Self-Improvement General: New Year's Resolutions Edition
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:42 am
What are YOU doing to get better today, webdip?
I've wanted to start this thread for a while, and New Year's Day provides an excellent opportunity. Let's start off with something topical: what are you doing to do differently, or better, in 2018? What are you going to accomplish?
2018 is an ambitious year for me personally. I will:
I've wanted to start this thread for a while, and New Year's Day provides an excellent opportunity. Let's start off with something topical: what are you doing to do differently, or better, in 2018? What are you going to accomplish?
2018 is an ambitious year for me personally. I will:
- Start law school in August. I'm off to a good start after getting my LSAT result back; time to convert it into acceptance to a solid school. My hometown LSU fits the bill adequately, but I can aim higher, and I'd like to move.
- Start saving again. I was doing well on this until a couple of mishaps at the end of 2016 put me back. 2017 is starting off on much better footing, so I'm going to push to get my SHTF fund from one month's living expenses to two.
- Get my personal house in order. I am going to try to cut out video games completely by the time I start law school (if nothing else out of necessity for law school, lol), and I'm going to disconnect from unnecessary distractions (like social media, I'm nuking all of that). Also going to get rid of a lot of my stuff I don't need/use.
- Finish out my strength training and keep getting stronger. Also going to start a hobby involving physical activity (early favorites are ballroom dancing and fencing).
- Continue to improve my understanding of philosophy and history. My goal is to have expertise in European history (focusing on Greece, Rome, and post-Roman Western Europe) and philosophy (focusing on the transition from feudal society to the modern era and the "big 3" modern Western political philosophies: liberalism, communism, fascism), and a competent understanding of non-European history and development.