New Year Resolutions.. 2009

This could very well be renamed "upcoming guilt trip for 2009".

Hands up, those of you who know someone who managed to keep all their new year resolutions. I betcha that these are very rare.

Well. In keeping with the spirit of the season, and adding on to my own guilt (for the end of the year), lets go on with listing down the modest list of accomplishments I hope to achieve.


1. Buy less stuff
Yes, I'm the proud owner of about 900 books, 3 DSLR bodies and a whole lot of lenses, tripods, monopods, and oh.. 2 laptops and other things. I own stuff. LOADS of it.

I've been trying to cut down on my books, and other purchases for a long while - not that I can't afford them, but simply, I'm running out of space.

Currently high on the temptation list are 3 lenses, an electronic violin, an electronic piano and a good studio mixer.. I'll have to try to be brave, or at least, settle for one (or some) of these instead of just buying it all...


2. Read, Read, Read!
I do read alot. serious. but I'm trying to get myself to read more of non-computer science books which i have - commentaries, history, socialogy, biographies... and what about those poetry and classics I've been meaning to dive into? They've been sitting on my shelves for a long time.


3. "I came, I saw, I shot"
Since i tend towards landscapes (sunsets), one of the things I need to try would be to diversify myself into other forms of photography. Probably street stuff, or just simple explorations. I'll probably not leave landscapes, lights n shadows, aside, but I'll just have to take care to add other styles of photography into my personal skill set.


4. more regular visits to the gym
I've been meaning to go to the gym regularly each year. It worked for quite abit - but seriously - I get more exercise lugging my camera backpack (with all the lenses and stuff inside, it comes up easily to 8kg) and dashing all over the place. My camera with my favourite lens weighs about 2kg. Now that's some weight lifting!

I'm going to try to work towards being able to lift my own body weight in each and every muscle group. I think such modest aims are achievable for now.




Someone once said - "Aim low, hit low". but if i get to hit any of them, I'd be very happy. :)