Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Year's Resolutions

It seems a lot of people are posting their resolutions online. I decided I'll jump on the bandwagon in hopes that putting these out publicly will help me keep them longer. If anyone wants to team up on any of these let me know:

  1. Get a job. This one isn't really a resolution, more like a necessity.
  2. Call 1-800-GENOCIDE more. I always want to do more to help end genocide and I also hate not practicing what I preach. I want to call 1-800-GENOCIDE at least once a week. I really hope some people join me on this one. It's quick, easy and really helpful.
  3. Exercise. I thought I should include a classic, but hopefully moving back to Plano will help me with this one. For almost 6 months I've been claiming I would do this "Couch to 5k" program that takes 9 weeks. So I think I'll aim to run a 5k by the end of April.
  4. Update my blog more. I enjoy writing and I think it is a good creative outlet for me. I'm going to be cautious with this resolution though, I think I'll aim for one post a month.
  5. Read 100 pages a week. I love reading, but now that I don't have to read 50-100+ pages a night for school it has been hard getting motivated. So much to read, so little time. I should easily be able to do 100 pages a week.
  6. Study for the GRE. Grad school is definitely in my future and I might start as early as Spring 2010. Therefore I'm going to aim to study for the GRE at least two hours a week until I take it.
  7. Learn to cook 5 Indian dishes. I wanted a fun one that I would feel fairly confident in accomplishing. Although it was 2008, I tried one last night so that already brings me down to 4 left.
I think that's it for now. Since updating my blog is one of those, I may provide some update about these. Maybe not. We'll see. I'd love to hear your thoughts!