2G18 - 1: New year's resolutions

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 3:37 pm

2G18 is just starting but it already seems like it's going to be a good year.
[Editor's note: "a good year" = "no worse than last year".]

Have you made any plans for 2G18? If so, what are they?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:15 pm

I don’t really have plans. I just started a job so I’m going to try get good at it.

And take some time off in the summer.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:35 pm

Oops, I missed that as it wasn't stickied.

Achieving a better work/life balance is my 2018 goal, although I doubt I will have much time to work on that until Q2.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:52 pm

For now, I'm gonna try with do the resolution from last year.

I'm going to try and make this sticky. It's too easy to miss like this.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 9:09 pm

I don't have super forum powers.

Cal, why does work/life balance have to wait for Q2, specifically? The workiness of referring to the year in quarters is already concerning.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 9:42 pm

For me it's pretty clear. Full time permanent job!

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:57 pm

smeared ink wrote:Cal, why does work/life balance have to wait for Q2, specifically? The workiness of referring to the year in quarters is already concerning.

Because Q1 is critical to our operations. If we don't make enough money then, I might not have a job after Q2. In that case, work/life balance would be difficult to achieve in Q3 and Q4. Whereas if I do well enough in Q1 and Q2, I can just sit back and relax for the next 6 months.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:33 am

Fair enough! Maybe we should have a quarterly check-in anyway.

For me:

- Become comfortable speaking French. This one's a long time coming. I've been at the same not-terrible-but-can't-really-converse level for years.

- Learn at least 6 French songs, able to sing/play from memory, including understanding the lyrics. (I'm starting with "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" by Jacques Dutronc.)

- Develop some musical fluency on guitar. If I hear some sequence of notes, I want to have an intuitive sense of "that's a semitone" or "that's a fifth", etc., and to be able to apply that to the guitar fretboard.

- Read a book every day. Not a whole book--just read, from a book.

And to continue last year's themes, practice mindfulness, take responsibility, and be assertive. These ones are vague; I need to think of how to make them more concrete.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:00 am

Calbrena wrote:
smeared ink wrote:Cal, why does work/life balance have to wait for Q2, specifically? The workiness of referring to the year in quarters is already concerning.
Because Q1 is critical to our operations. If we don't make enough money then, I might not have a job after Q2. In that case, work/life balance would be difficult to achieve in Q3 and Q4. Whereas if I do well enough in Q1 and Q2, I can just sit back and relax for the next 6 months.

But if you wait until Q2 to be active here, it's gonna be harder for me to meet my page 666 prophecy goals.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:51 am

What was the 666 goal again? Want to make it a prophecy and a resolution?

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:39 am

The 666 prophecy was dual in nature. It was that it was going to happen on your birthday like the 321 prophecy and also that you were going to miss it. I forget why, but probably you were traveling a lot around the time I made that prediction.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:08 am

Sorry about prophecy 666, I probably won't have the time to contribute enough by Fei's birthday.

smeared ink wrote:Fair enough! Maybe we should have a quarterly check-in anyway.

For me:

- Become comfortable speaking French. This one's a long time coming. I've been at the same not-terrible-but-can't-really-converse level for years.

- Learn at least 6 French songs, able to sing/play from memory, including understanding the lyrics. (I'm starting with "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" by Jacques Dutronc.)

- Develop some musical fluency on guitar. If I hear some sequence of notes, I want to have an intuitive sense of "that's a semitone" or "that's a fifth", etc., and to be able to apply that to the guitar fretboard.

- Read a book every day. Not a whole book--just read, from a book.

And to continue last year's themes, practice mindfulness, take responsibility, and be assertive. These ones are vague; I need to think of how to make them more concrete.

Mindfulness is also on my to-do list. Assertiveness is something I've been working on in 2017, and I guess taking responsibility too?

Let me know if I can help with the French, I'd be happy to do so.

If you want to kill two birds with one stone, I can suggest a couple of neat books to read in French, or music-related things.

Speaking of reading every day from a book, this is also something I'm trying to improve on, although a daily goal isn't realistic for me at the moment. Yesterday I read a bit from this book and thought it would make a good hot topic deskushion in the future:
https://books.google.com/books?id=BLNqH ... &q&f=false
I'm planning to start chapter 1.3 later tonight, or on Thursday. Tomorrow I'm working from 9am to 9pm so no time for leisurely reading.

See you later this week guys.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:12 pm

I will let you know if I could use your help with French, thanks!

Really though, I live in the second-largest French-speaking city in the world; there are millions of opportunities to practice.

I did successfully learn to play/sing "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" from memory! Just need someone to play the flute part.

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:28 am

I've got some new years resolutions but i probably won't get a chance to do them until Q4.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:02 pm

Damien wrote:For me it's pretty clear. Full time permanent job!

You and me both.

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:35 am

I don't really "do" New Year's resolutions, typically. I think waiting for an arbitrary time to start shit is silly.

I do have some things on the backburner that need attention, but I'm not in the headspace to commit to things right now.

So for now I'll limit myself to - actually read my book club book before the book club meeting. I have the book. I may have read an entire 10 pages or something thus far! Meeting is in 19 days.

Probably the best approach is to make it part of my night time wind-down routine (ie: read in bed, but not after bed time). So uh, we'll see.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:49 am

Maybe take a real vacation for the first time in a decade.

Get solar power at the camp!

Publish two books!

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:47 pm

Those are pretty solid goals.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:51 am

Damien wrote:For me it's pretty clear. Full time permanent job!

Sorted that soon after this post and started in Feb. Then left and "upgraded" in July

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:17 pm

RDM wrote:Maybe take a real vacation for the first time in a decade.
Get solar power at the camp!
Publish two books!

The RDM only achieved one of three.