My 2011 Resolutions

[PinkFloydYoshi]

We've all made 'em (or at least I hope you have!). New years resolutions are promises we make to ourselves to get something done. Sometimes these can be big or small. Some can be overly ambitious, but who is to say that it's impossible?

What have you promised to yourself in 2011?

I have a couple of rather personal ones which I don't want to disclose, but as for the rest:

- Healthy eating. As last year, I'll be continuing this except this time around I'll be making some real world changes to my diet. I've lost 8 inch off my waistline in the last year and to be honest it's not enough and I believe I can go further. I cut a lot out my diet last year, now I plan on changing some of the more unhealthy options for healthy things. Breakfast can be swapped out for a start!

- Driving Licence. This year, I'll be working toward getting my driving licence. I've been very fortunate in my career so far that I've not required a car to do my job. I want to push my career further though and in order to do so this is a resolution I need to follow up.

- Advance my career. I love my job, but there are enough bugbears now that I've noticed that I could do with doing away with. After having spent the last four years of my life helping other people, and picked up on the fact that there is no promotion opportunities where I am right now it's time for a change. I want to work as a senior technician within a university. I love the education sector. It allows me to learn to use an almost limitless array of tools, machinery and equipment in order to allow me to support the establishment where I'd otherwise be limited within a business environment to only what we use. I also want to try my hand at being a Director of IT. I want to know everything about what my team does, what my boss does and how we can better work together to ensure the team is second to none. In other words, I want to spread my wings. Right now, I'm held back. This year, I hope to set myself free.

- Get certified. Tied in to the above, most of the establishments I want to work at require I be Cisco Certified. There is nothing stopping me doing this other than myself. This year, I hope to rectify this.

- Visit more places. One of last years resolutions was to regularly go outside my comfort zone. I don't believe I did this, although I have been to London and I've traversed a great deal of Birmingham by myself, and with friends. This year, I want to push this further by jumping in at the deep end, and actually begin to go abroad on solo trips, both for business and leisure. I want to see more places, and take more photos. I hope to begin doing this more this year.

- Move out of parents house. As of December, I am 27. I think it's time I moved out and began to do things myself. I've got to learn how the washer works some day.

- Cook more. I'm not very adventurous with food, at all. I eat a lot of bland stuff, even when I visit Big Wok or Wagamama. If I'm going to be visiting more places, I'm going to have a rather limited palate if all I want is noodles. I should probably uncurl myself now and actually begin being adventurous and play with my food instead of giving it to the dogs.

And that's it. This year is a busy one, but I believe that at the end of it, I will be very happy when I look back at all I've achieved.

Your turn!

[andrevus]

Heres mine :

Nothing.I haven't made any resolutions because i know that i won't keep any of them,i've made a few in my life and none went through in the end

[Digi]

I hope I actually go through with some of these..

Art - I definitely want to actually improve this year. I didn't start drawing this year until May. I no longer want to have month long breaks between art. Whether or not college allows me to do so is an unavoidable issue. However I have made a habit of staying up late to draw. Probably, not a great idea, but I don't want to lose it any more than I already have. Plus I've had story ideas running around my head since sophomore year of high school, I'd like to get my skills up enough to actually draw out those stories.

Driving - I want to get my license this year, if only just to have one. I know how to drive, but I just hate driving. I'd like to be able to get over that though. I feel like I'm troubling people whenever I need a ride, because I'm perfectly capable of driving.

Job - If I could get a license, I could probably go out and get a better job. I can't really go to my current one with my college hours and walking an hour to get there when I have time to actually go is.. troublesome. I only get an hour of work in every time I go and the times I can go are so scattered, it makes for a very unstable job.

Piano - I really should play more. I also need to get used to performing in front of others. I immensely dislike performing, but I feel like it's a skill I should try to obtain. Currently, recitals are the bane of my existence and no matter how good I can play a piece at my house, it goes to hell when I'm in front of an audience.

I hope to actually pursue some of these. But I suppose I'll see by next year~

[Zyph]

Lets see..

-More healthier diet/lifestyle
-Improve on art (emphasis on angles and backgrounds)
-Learn how to do sprite art
-Get a drivers license
-Music (Piano, etc.)
-Writing (Stories, etc.)
-Learn how to program better

I'll just list the general stuff for now. The above are very doable for me to do; just need to make sure I stay motivated

[Teal]

One of my resolutions this year would be to learn how to draw. I'm tired of coming up with interesting pictures to draw but never putting it on paper.

I will also do what I can about picking up on the overall member activity here at Yoshi Corner.

This year is going to be a big year to me. I'm going to graduate college and I will have to move out of my mother's house since I'm 22. My stepdad keeps pushing me to get the heck out. (In fact he's been wanting to kick me out since I turned 18 even before I graduated high school!) I just hope I can get a decent job because that's one thing I'm terrified about. For the past couple years I've just been job hopping like mad because I keep getting laid off. I just don't have any job experience in my field of study either and I've never worked for the same company for longer than 5-7 months

[Enrique]

Better my forecasting skills, actually find something to do over the summer, find a good research topic, and get in really good position for getting into grad school. Maybe even get that elusive 4.0 semester as well.

[Rainbow Yoshi]

I want to play the piano more. I got a keyboard for Christmas, so now I have no excuse to not do it. I also want to do better in my school work this semester. My last set of grades had too many B's in them. I'm also planning on going on an LDS mission this year. After tomorrow, I will have all the paper work sent in, and all I'll have to do after that is wait. =)

[Anjil]

Here we gooo! ;D

-Find a job in my field.
I became certified as a Massage Therapist last month and then applied for my license shortly after. My license should be pending now, meaning I should finally have it some time in mid-January. During my internship, I clocked in the second-most hours and bodies of all the students in the last two years, so I'm feeling confident about finding work! I'd say the only thing stopping me are my possibly crappy interview skills.

-Get a new apartment.
Well, this resolution will probably continue on for years to come, but we want this to happen ASAP. I can't stand our apartment. It's affordable, but ugh.

-More art.
This year was extremely unproductive for me. I think I went for weeks at a time without drawing one thing, which I thought I would never do! It took a toll on my drawing process and actually made it harder to create some artwork. I don't want to fall into that hole again.

-Level up as a cook.
I started cooking stuff last year and accomplished one of my 2010 resolutions! Now I just want to get better and experiment with more dishes.

-Travel more.
We travel from Arizona to different parts of southern California constantly, but I haven't been out of these two states in a very long time. I would like to push out to other places. It's kind of hard, since gas prices are as high as we are poor.

-Take better care of my body.
I don't just mean exercising and eating healthier (though that is a huge part). I also mean regular stretching and getting massages. As a Massage Therapy alumni at my college, I get an hour for just $20 at the student clinic. I figured I should put that perk to use.

-Dye my hair.
Here's one I didn't complete last year. But instead of jet black as originally planned, it'll be auburn. Change is good!

-Be nicer.
I'll be completely honest here! I can be a jerk if pushed far enough. I feel that I get annoyed by certain people easily and am likely to spout sarcastic remarks. I want to be able to control my temper better and be a more amiable person in general.

I wonder if I'm forgetting anything? I'm sure that's all. I think I completed only half of my resolutions last year. I hope my rate of success is better this year!

[Toshi]

Unfortunately like every other year, I haven't made any resolutions as I can never think of anythng that needs improving on.

However I think I could probably start focusing on the little things, like cutting back on junk food or keeping fit (which to be fair I do a lot of anyway, the job demands it), perhaps see more of the country I live in too, but we'll see.

[Blitzzoshi]

Aside from the typical "stay fit and eat healthy" resolutions:

- Practice more programming. Since I recently started teaching myself OpenGL, this might turn out to be quite fun.

- When advocating stuff like open source, try to act less like Richard Stallman.

- Make more contributions toward stuff I like (mainly indie/FOSS).

- Avoid being (passive?) aggressive toward stuff I don't like.

- Explore more hobbies, especially those with direct/indirect connections to game development, EG. game assets.

- Pay more attention to this place.

[g!rl_k.s.a.]

Try to be less annoying because I have a feeling that some members here would just wish that I die.

[Sanjo]

I have two resolutions, which is a first, because I usually never try to make resolutions.

The first is to follow through more with things. I guess the past me in this forum is a great example of why I'm doing this, but it unfortunately stems beyond that.

The second is to learn Japanese. I'm not that much of an anime/manga person, but I do enjoy the language. I've always wanted to learn it, and even try to take a trip to Japan, but I've never had the time to. Hopefully, I'll be able to make more room in my schedule for it, especially since I could potentially take it as a class in college next fall semester.