New Year Resolutions

It’s a new year, relatively speaking, and it’s time to review my past year’s resolutions:

  1. Learn iPhone programming. Review: I started on Objective-C and got the basics. Continued with Flex for Mobile. Released my first app.
  2. Declutter, or attempt to, the house. I’ll need two shelves for starters.
  3. Swim more regularly. Review: Not too frequent but definitely more regular.
  4. Read more books (or e-books). Specifically literary classics but maybe I’ll throw in a contemporary book. Maybe also one in French. Review: I read all the currently published books of the Song of Ice and Fire series as well as Steve Job’s biography.
  5. Take cooking or dance classes maybe with Michelle.
  6. Take advanced photography classes.
  7. Go on another road trip. Revisiting Pagudpud would be nice but I’m open to another place. Review: I’m sort of cheating here. Michelle, Jeanne, and I went to Hong Kong. It was not a road trip but it was an adventure. And that’s the main point, right?
  8. Go surfing in La Union. I’ve been to Zambales and I want to try another place.
  9. Go hiking and camping in one trip.

I intend to continue those that I was able to accomplish but it looks like I’ll carry over most:

  1. Declutter, or attempt to, the house. I’ll need two shelves for starters.
  2. Take cooking or dance classes maybe with Michelle.
  3. Take advanced photography classes.
  4. Go surfing in La Union or some other surfing destination. I’ve been to Zambales and I want to try another place.
  5. Go hiking and camping in one trip.
  6. Be closer to family. Fix my marriage for starters. Attend family events. Talk with the members of the family.
  7. Be closer to God. Attend mass regularly, reflect and pray regularly.

Hopefully I’ll do better this year.