2019 New Year's resolutions

Though likely not achievable I would certainly be much happier if I could retire early and be done with the soul draining rat race, tired of the BS that is modern life in general especially the culture and politics of today.
 
Nautilidae said:
Post your 2019 resolutions and stategies here.
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I always committ to reading at least 100 books a year. It's been a mad dash this December, but after I finish Judith Mann's Medieval Gnostics: The Bogomil and Alan Jaccobs's Eutopia: The Gnostic Land of Prester John (both admitedly short), I will be in the safe zone. Beyond that, I will likely committ to finishing some significant edits on my manuscripts and seeking an agent. The latter is not fun, but I'm hopeful.
 
Roses In The Vineyard said:
Though likely not achievable I would certainly be much happier if I could retire early and be done with the soul draining rat race, tired of the BS that is modern life in general especially the culture and politics of today.
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I could not agree with you more. All I can say is, try your best to find your tribe and (on the side of the rat race) work with them vigorously about things that matter to you. The world needs people like you to convert your justifiable disgust into narratives that can combat the vacuous nonsense and set things right.
 
Rowan Tree said:
I always committ to reading at least 100 books a year. It's been a mad dash this December, but after I finish Judith Mann's Medieval Gnostics: The Bogomil and Alan Jaccobs's Eutopia: The Gnostic Land of Prester John (both admitedly short), I will be in the safe zone. Beyond that, I will likely committ to finishing some significant edits on my manuscripts and seeking an agent. The latter is not fun, but I'm hopeful.
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I wish you the best of luck in your publishing aspirations. I am dreading the same thing, but have worked out a "Plan B" of sorts in order to sidestep traditional publishing without necessarily sacrificing the clear marketing advantages of being backed by a major publisher.
 
I don't believe in New Years Resolutions, cause people always seem to start at them full of hope and goodwill, and then give up on them two months later. Change doesn't happen overnight; it is willpower applied to day by day living.

That said, I'm slowly working on listening to my own voice more, giving more priority to my own wants and needs, being more assertive. My ultimate goal is authenticity. I will continue to improve myself next year. :blush:
 
Lady Jolanda said:
I don't believe in New Years Resolutions, cause people always seem to start at them full of hope and goodwill, and then give up on them two months later. Change doesn't happen overnight; it is willpower applied to day by day living.

That said, I'm slowly working on listening to my own voice more, giving more priority to my own wants and needs, being more assertive. My ultimate goal is authenticity. I will continue to improve myself next year. :blush:
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I agree with you about resolutions (8w9 :relieved:). I just started appealing to some people's need to feel that "joiner" feeling from my professional manager's side of things. Different strokes I guess.
 
Faye said:
Unorthodox socialist ecofeminism? Save the earth and do not be a jerk-ism? A communitarian maybe?

I do not hold to specific labels really, but I can answer specific questions.
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I identify with lacking affinity for labels. It's unfortunate that culture wasn't poised to make better use of any of the industrial revolutions. Speed of life and reductionism filled in the space where the possibilies once lived. I have no specific questions currently, but I think I agree with what you mentioned.
 
I guess I'll answer my own question. Some will be goals and some merely habits to live up to.
  1. Finish my 2 manuscripts (1 on philosphy, 1 a sociological framework for the public policy community), both of which are at the 70% completion mark.
  2. Provide the edits I owe for my daughters' manuscript.
  3. Work on my Swedish with regularity.
  4. Align my public speaking strategy and repertoire to fit my current content/interests.
  5. Respect sleep a bit more. Visiting a clinic and personalizing this might be a good idea.
That should wrap up a good 365 for me. Everything else is on autopilot or is a supporting function for this stuff so, I can't complain.

Side Note: I recently got back to "thinking on paper" rather than using compute-based tools for everything. It sort of pissed me off that I lost that habit and didn't notice the compromise sooner, esp. since I didn't grow up a child of the internet. Once I woke up to the joys of my notebooks again, I started to notice millenials stating misgivings about continuing with "bullet journaling" as a habit in 2019. Upon looking deeper into it, it seems like the expectations people had of it when they started bullet journaling a couple of years ago was that it would help them get things done. The problem is, bullet journaling is more record keeping than an effective prompt. It's not the same as using a calendar for scheduling and using a notebook for working things out and making sense of them.

Most bullet journaling advice and video tutorials are dominated by a concern for aesthetics. I think being a post-app generation only heightened some people's internalized demand for a clean and often overly technical appearance to their journals. Computer applications are inherently more "clean" than writing. I noticed people openly stating that, if they made a mistake in their bullet journal, it would injure them enough that they'd stop using it for stints in order to get some self-esteem back, only to find that gaps in usage also create "imperfections" in the journal. All of this seems completely torturous (and worthless) to me. If anyone is doing this and feeling the futility I recommend dumping the glorified scoreboard, scheduling your shit, and use notebooks FOR mistakes rather than to decorate stated aspirations.
 
I have no clue.
hmm . . . Maybe . . .
  • Change directions in life, maybe try new career, seek new opportunities
  • *Learning to let things go more often and lessen the worse case scenario voices in my head regardless and try rather than assuming failure before making the effort.
  • Hone artistic skills and build arts and crafts mini online store
  • Continue studying Spanish/French
  • Try volunteering
  • Boost art history studies
  • Graduate in Fall or Spring 2020.
  • See more movies and read more enjoyable books
  • Help family enjoy life more :)
 
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I don't really make resolutions.
My mind has been locked on a few new health and life goals for weeks or months.
I think 2019 is the year I will publish my most recent manuscripts, whether I'm ready, or not. (Haha. I'm standing in my own way.) The life I put on hold is actually happening again. I've had requests for synopses from some publishing houses recently. Unsolicited. :flushed:
 
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I want it to be a really successful year but I have too many memories of burning out early so I'm not going to plan anything solid, just taking things one day at a time. The only legit commitment I'm making is to lose weight, I want to fit into my skinny jeans again!
 
Looks like I changed my personal study schedule. This has no effect on the other things I have to do/learn. I just wanted to systematize in a way that allows me to immerse myself. I've divided 2019's 52 weeks into 13 distinct 4 week deep dives by topic. There will be no days off, but I won't be cruel to myself with minimum time requirements. Fingers crossed.

Scheduled as follows:
  1. Sociology (1 Jan - 28 Jan)
  2. Anthropology (29 Jan - 25 Feb)
  3. Assemblage Theory & Deleuzean Philosophy (26 Feb - 25 Mar)
  4. Cognitive Psychology/Cognitive Science (26 Mar - 22 April)
  5. Philosophy of Science (23 April - 20 May)
  6. Complexity Theory/Science (21 May - 17 Jun)
  7. Macroeconomics **Minsky, MMT** (18 Jun - 15 Jul)
  8. Political Science & Public Policy (16 Jul - 12 Aug)
  9. Evolutionary Biology **cont. w/Damasio, Bickerton & Tomasello's language acq.** (13 Aug - 9 Sep)
  10. Neuroscience (10 Sep - 7 Oct)
  11. Artificial Intelligence (8 Oct - 4 Nov)
  12. Research Methods & Practice (5 Nov - 2 Dec)
  13. Writing & Public Speaking (3 Dec - 30 Dec)
 
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