Things for 2012 That Sound Suspiciously Like Resolutions, but Totally Aren’t, so Try Not to Get Confused

NOT resolutions. Really.

They’re numbered, but they’re not necessarily in any particular order, so I guess I could have just not numbered them, but then it would have been harder for me to figure out how many I had written.

Onward and upward.

  1. 1. One new creative project every week, either artwork of some sort(illustration, sketch, painting, sculpting, etc.) or writing. No websites or anything complicated that can get me off track like last year. I’ll be tracking it with this tag.
  2. 2. Continue to improve my art and illustration skills and potentially start selling prints from an Etsy shop.
  3. 3. Read the entire Bible in a year, using the One-Year Bible reading plan.
  4. 4. No new video games. Continuing with Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, then I’ve got Xenoblade Chronicles in April. Beyond that, just focusing on Steam games I already own, with plenty of Minecraft mixed in here and there.
  5. 5. Sell our house and move closer to Des Moines. This one has been in pretty much every list since 2008, so hopefully putting it on here will eventually lead to something more than just idle pining.
  6. 6. Surf less (web, not water). The pointless Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter browsing gets me nowhere and takes time away from more meaningful pursuits.
  7. 7. Read more. I pledged to read a lot of books in 2011, and while I did read some great ones, including Bitter Seeds, The Name of the Wind, and Love Wins, I didn’t get to nearly as many as I would have liked. And my “to-read” pile isn’t getting any smaller.
  8. 8. Pare down. Stuff is stuff, and I need less of it. This includes not only material possessions, but also digital. I’m getting rid of some domain names and websites that I don’t want to bother with anymore, including the URLs for It’s Dangerous to Go Alone and Nerdshelf. On an unrelated note, anyone want to purchase a cool domain name? Give me a call.

I think that’s it for now. How many is that, eight? I was going to try to think of twelve for 2012, but that’s a lot of work, and I think eight is enough.

Yes, I just threw in a reference to an 80’s television show. That one was free.