2009 is the year I turn 25. 2009 is the first year since before university where my life will see some sort of permanence. I’ve never been a resolutions person, but why not give it a go?

Expand my online presence

This includes updating this website regularly, working on Books in 140 (short-term goals: launch website and reach 1,000 followers), create goals for my personal Twitter, blog better at my other blogs, redesign this website, create a better online/social media presence for BIAB and UTP, and actually work on a few other sites I’ve launched but have done nothing with.

Get healthier

At one point in my life, I was a vegetarian and a varsity athlete. While my lifestyle hasn’t become completely sedentary and I’m lucky enough that it hasn’t affect my body too much. However, regular exercise and a great diet have gone by the wayside. I’m going to try to go veggie again (but living with a carnivore will make that interesting at least and difficult at most!) and I’m going to join a gym.

Here’s the weird thing about being a hard-core athlete at one point: while I hate how out-of-shape I am, the lack of goals and necessity that exists to get my ass in the gym really puts a damper on workout regime. I’m active enough that working out for the sake of working out bores me. I used to work out so I could make it through practice/not piss off my coach/kiss ass in the game. I’ve realized I need concrete goals like this. Now I just need to make them.

Work less

Given how many projects I have on the go, this may prove to be impossible. I think “working more effectively” would be more apt. I need time for me and time to breathe. I didn’t have that for most of 2008. I’m hoping the stable routine I achieved before the holidays will continue throughout this year. (The lack of get-an-internship-get-a-job-get-another-job stress might help too!)

Read for fun

I spend a ton of time on the internet working that I forget how to read for fun or even how to surf the internet for fun. I can’t go five minutes without checking my RSS feeds or Twitter, then panicking because I missed the latest Olsen outfit. This ties into my previous goal, working less. It will also help my first goal, seeing as I need to keep reviewing books at such a rapid pace!

Take pictures

I NEVER take pictures. EVER. The reasons behind this are threefold: I’m so not one for nostalgia, I hate crappy technology and I hate photos of myself. This is the year this is going to end. I got a Sony A300K for Christmas and I’m going to USE IT.

There are others: be happier, sleep more, clean more, get promoted (ha!), go to more book events, stop biting my nails, go to the dentist, be a better accountant, convince Mom I deserve Nanny’s old sewing machine, be more social, actually read the bookclub books I’m assigned, but this is enough for now.

Guesstimated time before I break these? One week!

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