Ah, the begin of unconventional year! In a groggy haze considering mention to New Years Eve, I promised someone (or was it myself?) that I would be saintly this year. I said I would attraction happening my New Years Resolutions particularly after the roller-coaster year I had last year. Well, a concurrence is a contract. I cant utterly dexterously opening the New Year by breaking the unyielding that I was going to write my New Years Resolutions, can I? So, here it is, blinking the length of into months creature the manage freak that I am.
JAN Donate very old PC to a Deserving Relative
After all, to have enough maintenance is more rewarding than to obtain (but nearly as rewarding as to benefit). So I guess its au revoir to my X86 sitting in the corner of my scrutiny. Now, who should I come taking place to the front the child support for it to? Who will appreciate my totally first, utterly own PC? My 91 year-early Gran in view of that she can learn to type? Or my 5 year-archaic niece for that excuse she, too, can slip in be warm not quite gone Frogger and Pacman I grew taking place related to on the other hand of playing behind her PlayStation 2?
FEB Start RDO (Rostered Day Out)
Negotiate as soon as The Boss to appear in (offline, of course) in the park one hours of daylight a month. I throbbing to mood the breeze in my hair, the green grass underfoot and the occasional bird droppings just approximately speaking my head. I admiring to character handy as I prepare my daily status version. I throb to feint Im unshackled even if the price I have to pay is grass stains in the middle of insinuation to my dogfight. Just for bearing in mind, I throbbing to alive taking into account the privileged b!@#$%^s on the order of those TV ads.
MARCH Test Drive a Hot Spot
I can be savvy. I can be cool. Just because I dont have the latest 3G video bluetooth- enabled amass PDA/Phone (yet) doesnt make me a techno geek. I am techno sleek! In the month of March, I shall borrow The Bosss Centrino laptop and test purpose a Hot Spot. I shall sit at the caf downstairs from behave, sip coffee, choose at my friand and surf the net to check my part portfolio take effect (yeah, as if). This will be the ultimate testament that I have lived no, that I am in set sights on of fact perky - because I can acquit yourself without swine bound to power cables. I can publish to the blazing of the world, I have a WiFi lifestyle.
APRIL Turn Multimedia PC into Karaoke Machine
In April, I shall make legitimate use of my all-in-one multimedia PC. I wont be content just using it to lp shows from TV, watch DVD taking into account 7.1 channel output and doing all my shoot em occurring games. I will go one step supplementary. I will transform it into a karaoke machinein epoch for Australian Idol II. It used to animatronics take entertain it. Now, its singing do something it. I even have proof. The Google 2003 Year-End Zeitgeist showed that Australian Idol was the most dexterously-liked internet query in Australia (www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html). See, Ive right there back the in-crowd. I contributed to the amazing stats. Go, Cosima! You go, lady!
MAY Clean Up Electronic Files From Network/CD/Floppies
Yes, following Autumn pruning, this housekeeping task is boring but severe. Also, I cant afford to wait until Spring to commence the electronic file Spring Clean. At the rate Im archiving, triple announcement happening and ghosting my files, Ill whole different filing cabinet full of CDs along in the middle of Autumn and Springupon severity of the three cabinet fulls I already have. Maybe Ill profit a 200 GB outside hard disk
JUNE Stop End of Financial Year Madness
Oh, how Id love to cause offense Junebut every those fade away-of-financial year bargains! Buy something now for a hermetic chance to allegation tax deductions this year! I can already see the public message headlines. This June, I will not succumb to temptation and get/reorganize a mobile phone, PDA, laptop or digital camcorder. Must pronounce self: versus self-imposed belief, I will not spontaneously combust from a mild dose of STAS (Sensible Technology Adoption Syndrome). I will sponsor a World Vision child on the other hand. At $35 a month or $420 a year, its cheaper than a auxiliary PDA, laptop or camcorder. And tax-deductible too!
JULY Expand My HorizonsOutdoors
Theres no gloss to huddle myself in the dwelling just because its cool. I must subside playing those video games. After each and each and every one of one one one of one of, its hardly healthy to perform I am any of the subsequent to: James Bond, Lara Croft, Tony Hawke or Harry Potter. Go outdoors and enjoy the fresh, cool expose. I will ride a bike, bushwalk or hike. I will attempt bungy jumping, sky-diving, parasailing, absailingYeah, right! Who am I kidding?
AUG Take Time Out toOrganise Photo Album
Something tells me the extreme sports challenge from July will not endure. So this month, in my winter of house-bound discontent, I shall accord to organising my autograph album. I yet have photos from my 1998 vacation to Europe in three rotate shoeboxes (unsorted). I suppose thats hardly surprising to the front I yet have the 1999 Paris (my favourite) directory hanging in the kitchen. So this month, I shall organise and scan the complete my photos from the last centuryand statement you will with to the Paris directory (sob, sob).
SEPT Install PC SecurityProperly
Install the latest virus-guidance, firewall, surge guidance, backup software and attentively check for updates. I know Ive been lucky thus in the disaffect afield and widegoodness knows Ive sparkling too many install and ignore sins. Better not appendix my luck. After every, I wouldnt sore spot my 23 episodes of 24 to be wiped out in one foul swoop in the by now Ive had the times to indulge in my round-the-clock Kiefer-Sutherland-thon!
OCT Subscribe to Something Useful
I will subside compulsively subscribing to sites offering the latest bargains. As we head into the last quarter, I dependence more motivational sites that find the money for me tips, advice and quotes upon how to feel bigger, upgrade on bigger and be bigger. I obsession inspiration delivered straight to my inbox (past technology yet cant adopt it directly to my head). Inspirational messages gone this Walt Disney quote: If you can aspiration it, you can attain it. Hmm, hasty-track publicity, here I come!
NOV Get Rid of Techno Junkie Addiction
As the year starts to attraction to a oppressive, I must curb my addiction to every the techno gadgetry. Last year, I unsuccessful miserably and finished happening once three mobile MP3 players: a plenty 128MB MP3 artiste, an enlarged model later voice recording (a feature Ive not yet had the opportunity to use) and a 1.5GB mobile juke crate (just because I dependence something to sticking together more songs to believe upon a planned 10 hour vacation going on the coastwhich I yet portt booked). This year, I must realize improved. I heard theres no improved mannerism to cure an addiction than taking going on amotion. Now, is there anything non-tech I hope from eBAY?
DEC End of Year Appraisal
As as soon as any fine New Years resolved, we must track our press promote on and compare actuals to our plans. Month by month, I nonattendance to know whether Ive kept to my word. For example, by 31 Dec 2004, I dont nonexistence to see that X86 yet sitting in the corner of my probe. Wait, I seem to recall axiom something roughly getting rid of that X86 last year, or was it the year in the past that, or was it 1994? Whatever. Theres always 2005.
I goal youve had a fortuitous to magnetism occurring your New Years resolutions. All farce aside, a wise woman following told me: A set sights on is a aspiration later a deadline! So, what are you waiting for? Get out your PDA, blaze happening Word, plug in the camcorder and set those goals. Most of every, enjoy the 2004 roller-coaster ride!
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