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Wow, I can’t believe I’m actually doing this. I’ve never had any New Year’s resolutions before, but in the end they’re just like any other goals I suppose. But you’re not supposed to break these goals, so perhaps I need a punishment for broken resolutions. Let’s see… Right, this sounds good to me, for every resolution I break, I’ll give away a 1500 yen iTunes Store gift certificate. Does that sound fair?
These are the 10 goals I decided on:
- Post more than I did in 2009. Meaning more than 322 posts in total.
- Get over 1000 Twitter followers (I have 750 now).
- Earn more money so I can do more giveaways.
- Save up money for a second Japan trip.
- Create an official yonasu.com t-shirt.
- Get my driver’s license.
- Don’t eat at McDonald’s (I think it happened once or twice in 2009). Resolution broken while in Tokyo. Giveaway post here.
- Attend at least one Japanese artist’s concert in Europe.
- Attend at least one Japan convention in Europe.
- Use my camera more!
These shouldn’t be too hard to live up to, I think. The hardest part is probably remembering them^^;
Do you have any goals set up for 2010?
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My only resolution is to watch less anime because the hobby is more or less getting out of control while creating an unhealthy atmosphere. I’ve simply watched too much and cared too little about other more important things, and tasks. :(
That’s a good resolution I guess :P I wish you good luck with that, I think you’ll need it!
Thanks for sharing your new year’s resolution . Wow! I can get he itunes give away..:)
My pleasure! And yes, hopefully that keeps me from breaking them :P
Good resolutions. I went with one of the classics: get back in shape. I’m also starting a degree program later this year to learn Japanese, along with culture, economy, history, etc., so I’m resolving to get a head start before I find myself buried in a heap of kanji flash cards.
I’ve never really been out of shape so that’s not a problem of mine. That degree sounds good though, mine included history/culture but that part was rather boring in my opinion^^
Well, good luck!
I’ve taken a Japanese history course already. It covered 1865 to about 1947. It was… dry… to be nice about it. I think I’d prefer the ancient history and the current events more. I’m not looking forward to that part. The culture part would be interesting to me, but to understand it I guess I’ll have to be good about learning all of the history.
Thanks for the encouragement!
I see! My course covered everything from the Jōmon period to today (in a year). I’m mostly into modern history but it’s not like I find Japanese history boring, I’d say it was just the course itself that was. Economy, especially of the modern kind, might come in handy for you though!
I’m hoping that course I already took will count towards my total credits required. I have 50 credit hours already. I’m going to try to transfer them all in. I have a feeling that some of them won’t be counted, but I’m hoping most will. Are you familiar with the CLEP tests in the US? It’s where you take a test and based on your score you’re awarded course credit? I took and passed English, Introduction to Sociology, Humanities, and Natural Science for a total of 21 credit hours. Yay me!
Anyway, I’m not entirely sure what I can do with this degree, but I’m tired of doing stuff that I don’t enjoy and for once I want to learn something that I’m actually interested in. I’m sure that during the course career possibilities will be discussed beyond the obvious translation work.
Nope, first time hearing about CLEP, sounds good though. Not as good as Sweden though, as education is free here^^
It’s always good to learn languages, but yeah, you need something besides that which is why I’m going to apply for a web design/development course this year :)
Free education? For the best country in the world, the USA sure has a long way to go. I wish education were free. Maybe then our country wouldn’t be full of so many idiots and might be able to start developing new technologies again.
But, ya, the CLEP tests are great. I was able to take them for free while I was in the Army but they typically cost about 100 USD apiece.
I guess I’ll figure out what else I can do after I finish this degree. I just want to focus on it and get it done. Even if I wind up teaching English in Japan or Japanese to English speakers, I’ll still be happy because at least I’ll be able to consume Japanese literature and entertainment in its native language. Teaching seems a likely path for me anyway. I have some experience giving training courses while in the Army as well.
Ok,
New Year resolutions
1. Don’t make any resolutions you can’t keep
I’m struggling already, I’m gonna get me a pack of the strongest cigarettes and a bottle of Jack Daniels…
Sounds good :P I’m pretty confident I’ll be able to keep mine though! A bottle of Jack Daniels sounds like a good plan to me ;)