I was never too good at keeping (or remembering) resolutions, but it's a new year for new starts. Here goes!
This year, I resolve to:
1) Take pictures every day, even if I feel self-conscious whipping out my giant camera
2) Read these books:
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| Two classic American novels, two just-for-kicks books, and two business books (...can you guess which is which?) |
3) Eat healthier!
More of this:
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| Homemade Steamed Pork Buns! |
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| Fried rice with assorted (fresh) veggies |
And less of this:
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| As delicious as it can be, no more ramen every night. |
4) Be kind to people
Sometimes easy, sometimes hard, but in the end it's what matters.
5) Spend really wisely.
Meaning "Buy buy buy! Those boots will last forever AND THEY'RE PRETTY!" doesn't cut it. Sigh. :(
6) Work out regularly!
My once-a-semester visits to the gym just don't seem to work well... how curious. :( Oh well, might as well take advantage of six more months of a free gym!
7) Post on this blog
Let's just hope I keep up with this at least every week...
And lastly, the most important resolution:
8) Adopt the mentality that Failure is NOT an option.
Sometimes easy, sometimes hard, but in the end it's what matters.
5) Spend really wisely.
Meaning "Buy buy buy! Those boots will last forever AND THEY'RE PRETTY!" doesn't cut it. Sigh. :(
6) Work out regularly!
My once-a-semester visits to the gym just don't seem to work well... how curious. :( Oh well, might as well take advantage of six more months of a free gym!
7) Post on this blog
Let's just hope I keep up with this at least every week...
And lastly, the most important resolution:
8) Adopt the mentality that Failure is NOT an option.
So here's to a year of better health and better decisions for everyone! :)
Thumbs-up on the Ayn Rand! (I haven't read Rand yet, and I don't plan on doing so anytime soon, as I'm pretty sure I'll dislike Rand's bizarre Objectivist morality of being deliberately selfish. Nevertheless, my libertarianism means I appreciate that there is at least no small value in Rand, and certainly, I would find more value in her than in all the non-libertarians out there.)
ReplyDeleteOkay, let me guess on those books: Salinger is obviously one of the two classic American novels. But the only other novel there, Le Petit Prince, is French, not American. But I'm going to say it is one of the two American novels anyway, because there are no other novels there. Eat, Pray, Love is obviously one of the two just-for-kicks books. Among Atlas Shrugged, The 21 Indispensable..., and Googled, I could see how all three of those could be useful in Accountancy, so I'm not sure which two are for business and which is just-for-kicks. But I'm going to say that Ayn Rand is just-for-kicks, given her less-than-stellar reputation, and that Googled and The 21 Indispensable... are for business.
(I mean no disrespect to Rand. I'm just saying that if I'm otherwise unsure and at a loss as to which two books are for business and which is for kicks, then on the basis of statistical odds, I may suppose that perhaps the author with the worst reputation is the one for kicks.)
Haha thanks for commenting Mike!
ReplyDeleteAhh, you were so close! Le Petit Prince is actually a just-for-kicks book because I really want to read it in its original language. Atlas Shrugged is supposed to be the second classic. :)
Duh, Atlas Shrugged is a novel too! {Facepalm}
ReplyDeleteWow, you consider Atlas Shrugged to be a classic? Even if I hadn't been an idiot and forgotten to realize it is a novel, I still wouldn't have thought to classify it as a classic! Bravo, then!