#109

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#110
  • get better at making friends/make more friends/be less boring and invisible and awkward (pretty sure this was one last year too lol i am a lost cause)
  • do more (non-academic) writing cos i’m starting to get things published here and there and it feels nice (this one is vastly more achievable)
  • stress less and go to the pub more (this one is diametrically opposed to last year’s)
  • do some activism
  • do more activities, like yoga or some other sort of non-competitive physical thing
  • climb more hills and generally spend more time in nature
#111

The last 4 could/will fulfil the first tbh

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#112

make some kind of decision

#113

Continue putting baby first
Restart guitar lessons
Finish war and peace
Get my golf handicap
Mayyyybe make some music

Oh and try for fat bonus at work

#114

fair play these all seem very achievable!

#115

Get a new job
Go to a few European football matches
Go to gym more
Start jogging

#116

Yep seems do-able. Mostly all about the first one though!!!

#117

nah my problem really isn’t a lack of meeting new people, doing a masters in a new city and i am surrounded by an abundance of cool and interesting people that i interact with on a daily basis and sometimes even hang out with. it’s just that my personality is inadequate and i’m incapable of platonic intimacy, neither of which are conducive to forming substantial friendships ¯_(ツ)_/¯

but maybe i just need to get REALLY into yoga and nature and embrace a life of solitude

#118

gonna work on abolishing banter

#119

Two main ones

  1. release an album (2 if you include Post Louis)
  2. move to Berlin and do my masters
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#120

All good stuff!

The next step is putting those goals into measurable targets. So instead of “get better at golf” it could be " reduce handicap by two" or “buy 24 goals lessons.”

This year instead of “travel more” I put “visit two new countries”.

What gets measured gets improved!

Who’s with me? C’mon! puts on spandex starts lunging

#121

Weirdly I think my post conforms to your rules here. I definitely know what I want out of 2017 it seems.

#122

Read at least one book a month
Get back into climbing
Better work-life balance: do enough work in the day so I can stop at 5pm. I currently faff all day and rush it out between 3.30 and 7pm which is pointless
Go for a few weekends away in Europe while we still have the chance of cheap tickets and easy border controls

#123

Fuck yes this.

#124

ride a 200km audax
ride a 300km audax

#125

how far through W&P are you?

#126

Couple of hundred pages. Finding time to dedicate to it is hard as we have a little one but I’m determined to get it done. It’s actually really lovely to read.

#127

^this. Took me two attempts as I lost my copy about 400 pages in, and by the time I got another I’d forgotten everything and had to start again. :smiley:
There are long, long sections that I found myself thinking, FFS just get on with it, but on the whole it is really entertaining to read. I like that it takes ages - you really feel like you inhabit the world after a while. enjoy!

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#128

chill, man.

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