spin, orrery

It's time again for my annual new year's resolution thing. I've seen a significant amount of change but across a lot of different parts of my life in 2006, but luckily a year ago I made my goals sufficiently broad that they are still meaningful. Let's see how I did:

1. Be a nicer person
   Tough to measure, and especially so to self-evaluate, but I think I've done a good job in some rather challenging circumstances. If you can think of any exceptions, let me know privately and I'll try to do better.



2. Do solo performance
   Did some, plan to do a lot more as scheduling allows.



3. Be decisive
   I don't know, maybe I did alright, but then again...

Well, ok, I actually think I did pretty well at not overthinking things that didn't matter. Failing to reanalyze big important decisions is just being foolhardy. Of course I could stand to do better, but really, all of these are things I could keep on my list for the future.

So, as I mentioned last year, I think I should have a bigger set of goals this year, so here're ten:

1. Go to the gym (Stereotypical, I know, but it'll make metahacker happy)


2. Compose a piece of music


3. Learn a new language


4. Win a tournament


5. Go on an exciting trip


6. Invent a game


7. Save the world, a little (I did nothing in 2006 to come near Waveland)


8. Make someone speechless with kindness


9. Don't make anyone cry (I wish I didn't have to work at that)


10. Teach something

In retrospect I think the first year's ten were pretty good; but hey, I gotta try new things.

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I'm not completely on board with Pyrrho or Buddha's ideas of enlightened detachment and ataraxia, but I do see the appeal of hēdonē.

I'm... epicurious.