I am not a fan of New Year's resolutions. My feeling is that people should constantly work on improving their lives and not use some arbitrary date such as January 1st to set goals and start working on them. However, I am a bit OCD. Therefore, having a nice round starting date such as January 1 or simply the first month of the year helps me (somehow) get focused on starting to work on my goals.
Starting this month I have already been working on some of my goals. This weekend I visited the National Archaeology Museum in Dublin. My plan is to do many more things around Dublin and Ireland instead of sitting around my apartment watching TV. I have put together a list of sites in Dublin that I want to visit and I assigned due dates. Listing things I want to do as tasks and assigning due dates helps me accomplish what I want to do. I think it has to do with how I think and get things done in general. If there is no "closure" date then I will tend to slack off and not get things done.
I also plan to travel a lot more around Ireland. This country is beautiful and there are so many things to see from nature to historical sites to festivals. And I would like to do some camping, maybe even doing it with my bicycle. I think it has been over 15 years since I camped out last time!
So, do you have any "resolutions"?
