Into the Future
It's been a while since I did this, so you'll have to forgive me if I'm a bit rusty. I used to (irregularly) turn my inner monologue into written tirades, posted to the internet. Why? Posterity, I suppose. Or simply as a means to organize and order my often jumbled and spiraling thoughts. Regardless, I seem to feel the need, after these many years to return to this practice. I apologize in advance.
2019 has begun.
Like many years before it, and hopefully to follow it, it represents yet another passing moment in time. For many, it will simply be a year between 2018 and 2020, a year on the road of life. Sure there will be highs and lows; triumphs and failures that mark the year into many minds. But not for everyone.
I, for instance, marked the start of the 2019 with a boardgame, a slight acknowledgement as midnight passed, and a day of laziness. Much like many other days in the year before and the year to come. Yet it is at this time that we are drawn to introspection and resolution as we ponder our coming year. Hence the blog (is blogging a thing people still do?)
John Green (of vlogbrothers) said in his video today that he doesn't like to make resolutions because they are easily forgotten. He'd rather make goals, things that can be quantified, measured, obtained. And I agree with him, I'd rather make a goal than a resolution. The problem for me is finding a goal and getting started.
Many people claim to have problems finishing projects. They start thing after thing, never seeing any through to fruition. I find it much easier not to start anything in the first place. You don't get the nagging guilt of seeing the half-finished remnants of a project laying about if you never half-finish anything in the first place. And so I find myself unable even to settle on goals, unobtainable or not, that I'd like strive towards.
Perhaps that's why people make resolutions. Easier to forget and forgive a failed resolution than try to set a goal, complete with the risk of failure. But I need to let go of that fear of failure and start. Too often recently I've felt stagnated and rudderless. Nothing driving me aside from the day-to-day of work and life.
So here are some goals for myself in 2019. I'll post them here, to the void, so that at least I know they exist and I'll be able to look back and see that I set myself something to strive for. Even if I didn't achieve it, I can at least know that I started.
Right. Now to hit publish and get to work...
2019 has begun.
Like many years before it, and hopefully to follow it, it represents yet another passing moment in time. For many, it will simply be a year between 2018 and 2020, a year on the road of life. Sure there will be highs and lows; triumphs and failures that mark the year into many minds. But not for everyone.
I, for instance, marked the start of the 2019 with a boardgame, a slight acknowledgement as midnight passed, and a day of laziness. Much like many other days in the year before and the year to come. Yet it is at this time that we are drawn to introspection and resolution as we ponder our coming year. Hence the blog (is blogging a thing people still do?)
John Green (of vlogbrothers) said in his video today that he doesn't like to make resolutions because they are easily forgotten. He'd rather make goals, things that can be quantified, measured, obtained. And I agree with him, I'd rather make a goal than a resolution. The problem for me is finding a goal and getting started.
Many people claim to have problems finishing projects. They start thing after thing, never seeing any through to fruition. I find it much easier not to start anything in the first place. You don't get the nagging guilt of seeing the half-finished remnants of a project laying about if you never half-finish anything in the first place. And so I find myself unable even to settle on goals, unobtainable or not, that I'd like strive towards.
Perhaps that's why people make resolutions. Easier to forget and forgive a failed resolution than try to set a goal, complete with the risk of failure. But I need to let go of that fear of failure and start. Too often recently I've felt stagnated and rudderless. Nothing driving me aside from the day-to-day of work and life.
So here are some goals for myself in 2019. I'll post them here, to the void, so that at least I know they exist and I'll be able to look back and see that I set myself something to strive for. Even if I didn't achieve it, I can at least know that I started.
- Write more. Here, or somewhere else. At least twice a month, put thoughts to written words.
- Play more boardgames. This is my favourite hobby, and while it often requires more people than just myself, there is more I can do. Besides continuing the weekly games nights at the office, try to organize more weekend play times. And failing that, play more solo.
- Find a pet programming project and start it. I code for work, but I also love it. This could be a series of tutorials to work through or some spark of an idea that I want to turn into a working thing. Starting is hard, so the goal is to find something worth starting and dig in.
Right. Now to hit publish and get to work...
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