2024 Resolutions Update I
As it’s the end of the year, I thought I’d throw an update to 2024 Resolutions. In the coming days I’ll be doing 2025 resolutions. Here’s how my 2024 resolutions are going:
- Work on Years Collage – I’ve done a lot of enhancements to yearscollage.com over the past year such as adding more fields, more sorting, more security, and a places. I plan on implementing a timeline at some point.
- Finish Dad’s Years Collage – I’ve finished this for a while now. I’m proud of it but unfortunately the people that I set it up for don’t really care so it’s just whatever. I still like to look back at my father’s life.
- Finish my Years Collage – Not there yet. But I have been adding to it and not slacking.
- Build movie organizer – This was a very fun (but fast) project for me. The only thing that was difficult was finding a source but once I was able to get reliable and free JSON, everything was great. It is kind of a pain to add new movies but it’s a process that I have documented and hopefully could figure out should the resource go.
- Learn more Portuguese and be able to have a good conversation – I feel like my portuguese has progressed a lot but I still have a lot to learn. I’m good at reading and writing but speaking and listening not so much. I bought Practice Portuguese and do it every day. I’m also going to look into booking classes online since my portuguese class has been on hiatus since September :(
- One month sober – Did Dry January. It was a pain in the ass. I’m not doing that again.
- More quotes – Not so much. I even put a notice on the quotes site. Maybe next year I’ll do better but I doubt it. It’s just freeing to not have to whip out my phone to record something.
- Figure out a shrine for my Dad’s stuff – I put his stuff on two shelves in my office. I like it and look at it every day.
- Figure out a place for glasses/shot glasses – This stuff is in a few boxes in the storage. Maybe next year we will figure out something but right now we just don’t have the real estate.
- Reach out at least once a month to people – I have set alarms in my phone to reach out to people.
- Aunt Janet – Not
- Sabrina P – I talk to her game nights; I need to do more
- Helen E – We talk at least once a month
- Becky D – Though I’ve ignored my alarm a few times, I still try to reach out
- Matt A – I talk to him on game nights
- Megan W – I have an alarm but I have ignored it a few times; we’re seeing them next year!
- Billyray M – No alarm but I feel like I keep in contact well; I’m excited about the future!
- Dance more – Not doing much but hope in the new year will bring more of this.
- Do something nice for Brian every week – Ugh I think I definitely dropped the ball on this one. Laziness and ideas… Maybe once a week was too much of a commitment. Maybe once a month next year.
- Blog more – More than once a month wasn’t bad!
- Swim at least once every three days – Nope. I should do this though.
- Practice juggling – Another nope. The juggling balls are right in my office but I’ve been spending so much time with Bri, I don’t think about it.
- Have more online game nights – I had a few this year… The problem is staying up late (I stay up until 2 AM every Monday for Dominion). I should have more though.
- Find more hobbies – Haha! Yeah. Not.