So its the new year (and 2 weeks in because I am lazy) and I get to look forward to another year of my life. I will turn 24 this year (in August), I will reach my first year at my job, I will have been with my girlfriend 2 years in February and almost 3 by the end of the year, and I will hopefully accomplish some goals. Goals… I always try and not state them because a week later they will be different, but I think I have an idea of some that can be sustained all year. So lets start them out…
- Improve my cooking, I have started trying to become better at cooking since about September as I have felt that my health could use not eating hamburger helper every night. I have since started cooking other things, but I still rely heavily on finding some recipe and getting the ingredients ahead of time. I also remain limited in my abilities and would like to become a little more experienced in various types of food so that I won’t be so nervous cooking for others (Kim).
- Fix this site up some, I have been thinking of various things to add to this site, but have refrained from jumping on something before I am certain of what I want to do. I recently discussed a thought I have had for a while about adding an “Article” or “Essay” section where I would put more “Blog” like posts about things beyond things I do in my life. I have also thought of expanding some of the functionality, but that would require more creativity on my part. And if possible, I would like to post on here more often, it would probably improve with an article section, but I would also like to start talking about the regular occurrences in my life.
- Learn some Japanese(?), I have wanted to learn Japanese for a while and have made little bursts of effort, but I have not been able to commit to it. Most of the effort has been in little moments that got mashed up in my transition to my new home. So now that I have settled down more, I would hope to commit so much time a week to studying and learning the language. I have heard tentative plans to travel to Japan sometime in the next year or so and I would love to have some background in the language (though very limited) by then.
- Become healthier, this has been a goal for a while and I think I have done a decent job, but I know that I need to make a better effort to accomplish this. I have tried to eat healthier, work out some, and build up better habits. I still need to improve my eating some (see above) and I should try and work out more than just when Frisbee comes around (though I do have Winter league coming up and Summer league this summer). So I will try and go to the apartment complex’s gym and do regular exercises here.
I know that I am forgetting some stuff, but these are the things that I think are definite goals I will aim for through the year (beyond just a few weeks as is often the case) and will hopefully accomplish to some degree… So Happy New Year!