Aashay.com » Personal Development http://www.aashay.com Good Intentions. Usually. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 New Year’s Resolutions 2010 http://www.aashay.com/2010/01/04/new-years-resolutions-2010/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-years-resolutions-2010 http://www.aashay.com/2010/01/04/new-years-resolutions-2010/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:03:05 +0000 Aashay Desai http://www.aashay.com/?p=59 Last year I posted my New Year’s Resolutions here, and I’m proud to say that I managed to follow most of them (although not all of them).  I’m doing the same this year.

Of my New Year’s Resolutions from 2009, I managed to actually accomplish all but 2 (I never did get to contribute to an open-source project, and I definitely haven’t written anything new).   I figure I might as well tell you the plan for this year:
  • Save money.  Lots of it.
  • “Level up” in mastery of my instruments (this means noticeable improvements)
  • Overcome this epic writer’s block and write something
  • Continue to exercise and try and increase my NTRP rating by summer
  • Focus on projects that matter, including one major to-be-determined Big Hairy Audacious Goal
  • Focus on the people that matter
  • Stimulate my career path

Let’s hear your resolutions for this year!

]]> http://www.aashay.com/2010/01/04/new-years-resolutions-2010/feed/ 1 New Year’s Resolutions http://www.aashay.com/2009/01/01/new-years-resolutions/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-years-resolutions http://www.aashay.com/2009/01/01/new-years-resolutions/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:34:37 +0000 Aashay Desai http://www.aashay.com/?p=39 Normally I post long-form essays here on my site.  However, I figured if I exposed my New Year’s Resolutions somewhere public, I might be more prone to follow them.

I wrote down my New Year’s resolutions in one of my Evernote notebooks, but I figure I’d share them with you all.  I’d say they’re pretty realistic and hopefully I won’t have problems sticking to ‘em.  So, without further ado:

  • Practice guitar/bass for a total of 5 hours a week, minimum
  • Compose music again
  • Write more (both blog essays and hopefully restart the fiction work too)
  • Talk to strangers more (and meet more people in SF)
  • Exercise (I’m sure I’ll be more motivated when my FitBit arrives)
  • Contribute to an open-source project
  • Get a raise/promotion at (or before) my 1-year anniversary at my company

What were your New Year’s resolutions?  Post some in the comments section (or in the Notes comments if you’re reading this via Facebook)!

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