2013 New Year's Resolutions

[fiopadp7791]

Learn how to make more amazing food dishes and chesse.

Get a better job.

Move some where it is more fun locally.

Errmmm I need to do all these too. Although the jobby job part is in progress

I also need to just take more pics. Warning y'all- you might see more of my hideousness in the New Year

[chairmenmeow47]

find sarah connor

[Zafocaine]

And terminate her? Or are you the "best friend/dad" type? haha

[amyzzz]

find sarah connor

hahaha

[mountmccabe]

For 2013:

1. Eat all the regular rolls at Aru Sushi.
2. Try all the flavors of vegan soft-serve (2/month) at Kyotofu.
3. Go on 50+ walks of 30 minutes or more.
4. Try out the gym and/or yoga.
5. 10+ visits to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
6. 8+ visits to other museums including Park Avenue Armory, PS1, the Guggenheim and MoMA.
7. Swim in an ocean.
8. Get name changed and new ID, etc.
9. Send out thank you cards.

And various things I don't know how to or want to devise metrics for such as decluttering, paring down physical books and CDs, hanging up art and light-up letters, doing slow-cooker or big pot cooking several times a month and watching more opera.

Today we went to Park Avenue Armory and saw the event of a thread, an art installation by Ann Hamilton, the centerpiece being a giant sheet controlled by a bunch of swings we could swing on.


at Flickr

Then I walked home.

Oh and I watched the first act of Manon last night.

That is the progress I have made.

[stuporfly]

My sole resolution is to not let your excellent list make me feel like a philistine, John.

[mountmccabe]

You will likely have a busy and satisfying year without artificial goals.

[joppy-slow]

I registered for the Lake Union 10K on August 18. And I'm currently reading Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves.

did you pack your lunch this week?

[canexplain]

This will be the first year I will not work for at least part of the year (by choice as you know). Thus the last 9 months has been nothing but a total trash a la Peter O' Toole. I'm not saying bye bye to everything, just to booze at least for now. Day in a life. Next to that little item, I need to get out more. I have everything I need within my place, but it gets blah. That's two I am striving for. cr****

[SoulDischarge]

Doing some refinements on my resolutions.

-Read 30 books over the year, with a goal of 2 a month plus a short story (or two depending on length) a day from a collection until I finish that collection.
-Watch 100 Criterion films by year's end. Re-visiting films I've seen once before counts as most great films don't even sink in until at least a second viewing.
-For the month of January, home cook from scratch one meal a week. February, two per week. And so on until I'm up to at least five. And try to keep them fairly healthy and include at least one veggie that isn't a potato.
-Walk or some other kind of exercise for 30min to an hour every two days at minimum, but hopefully at least every day.
-Set out 3 household chores to be completed each week.

[Suffacated]

For 2013 I will stop living in sin.

[algunz]

Ok, going off the fly on these:

1. Write my memoirs
2. Yoga and walks consistently
3. Less Mcdonald's/ pack my lunch
4. Organize the garage
5. A book a month, minimum

[Courtney]

did you pack your lunch this week?

I'm on vacation this week, so I've just been cooking and eating at home, but I will be packing starting Monday!

[ThatGirl]

I'm on vacation this week, so I've just been cooking and eating at home, but I will be packing starting Monday!

Based solely on the cooking thread alone, I would happily surrender to a world where you were cooking and making lunch for me every week. I'm saying this in a very non-gay way.

[SoulDischarge]

Try saying it in a very gay way, just to see how it reads.

[ThatGirl]

Try saying it in a very gay way, just to see how it reads.

Ummm. Ok. Umm. Hey baby, I like what you're cooking? I'm so. bad. at. this.

[SoulDischarge]

You accidentally spelled "everything" wrong.

[getbetter]

Getting hot in here.

[Drewski27]

Quit smoking.

[Courtney]

In 2013, I resolve to:
1. Get a kick-ass summer internship
2. Complete the full introductory yoga series of classes at my gym
3. Run a 10K
4. Pack my lunch at least one day per week
5. Read at least two books per month

Things are moving along on this.

1 - I've been working on refining different versions of my resume for different positions and drafting cover letters.

2 - Still need to sign up for the next class series. It starts on January 23.

3 - I have registered for 3 races to help ramp up for this goal and keep me honest: the March Forth 5K on 3/3, the Beat the Bridge 8K on 5/19, and finally the Lake Union 10K on 8/7.

4 - I have actually packed my lunch every single day so far this week, and already have things boxed and ready to go in my fridge for Thursday and Friday. Yay.

5 - I finished two small books this week, but I'm not sure if I should count them because they're not really serious books. I'm still working on Too Big To Fail as my nighttime reading.

[ThatGirl]

Lose 10 lbs before April

Still working on this, a tad unsuccessfully but going to keep trying.

Learn and practice proper meditation techniques

Got a great book on this that I'd ordered online, it arrived yesterday!

Start a cash savings account

Anything I save will go towards Coachella so it's going to be spent in a few months anyway.

Purge all the useless crap I have in the storage room and tucked away in drawers all over the house.

Still have to tackle this one.

[ThatGirl]

1 - I've been working on refining different versions of my resume for different positions and drafting cover letters.

If you want a second set of eyes to look these over for you I'd be happy to help

[TomAz]

Yes Courtney, if you want some low midmanagement hack coaching you on your resumes for wall street investment banking and consulting firms, let ThatGirl review them. She will tell you all the right places to put smiley faces.

[Courtney]

Tom be careful, I might just ask YOU to proof it then.

[mountmccabe]

For 2013:

1. Eat all the regular rolls at Aru Sushi.
2. Try all the flavors of vegan soft-serve (2/month) at Kyotofu.
3. Go on 50+ walks of 30 minutes or more.
4. Try out the gym and/or yoga.
5. 10+ visits to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
6. 8+ visits to other museums including Park Avenue Armory, PS1, the Guggenheim and MoMA.
7. Swim in an ocean.
8. Get name changed and new ID, etc.
9. Send out thank you cards.

And various things I don't know how to or want to devise metrics for such as decluttering, paring down physical books and CDs, hanging up art and light-up letters, doing slow-cooker or big pot cooking several times a month and watching more opera.

Changed the focus from Aru's regular rolls to their special rolls and had the first two. The "Black Dragon Roll" will become a favorite with eel and spicy tuna.

I ate January's flavors from Kyotofu; cinnamon was fantastic and I would like some more. Sweet almond was either too subtle or just bland.

I finished Manon and watched the first acts of Giulio Cesare and Rigoletto. And also picked out another bunch of books and records to get rid of.


Previously:

That is the progress I have made.

[fatbastard]

I've never done this before, but I have been spending time reflecting on the actions I've been taking with regards to my 2013 goals.

I'm walking more days than not, I've asked the wife for upcoming due dates on the credit card, told the guy who cuts my hair that I wanna go long, haven't even thought about booking a massage, I'm 25 pages into a book called complete guide to executive manners (but may not make it all the way through), and we just upgraded the main application that I work with. Not going to count that one though.

[RotationSlimWang]

What kind of massage are we talking here?

[algunz]

Ok, going off the fly on these:

1. Write my memoirs
2. Yoga and walks consistently
3. Less Mcdonald's/ pack my lunch
4. Organize the garage
5. A book a month, minimum

Besides #5, I have so far failed miserably in 2013.

[ocbruin84]

I can't wait to hear everyone talk about their resolutions in July.

[Courtney]

I completed all my resolutions for 2012, so for 2013 I am going to build upon them.

In 2013, I resolve to:
1. Get a kick-ass summer internship
2. Complete the full introductory yoga series of classes at my gym
3. Run a 10K
4. Pack my lunch at least one day per week
5. Read at least two books per month

UPDATES:

I have been working really ridiculously hard on #1. I had a first and second round interview on this past Thursday and Friday, and a first round for a different company on Monday. I've also been networking my butt of and doing a lot of informational interviews with folks at my target companies. I'm hoping this will all pay off soon and I'll be able to check the internship thing off on my list by March.

I decided I needed to re-prioritize the 6am yoga classes considering that I'm not getting enough sleep. I am going to delay resolution #2 until the internship search is finished and I have more time.

My first step towards #3 is running a 5K on March 5. I've been working towards this, and got this super awesome GPS/heart rate monitor thing which is fantastic because it gives me a live read as to my pace per mile as I run.

I have been just barely squeaking by on #4 because things have been so hectic, but I HAVE done it, even though a lot of the lunches I'm packing are just leftovers or something like that not terribly complex. I want to work on using more fresh vegetables instead of having everything in soup or stew form, but I am definitely saving money no matter which way I go, so that's good.

The book thing that is resolution #5 has been no problem. I have been reading a lot of company-specific books by CEOs and whatnot in preparation for internship interviews.