anotheranon | another year gone by... (Reply)

Damn, as you get older they seem to fly by so much more quickly, don't they?

Many people are posting "year in review" type posts, and perhaps I will later. But right now I'm thinking more about what I want to do next year, that I didn't this year.

In no particular order:

Try to be less arrogant. I have a judgemental/prejudicial streak a mile wide and it's hard as hell to back up and be objective sometimes.
Work on the old social skills (though frankly, at this late date, my social ineptitude may simply be a fact of life).
Get out more. I have an easy (not entirely bad) habit of living too much inside my books and my head. Interfacing with the physical world is something I enjoy yet do too little.
Stop letting "it" get to me so much. I am still victim to obsessive, looping thought patterns about percieved wrongs/inadequacies.
Get more comfortable with new realizations and insights.
Experiment.
Learn more. Specifically - sewing, because I enjoy it (Costume Con! Costume College!). Practically, buckle down and read that "Personal Finance for Dummies" that's been lying around so long.
Improve my concentration. "Never her mind on where she was, what she was doing..."
Try new things, go new places, meet new people.
Improve my communication skills; specifically, thinking more before speaking/writing. Not for matters of temper - this is largely reined in - but because I still have difficulty expressing a cogent argument and can never explain things as clearly as I'd like.
Minor fencing goal - learn to think instead of stab reactively.
Have more fun.