{"id":1815,"date":"2010-01-04T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T17:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2020-04-25T14:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T18:11:24","slug":"resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/2010\/01\/04\/resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s the list as I see it now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Don\u2019t get so run down. I looked at pictures from 2009, and I could see both Jen and I wearing down from travel, work, and the set of unfinished projects with which we both burdened ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Related to 1: Fight the ADHD harder. Key point: I don\u2019t think that I have ADHD or any other mental illness. Like my mother before me, I\u2019m a functionalist when it comes to such things. If you\u2019re a high functioning and basically happy person \u2013 you don\u2019t have mental illness. I do, however, have certain properties of my brain. Some (sharp memory) make it simpler to get stuff done. Others (tendency to context switch near continually) hold me back. Thus, I now have a little stopwatch on my desk. When I embark on tasks that will take more than 5 minutes or so \u2013 I intend to set the timer for some reasonable interval: 15 minutes? Half an hour? During that time, I intend to stay on task. Yes, facebook, I\u2019m talking to you. Double for you, twitter. Conversely, facebook and twitter are allowed \u2013 but they have their own time limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) I intend to train up for at least one judo competition season this year. Don\u2019t know when it will be, but I plan to do my month of clean living again prior to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) I also intend to take two months and train up for a belt test at the karate school in Providence. I\u2019ve been in a holding pattern there for two years. Less than one lesson a week is insufficient for advancement. I would like to earn my third degree \u2013 but it\u2019ll probably take a couple months of two to three classes per week \u2013 plus training on the off days as well. I can\u2019t do that all year \u2013 but I can commit to a couple of months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5) Related to 2: Eliminate the passive accumulation of stuff that I don\u2019t feel like doing. I let a few projects get the best of me in 2009. They lingered until I would wake up stressed about them \u2013 but not <strong>do<\/strong> anything about it. This year, I intend to either do, or do not. INBOX zero, every day. Desk zero too \u2013 dammit. Yes, I\u2019m talking to you, pile of papers from the house in Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6) Be a better friend: I had a few, very deep friendships in 2009. I got much closer with and <a href=\"http:\/\/capital_l.livejournal.com\/\">capital_l<\/a>. Also with my sister. On the other hand, many friends have slipped off the radar. I would like to take time to re-connect with you. This does not mean that I can say \u2018yes\u2019 to every party invite \u2026 but I would like to not look at my contacts list and go \u2018poo \u2013 I\u2019m a terrible friend.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7) Work for myself, at least an hour, most days. I took great joy from starting my iPhone app last week. I think that if I\u2019m disciplined about the above (2 and 5 in particular), I should be able to set a timer and work for <strong>myself<\/strong>. I will, naturally, need to be a bit focused about what I work on \u2013 but starting with the iphone app and proceeding to other things might work nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8) Indulge my other hobbies, at least once per week. Painting, brewing, food preservation. In particular that last one \u2013 I would like to get back to having a well stocked, home preserved pantry by the fall of 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9) Knock the business out of the park. I think that this is the year for a massive home run at my company. We\u2019re strong, rested, and have potential oozing out our ears. There is no reason not to make this the greatest year ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the list as I see it now: 1) Don\u2019t get so run down. I looked at pictures from 2009, and I could see both Jen and I wearing down from travel, work, and the set of unfinished projects with which we both burdened ourselves.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-bloggin","category-real-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}