## 03 Bad resolutions
Every year it's the same: we have to make good resolutions/wishes for the New Year, forgetting the achievements of the past year. But this year I want to make it bad!
### First resolution : To read less
I started this in the last 2 months of 2024. I read a lot of comics, books and other things. But it takes a lot of time and I feel like I read too much and sometimes I get bored while reading. Looking back at what I read last year, I don't really have a favourite. I read more than 200 books in 2023 and only 150 in 2024. It's the 8th year I've read that many books and that's too much. My goal for 2025 will be 100-120 books, not far from 10 books a month, more than 2 books a week. All the time I'll gain will be used for so many other things, like music.
### Second resolution : Let's get rock
It's about music, of course, and I'm not up to date with everything about rock music in general. I haven't listened to the latest releases. OK, that's not always a good thing, but I haven't bought any music on Bandcamp or any other music platform for months. In my cultural posts on the French blog, I've only reviewed a few albums, maybe less than 15. I used to have a music website with reviews and even a forum. But that's in the past, and apart from 3 or 4 concerts, I haven't been much into music in recent years. So let's rock and I'll listen to more music and especially newer albums and songs. I can't listen to music at work anymore. I had that possibility before Covid and it's strange not to listen to music when I'm working remotely. It's so frustrating sometimes and I can do it without any problem or incompatibility with what I do. 2025 is going to be a rock'n'roll year!
### Third resolution : Not to make up for the shortcomings of other colleagues
How many times have I had to take corrective action because some colleague forgot something or made a mistake? Sometimes I'm the fireman in a big forest fire... Yes, it's burning a lot for my employer and there are fewer and fewer firemen, less and less money and "water". I don't get paid more for it, unlike the big bosses. I don't know many people who are proud of what is launched/released as new products, because more and more products rely on live updates to make them reliable after release. Bullshit! I have enough to do for "me" and my own problems, not to make up for other people's mistakes. I don't see many people helping me when... Oh, sorry, I'm not in trouble. Or not for years.
### Fourth resolution : Be more poetic
I have written many haikus and poems for years, and there are collections of them (in French for most of them). But in the last year I've only written less than 10, and they are so few. It's not just a question of time, it's also a question or state of mind. When I'm sad, when I'm desperate, it's always easier to write. But that wasn't the case in 2024 and I don't know why. I recently tried to write a poem after a great sadness and it was only a matter of ... time to do it. But poems have been a need for me before, to put words to sadness and pain, or sometimes just to what I see around me, because a haiku is a moment of life....a kind of picture. So I have to find the typical state of mind or just take a short time to admire what's around me in a moment of ... silence. shhh...
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