, striving to be the best at whatever activity -- no matter how big or small -- that I'm doing, and always looking forward to the next thing I get to do. It's an attitude I used to have but only appreciate since I realized that I've lost it. It's a joy for learning and experiencing anything, because that's the only way anyone should live.
- To carry myself with confidence and pride -- dare I say arrogance -- in my line of work. I should be able to say to myself and others "I am damn good at what I do".
- To be fearless and daring -- do what I think is right and stop caring what others think. Ideas are valuable not for being right/wrong, but for ability to push boundaries, to be visionary.
That's all. I like setting goals.
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