Resolutions are in Vogue (Also Late)

I don't usually make New Years Resolutions, well, ever, but I've started thinking that this is a shame because though a lot of people think that they are hokey and meaningless and that inevitably by February you are the same ugly loser you were two months ago with all the same problems thoroughly unresolved, I've come around to just really appreciating the healthy and exciting optimism contained in just the act of making these resolutions. That's my first one, by the way, be more optimistic, and it's generally my guiding principle here. I think optimism will be in this year, I think we are due for a year where we tone down the cynicism and the snark and just say what we mean and not be ashamed to hope for the best.

That's what I want to do. I want to be real. Say what I mean, mean what I say and all that retro hokey jazz. Just screw irony and pretension and just say what I think, feel, do. I'm getting tired of liking things because they are ironic. That's not good enough anymore.

With that in mind, here's my list of resolutions, a list of targets and goals to aim for during the year. It's less about the concrete, say lose x pounds or whatever and more about putting myself in a new direction for the new year. This is what it's about guys. If I can look back in a year and say hey I did most/some of that stuff, this year will have been not a complete waste.

-Read more books
-Spend less time on the internet/computers in general
-Write more, blog less
-Drink tea
-Learn to cook
-Rediscover my normal sleep schedule
-Figure out my school situation
-Get a job
-Move out
-Travel