Photography-related
- Shoot more! I have a few weekly photo project ideas floating about in my head that I would love to see completed.
- More importantly, SHARE THOSE PHOTOS. I've settled on using Picasa for sharing photos with friends and family (which means I'm closing my SmugMug account for good when it ends in April and will leave flickr as is). Oh, and I will share more shots on this blog as well.
Business-related
- Answer the phone. I personally dislike talking on the phone for whatever reason, but sometimes it is about a million times more effective than emails and having 50 text messages shooting back and forth. So, let's do this! If I hear the phone ring, I will pick it up and say "hi" and we'll go from there.
- Blog more! SEO aside, I think it's just a great way to keep in touch with friends, family, and clients! (Plus, I love reading back at overly optimistic posts like this toward the end of the year when the dust has settled and I can see the damage done.)
- Keep the website updated!
Personal improvement
- Exercise at least once a week. This might be a tough one just because I am lazy and it's cold outside!
- Have weekly coffee dates with friends. And, keep in touch with friends. (Sorry I'm such a little hermit, guys. I think about you often and always just stop short of actually getting in touch. I'll be more proactive about this going forward.)
- Be more affectionate, kind, and loving toward Dima. I often give him a hard time just to be challenging and he takes it like a champ, but that's getting boring. So, new approach: Be kind to my guy.
- Stop judging people based on one ("bad") decision. Or, rather, stop holding that one ("bad") decision against them. This is, actually, not anything serious at all, but is in fact in reference to someone's restaurant recommendation that I thought was a bad choice. I will not judge someone because their favorite restaurant sucks. I will not judge someone because their favorite restaurant sucks....
- Be more proactive about asking for what I want; what I really, really want.
- Be open to conflict within family settings and amongst friends. And then work it out like grown ups and move along. Don't just gloss over problems like I always do. Life is not a call-center and I'm no longer a Customer Service Representative. (To life in general, anyway. To my clients - hell yes!)
- Finally - yay! - work harder and be committed to the projects that I undertake. No more having one foot out the door.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!
Let's be extra awesome in 2011!
Some random phone photos I took yesterday in the SOMA.
Dang, I'm amazed we can share so many personal improvements goals in common. I totally understand the keep in touch thing with friends, and it's a lot harder when you have to calculate the time difference and realize that calling them at 3 in the morning wouldn't be so appreciated. With that being said, look out for a call from an unknown number!
ReplyDeleteWhich brings me to the phone avoidance syndrome. It might run in the family because I hate talking on the phone as well [hypocritical to my first point of KIT]. I think it's the awkwardness of not knowing what to say or when to go...
Anyway, great list, co! I should get started on mine too!
And since I'm not sure when I will be able to come back, please please do post the photos onto Picasa (^^)
Thank you and have a great new year!
OK, thanks for the heads-up. I'll try to answer the phone.... (:
ReplyDeleteHow to get that green feel on a photo? does it matter whether I am using a digital or a non digital camera to get to that effect?
ReplyDeleteThanks (just love the intrigue that comes out of such photos)
@S Lloyd: I can tell you how I took these photos. I use FxCamera (an app for the Android phone), using the "ToyCam" feature with "Cross-process emulation (blue)" processing. Hope that helps!
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