New Year’s Revolutions - Status and Update

It is that time of year again - a time for my new year’s revolutions.  For me, they are essentially new year’s resolutions, but the word revolution carries more weight in my mind.

In 2009

I made only one new year’s resolution in 2009: to read 52 non-work related books last year.  Sadly, I only made it halfway.  In retrospect, this goal was a bit ambitious considering my status as a Ph.D student.

For 2010

  1. I’ll be reading the Bible in a year.  I’ve done this twice before since entering college in 2004, and I want to do it again.  This time I’m reading it in the New Living Translation for a different, more story-telling feel (previously I read the NIV and ESV).  However, I’m reading it in a book which contains 4 parallel versions of the Bible, so I can easily jump translations.
  2. I intend to read 18 books for fun.
  3. Every month I will cook with one type of produce (fresh plant, meat or cheese) that I have never used previously in my own cooking.
  4. I intend to do one photo shoot for fun per month.

These goals will keep me from becoming becoming a dull boy via the “all work no play” principle.  And I love to have goals.