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Resolution | |
January 01st, 2020 | |
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I've got a little history [0,1] of making new years resolution | |
posts on this phlog. I suppose I'll continue the trend. Three | |
years in a row makes it a tradition, wouldn't you say? | |
[0] Resolution (2018) | |
[1] Resolution (2019) | |
In 2018 I resolved that I'd try to avoid time traps and spend time | |
on things that matter. I picked up a few new hobbies and did | |
pretty well with the effort. In 2019 I taught the phlogosphere | |
about my buddy's ridiculous resolutions and said that it would be | |
the year I was impeached. While I didn't manage to get impeached, | |
at least someone did. | |
This year I haven't really been thinking about it much, so as the | |
fireworks go BANG in the background I'll do some real-time | |
pondering. Perhaps it might be a good opportunity to affect some | |
sort of ridiculous word usage, like 'whilst' or 'whomst'. That's | |
pretty saucy, but is it resolution material? What about something | |
more serious and purposeful, like de-googling completely. But one | |
of my contract gigs uses Google apps for everything, so that's | |
probably out. I could pick one of my hobbies, like yarn spinning, | |
and set a public goal. That might be good. | |
I should probably start with the silliness, though. Those come to | |
me more easily anyway. Lets see... what's something that would be | |
impossible for me but is definitely attainable by SOMEONE. Hmmm... | |
I've got it! | |
2020 will be the year Taylor Swift releases an album featuring ME! | |
Perfect. I'll just practice my hip-hop stylings by singing my own | |
name over the start of her songs. This is gonna be bangin'. | |
As for a real resolution, I could stand to burn some weight, pray | |
more, eat better, walk more. That's all a constant goal, though. | |
It doesn't need a special new year kickoff. | |
I think 2020 will borrow some sentiment from 2018 and a bit from | |
Dune. This will be the year of my Butlerian Jihad, if you will. | |
I don't want the computer to be my default place to hang out. As | |
much as I love you guys, it's an easy trap for me here in Iceland. | |
I don't need to work to inculturate, practice my language skills, | |
or any of that jazz. I am instantly connected to everyone and it's | |
too easy to let that fill my day. | |
So there it is, my 2020 Resolution is "Thou shalt not make | |
a machine in the likeness of a human mind". In this case I'll use | |
a (very) liberal interpretation of that to mean my own mind shall | |
not be trapped by machines. (Yeah, yeah, I know that's not what it | |
means. Shuddup!) | |
Never fear, dear gopherites. I still work on the computer and will | |
surely be around plenty even with this goal. It's inevitable. |