| New Year |
[01 Jan 2008|07:25pm] |
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So strange to think that it's already 2008. I'm going to turn 20 this year. Meanwhile, I still clearly remember Y2K when I was not even 12.
As my last acts of 2007, I made sure this year would start better than the last. I think I have, for the most part, actually finished the file editing backend I imagined this summer. My hex editor, retrofitted with the new framework, now trivially loads files which choke up GHex, though the latter still wins on UI. I also seem to have broken out of the antisocial cycle and am enjoying NYC far more because of it.
So my initial thoughts for the new year, which I shall mercilessly revise until this day should come again:
1 - Accept that I have limitations such that I may transcend them. My most recent insecurities about IQ are hard evidence of what happens when I base part of my identity on something I do not understand and have no control over. When I stop thinking about life as relying on divine intervention, I can strategize to optimize what I do have.
2 - Be an artist.
3 - Fully, unhesitatingly express romantic interest in someone.
4 - Write more code that people will actually use.
5 - Open up socially to the greatest possible degree.
6 - Actually lead something for once.
7 - Step out of the cage of worry. Stop restricting myself to certain courses of action, ways of life, etc. out of irrational fears, especially those involving aging, bodily harm or embarrassment.
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