There was this little article over on Lifehacker as part of there Top-10 called Top 10 Easy-to-Keep Resolutions for This New Year. It was a pretty decent list, so I thought I’d use it as a basis for my goals this year. Here’s a summary of their list for the lazy:
10. Create (and Stick to) a Realistic Budget
9. Get a Better Education
8. Make New Friends
7. Keep Your Home Cleaner
6. Start Working Out
5. Learn a New Skill
4. Get that Promotion (or New Job)
3. Reboot Your Sleep Cycle
2. Eat Healthier
1. Back Up Your Data
For me, I think 2012 will be primarily a year of refinement, though there may be some minor revolutions. With that in mind, here are my interpretations & what I’ll try to do in each area…
10. Create (and Stick to) a Realistic Budget
Well, I sort of try to do this now. I at least keep track of everything using Mint. However, I don’t see myself doing much more. My version of this would be to continue to save where possible & cut expenses where I can.
9. Get a Better Education
Well, I am already doing this … I should graduate in May! 
8. Make New Friends
This is definitely on my list. And really has 3 parts.
- Make new friends & be more social with them.
- Improve my networking habits professionally & personally.
- Strengthen existing friendships where it’s justified and cull them where it isn’t.
7. Keep Your Home Cleaner
For this one the emphasis is on my clutter. It’s past time to purge. There is definitely a cleaning aspect too, all that clutter makes it hard to do things like dust & vacuum & mop regularly. So far I am doing a bit better already.
6. Start Working Out
It’s more about working out more constantly for me. I already work out, just not as regularly as I would like.
5. Learn a New Skill
I’m thinking this would be good, but really, I just want to brush up on some of my existing ones. Perhaps dust off my Spanish, or get back to painting & such.
4. Get that Promotion (or New Job)
I think #9 will help with this. I’m a bit overdue in that regard. I’ve been in the same position for more than a bit too long.
3. Reboot Your Sleep Cycle
This would be nice, but it’s another one I don’t see happening. I think I will try to get to bed earlier so I can get a bit more sleep though.
2. Eat Healthier
I started this already. But I will never eat really healthily, I like the naughty stuff too much.
1. Back Up Your Data
I’ve been doing this for ages. Nothing offsite beyond Dropbox yet though, that’s something I may add in … I’m just not sure how.
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Backup: Well, right now I use Time Machine on my Mac, I've been trying to come up with a way to do an offsite copy of that, but there really isn't one. I've also considered CrashPlan, since I have friends with fast internet. :^) It's kind of a build-your-own-cloud sort of solution.