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New Year's Resolutions!
Submitted by MiniBlueDragon on Tue, 29/12/2009 - 12:43
Normally I'm not the type of person to kid myself with "New Year's Resolutions" when I know full well I'll continue as I have done the previous year, however this year I think I'm going to actively try and better myself.
So without further ado, in 2010 I will:
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Cull the time sinks.
For a few weeks now I've been hopping onto Twitter to see what's happening in the world and every time I end up scrolling through pages and pages of random bullshit to find the "gems". I then noticed that primarily the "gems" were from specific blogs such as LifeHacker so my time would be more productively spent just checking the LifeHacker site rather than reading about Simon Pegg walking his dog or Suzy Perry on a plane etc. Anyway that being the case, one of my new year's resolutions is to cull the stuff that serves little use to my severely lacking spare time.I've therefore cancelled my Twitter account and my Travian account and there may well be more cullings in the near future as I take stock on more of my "time sinks"Some things, like WoW for instance will remain because I only play casually and for a few hours a week and I do so more for the social aspect.
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Excercise more.
I really need to kick my own arse and start exercising more. I have no excuse as I have legs, a pushbike, Wii Fit, Wii Active etc and an almost-kinda-brother-in-law who goes to the gym many many times per week and is built like a brick s***house. I'm thinking a regular visit to the driving range followed by weight pushing will be of benefit.
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Get good at golf.
My Golf Clubs have yet to see a round of golf. I've done plenty of lessons (and still have hours paid for but unused with Silvermere Golf Club) so I need to get to the range more often. Em has a set of clubs and wants to start playing more, I have a step-dad who plays, Em's uncles both play, her cousin's other half plays, Lux wants to play too and the almost-kinda-brother-in-law is looking to start playing. I therefore have no excuse and will be improving and playing regularly in 2010.
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Start playing pool regularly.
Last year I re-joined the pool league and started off enjoying playing regularly against good players. Things then all went to shit when it dawned on me that playing on the league meant driving well out of my way to do so, being the only team member regularly winning their games, having to chauffer other team members around as I was the only regular player who drove, having subsidise several players pool games and drinks for the evening as they had no jobs and on top of all that never once being offered petrol money for chauffering. I therefore quit.I did start playing pool with Andy though at Rileys in Guildford which was really good fun for a while but then work got manic and I also started leaving the office early to finish my working days from home so things trailed-off. This year I'm going to have a look around for local clubs and see if Andy's up for a reasonably regular pool session so that I can get back up to my old standard and not have my arse handed to me every time I play against Em's cousin's other half who is a phenomenon when it comes to pool.
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Improve my guitar playing.
I need to get some direction for practicing guitar. Currently I pick it up, play for 10 mins and then put it back down again.
So there you have it; my New Year's Resolutions for 2010.
Now let's try and stick to them hey? ;)
MBD


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