1/31/2009

Can't I make a New Year's resolution on February 1st instead? So maybe I'm off to a slow start, but it's how you finish not how you start that matters, don't you think? So, here it is: do more. That's right, I'll sleep when I'm dead. I've known people who had too much in their lives, things they've brought upon themselves. At the time, I saw them as a warning of sorts, an example of how not to be. Maybe I'm just ramping up to my mid-life crisis in ten years time when it's clear that all my efforts are for not. Maybe.

I've been using my ample spare time to write open-source software. It's nothing Earth-shattering, but quite useful, at least to me. I have something that helps me keep track of chores, played around with Google Docs API, and an app to help me run a role-playing game, which interests me for its social engineering aspects. I've put together the data design for a diet program, which I think would help tremendously. I'll be working soon, I believe, so we'll see how much time I continue to have for such things.

I make lists of things I mean to get to and never do. No more. I can make time if I really want to.

1. I want to develop artofroleplaying.com.

2. I want to develop the card websites.

3. I want to read. I haven't had the patience for it for years.

4. I want to lose weight, get fit, and make yoga a part of my daily routine.

I'm also looking to volunteer with a place called Crisis Assistance Ministry, which offers financial assistance to those in need. They're looking for someone with technology skills to help them with some marketing efforts. I'd give that a number too, but it doesn't seem like they need much help.