Last year, before I started this blog, I was an avid Facebook-noter. To clarify, Facebook has a feature called “notes,” which resemble blog posts. On December 31, 2006, while I was feeling motivate, I posted this:
I don’t know what it is, but I’ve felt really good recently, overall. I want to keep the feeling going and have the best year possible, so I’m going to try to stick to a few ‘rules’ (resolutions)…
1. Reduce conflict, be more affable. Just be a better person, socially, and in every way possible.
2. Don’t overreact or under-react to things that happen. As I’ve learned, these things can control you.
3. Get Things Done.
4. Don’t get taken advantage of by anyone.
5. Go after things, get ‘em.
6. Have a little more fun.
7. Eat better.
8. Make backups.Why am I putting these ‘rules’ on Facebook? Well, now I have a reason to hold myself to them.
Have a great year everyone!
Seriously, make it great. Stay safe. Stay happy. Don’t change, unless it’s for the better.
I had some lofty goals, didn’t I? Let’s see how I did.
I don’t remember why I felt so good around a year ago from today, but I seem to have that same motivation this time around. I think simply being off from school and temporarily away from responsibility puts me in a good mood. Imagine that.
I wanted to reduce conflict. Unfortunately, I didn’t, at all. I had very little conflict to reduce. I wasn’t a conflict-ridden person, and I didn’t like fighting. The problem here, it seems, is that I poorly defined this resolution. Why resolve to change something that isn’t a problem?
I hoped to properly react to the things that happen in my life. Taken from David Allen’s Getting Things Done, I realized that overreacting or under-reacting to stimuli controls a person. Again, there’s another problem with this resolution. I cannot measure the results.
I wanted to “Get Things Done”. It seems I was highly motivated by Allen’s book. Actually, I still am. I wrote a college essay on it. But, back on topic, I wrote another undefinable goal.
I expressed a desire not to be taken advantage of. Fortunately, to a reasonable extent, I think I accomplished this goal.
I yearned to work towards goals and accomplish them. Although these goals have been lackluster thus far, I believe that I’ve worked towards dozens of tangible goals this last year - start a blog, keep the grades up, get a job, study chemistry for a month, and apply to colleges - to name a few. But, there was something deeper in this goal. The sentiment was carpe diem, seize the day. In that, I think I’ve done well.
I wanted to have “a little” more fun. I think I’ve done that.
I hoped to eat better. Honestly, I haven’t done that at all. It’s time to work on this one.
I needed to make more backups. Luckily, Time Machine took care of that for me.
So, what does this all mean?
My new years resolutions for 2007 were fundamentally flawed. Many of them were immeasurable or intangible. If they’re immeasurable or intangible, they’re easily forgotten. I’ll see how I can address these flaws in a post to come.
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