{"id":1115,"date":"2010-11-18T11:49:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T11:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visaisahero.wordpress.com\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2015-02-18T09:57:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T09:57:29","slug":"new-year-resolutions-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/archives\/2010\/11\/18\/new-year-resolutions-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year Resolutions 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

TLDR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Save money, reading schedule, blog, smoke less, drink water, journal, build habits, meditate, declutter, play music.<\/p>\n

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There’s still a month and a half before the new year- I’m going to consider this a sort of grace period, wherein I’m not going to be too hard on myself if I slip up. The idea is to have strict goals to be accomplished come 01\/01\/2012. (No, the world’s not going to end.)<\/p>\n

Finances- I plan to save $2000 by the end of 2011. I am confident of saving $1200- that’s $100\/month which I can save from my allowance as an NSF, but the additional $800 will have to come from somewhere else. This will be challenging, and definitely fun and interesting. I will track my expenses religiously.<\/p>\n

Personal Study- I have over a hundred books. I need to catalogue these books, and plan a reading schedule. I want to study, absorb, understand, assimilate and share- which I will do on this blog.<\/p>\n

Blog at least 3 times a week. Build a bank of posts to draw from. Aim to double my daily hits. Blog more consistently- in short, regular bursts rather than waiting for the grand moment that never comes.<\/p>\n

Habits- greatly cut down on smoking. (No more than 2 packs a month?) Sleep early. (Before midnight, unless with good reason.) Quit dehydration. (Bottle of water in bag, water parade every morning!) Keep track of everything- journal every day. Build schedules, routines-\u00a0conscientious\u00a0practice for music, writing and drawing. Be more focused and concentrated. Meditate daily. Declutter weekly\/monthly.<\/p>\n

Fitness- aim to hit 80kg at the end of 2011. Run a sub-10minute 2.4km, and complete 5km and 10km runs in decent times. Learn to swim more effectively, and capitalize on it.<\/p>\n

Music- record covers and originals for my YouTube channel. Get a better bass amp to practice with. Practice more often, and more conscientiously. Practice and improve dynamics, strumming, singing technique, chord\/scale knowledge, fretboard familiarity.<\/p>\n

Declutter- get rid of everything that I don’t need. Sell, if possible, or give away, or throw. Declutter, declutter, declutter. Have a routine\/habit- daily, weekly, monthly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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