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Hopes for the New Year

Resolve:  a firm determination to do something.

Since the move is nearing and so many things are still up in the air and underway, I really don't have any resolve for actions in the new year.   Instead, I think I just have a lot of hopes, and with all things, I think I will decide what to do as the year progresses.  It is going to be a big year of change.  So here are my hopes for the future.

  • I hope to get back to a regular gaming schedule.
  • I hope to find a nice balance between working time, commuting time, and time to recharge, with my new job and my new extended commute.
  • I hope to improve my health and become more fit.
  • I hope to become part of a new in-person gaming group in our new hometown.
  • I hope to set up a nice gaming area at the new house.
  • I hope to set up an efficient woodshop at the new house and start using it to make useful things, some of which will be for gaming.
  • I hope to get in a full solid year of beta testing for my new rule extension for Pathfinder.
  • I hope to improve my gaming art: both cartography and drawings.
  • I hope to write more consistently.
  • I hope that I can help my family to be happy in our new hometown.
  • I hope to sell our old house.
So really the challenge, as with all things, is to manage my time to fit all these things in.  In this time of rather overwhelming stress, I think I see a path of things building together to bridge all these goals.  
  • Get better sleep.
  • Exercise daily.
  • Eat right.
  • Take the family out to places where we can socialize.
  • Set a comfortable schedule.
  • Tackle a small goal each week.
And this week's goal is to prepare for a successful, pleasant move, if there exists such a thing.  Next week's goal will be to execute the suggested move.  And the week after, I can start working on my comfortable schedule.
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