I need to stop posting 9gag/meme poop and actually unearth some cool things worth posting/reading.
Done and done.
This year is all about studying until I'm off to Cali late next year, though I'm kind of hoping a trip to the dam and a Joberg comes to fruition. Aside from that I'm good.
My list of goals:
1. Stop procastinating
2.
-uh, be nice to other people i guess.
Well, fuck. .
Edit: i don't do new years resolution by the way (Pretty sure this previous one was like sarcastic maybe?), if i set myself goals i do it in my birthday cause i'm so fucking egocentric i center my year accountability around that.
End of next year I should be in Grad school, Chrissie should be employed and making legit good money, and possibly I will also have something better than minimum wage.
1. Trip around the world visiting Japan, Korea, UK, and somewhere in Europe.
2. Get surgery over with and heal in 2 months or less
3. Quit my job
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Happy new year everyone!! Off the top of my head my resolutions are to do well through the rest of senior year, graduate, get into and attend this one college, and make the most of my first semester there (and the rest obviously, but that isn't this year). Man this is going to be a crazy big year, but hopefully a great one as well.
Done spectacularly, done, done, and absolutely done! This year, my resolutions are to keep doing well in college, get into an A Capella group on campus somewhere, hopefully enjoy my math and computer science courses enough to consider majoring in either one of those subjects, and generally (continue to) be happy with where I am.
The basic theme of this year for me as far as personal development goes will be consistency. Consistently doing beneficial things daily instead of sporadically.
well if I'm going off my last post in 2011 (yikes)
-Be a nicer person
-Work harder in school (my last year of high school, let me end with aDONbang)
-Hopefully get a job at some pointThat's it. I think.
#2 and #3 are accomplished, #1 too?
This year I want to maybe get a job related to my studies/possible career, but that's not set in stone. Uh…..ooh, oh. I want to adopt a more positive attitude, study harder, and try to cut out some of the junk I eat, chocolate specifically. I cut out soda flawlessly, why can't I do this?
1- leave my country forever 2 - get a new job 3 - get laid 4 - read hxh final chapter before i die
1.) Start getting decent money for my youtube stuff
2.) Reach at least 7k subscribers (almost at 4k currently, and that's taken me roughly a year and a half to accumulate)
3.) See a fanfic or story idea through to the end by actually finishing it for once.
4.) Complete a Let's Play of something
If I think of more, I'll add 'em.
Get a promotion and our own place.
Not let social anxiety get in the way of brazilian jiu jitsu
Seriously start studying for CCIE R&S v5
Hmmm. I was afraid to do this early this year because I lacked a job and saw no future of anything happening without one… but. I got one as early as January. It's not the best, but it's certainly better that the hole I've been in before.
Higher Priority
-Get my webcomic up. My target goal is to get something presentable with alot of buffer by March 14th.
-Connect with people who actually do share my interests. Sick of being the guy that idly listens and rarely/never hit it off with my own subjects. It's just mentally exhausting.
-Have regular streams of shmup/stg/bullet hell games. Maybe bi-monthly or irregular. I love these games alot, okay?!
-Be a better speaker that can take control and be blunt and honest. I've improved alot on this aspect this year, and I'm curious to see it grow.
-Cut myself further away from obnoxious and negative people that care a bit too much for themselves while pretending to care for others for the sakes of "compensation"(in exchange for dealing with their roller coaster of crap). I dealt with people trying to push blame on me, death threats, and just those that thinks it's okay to push me under a bus without a fight. I'm just done!
-Deal with my anxiety.
-Take a step in learning to drive. Any step at all.
Low Priority.
-Learn to draw on the computer from scratch.
-Look into possibilities of moving out of Miami.
-Take an online drawing class and get something out of it. Mayyybe. Depends if I really need it.
-I want to own a syth keyboard and learn to play one. But maybe next year when the monies is more stable.
-Learn to read French.
Less resolutions; more goals.
-Reach 50k gross income from freelance translating (Related: pick up at least one more publisher. Hopefully Kodansha)
-Get more video game translation work, as opposed to manga/books
-Do legit exercise 3x per week (biking, swimming, lifting, or otherwise)
-Stop procrastinating and figure out if I'm ready to move in with my girlfriend (ready financially and emotionally)
-Look at logistics for possible move to Seattle. This is a goal in and of itself, because I'm very slow when it comes to big decisions.
@CCC:
Less resolutions; more goals.
-Reach 50k gross income from freelance translating (Related: pick up at least one more publisher. Hopefully Kodansha)
-Get more video game translation work, as opposed to manga/books
-Do legit exercise 3x per week (biking, swimming, lifting, or otherwise)
-Stop procrastinating and figure out if I'm ready to move in with my girlfriend (ready financially and emotionally)
-Look at logistics for possible move to Seattle. This is a goal in and of itself, because I'm very slow when it comes to big decisions.
These are pretty much my goals, though replace "translating" with "coloring/writing" and "Seattle" with "Toronto."
Freelance is rough. Can you really make that much from translation work? Neat.
Watched 200 movies this year. 70 of them released this year. Gonna try to go for a more 50:50 ratio of old to new movies this year. Also be more organized with movies that came out so I don't end up with a bunch of movies I have to watch crammed at the very end of the year.
-Next year is my first year trying to focus on the lower end of freelancing. Going to be spending a lot of weekends marketing.
-Make at least 8k starting out.
-Attend my first illustration workshop or NYCC with friends.(Maybe even go to Bali but this is highly unlikely)
-Try to get into tabletop companies and get some character/portraits published.
-Buy a Yoann or James Jean print
-Up my deadlift/squats by at least 20-30lbs
-Finally purchase and learn to drive a car.
@CCC:
Less resolutions; more goals.
-Reach 50k gross income from freelance translating (Related: pick up at least one more publisher. Hopefully Kodansha)
-Get more video game translation work, as opposed to manga/books
-Do legit exercise 3x per week (biking, swimming, lifting, or otherwise)
-Stop procrastinating and figure out if I'm ready to move in with my girlfriend (ready financially and emotionally)
-Look at logistics for possible move to Seattle. This is a goal in and of itself, because I'm very slow when it comes to big decisions.
I've seen a lot of ads and demand for Japanese translation around here recently. In Microsoft at least it's been because all the native Japanese translators left the company recently for some reason (all except one.)
We were talking about this once during lunch and the HR person said that they're more interested in recruiting people with greater knowledge of American English and culture, since it seems most of the previous translators grew up in Japan, which while great for certain things led to particular issues in their translation and in their performance in the American work environment.
Regarding the move to Seattle, because of Amazon expanding and bringing a lot of jobs from around the country, there's a lot of new residential apartments cropping up all over the place. That said, note that because of that influx of people as well as the fact it's becoming a rather crowded metropolitan area, it's also been getting a bit more expensive than it used to be.
Stop being an asshole
Finish 3-4 videogames (As in coding them)
Manage to understand the root of my intimacy issues
January goal: get a job ASAP
I'll try something simple for my first post here: Let's see…uh...
Fix a regular time for exercise
Be friendlier
Try to read more manga
On a side note, I'm anticipating the 2014 awards. I did say I would nominate Darth for 'most dedicated'.
-Try to workout regularly
-Stop being lazy
-Getting driving licenses
-Graduating from high school and getting an apprenticeship
-Read more American comics
ah, I guess it's time to walk the shame road~
@Nami:
Ok here goes.
- Open an etsy shop and try to sell my selfmade stuff.
nope. I did try a german site and.. had like 3sells over the year, lol.
- Update my sewing fb page more often and hopefully gain a few more followers over the next year (100 likes would be great)
I did gain over a hundred with my own power but I also bought followers and currently I am at 450. So it didn't help much. It was worth a try, so.
- get another tattoo
yup.
- get another piercing
nope.
- less procrastinating, more sewing
eh, kinda?
I still procrastinate a lot but I also been sewing countless of bows(over like 300?), bandanas, hair wraps(50+), 6 pillow cases, million other tiny accessoires like bags and one 3m x 3m patchwork blanket. So I guess what I did, was okay. It can always be more.
- continue to work on my relationship
fuck that relationship, dodged that bullet.
- attend my dad's wedding
yup.
- attend a german festival and see my festival friends again
nope Q_Q
- travel somewhere nice (sydney, bali…)
nope, lol. I just went back to germany and was at my dad's place, Berlin and Hamburg.
- save money
I will fail this every year, won't I? lol If the first thing you do when you feel sad is buying shit, then it's kinda hard to save… especially when you have depression, lol. ugh.
- no matter what happens, continue to be happy and improve myself
and this is my biggest FAIL.
- lose weight xD my goal is 60kg but 55 would be perfect.
When i wrote this, I was at approximately 65. I gained at least 10kg, lol.
so fail as well.
- keep on reading lots of books
I've read 2 1/2 GOT books and like another.. 5is? I also bought lots of books I still need to read, so I'll just give this a yes.
- reduce my smoking
YES! Wohooo~
I AM proud of this one. Reduced my smoking from 15-20 to only 5-7. Yay.
Wow, that's a lot. But all doable
fuck you, past me, lol.
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Something.. not nice, but useful to start the year, have been reading it every new year for the past 2 years, some of the lessons stick but only in the back of my mind, so new year proposal, I'll read this every month.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person-updated/
My resolutions for the year are:
- pay off my debts
- lose 20lbs
- try to be more involved with friends
- finish grad school
- get a real job
Hmm, paid off a few debts but not all, gained like 10lbs, managed to do a little bit more with friends, finished all my glad classes but not my thesis, still don't have a real job but I have two really nice small jobs
So for 2015:
-lose 30lbs
-finish paying off debts
-finish thesis
-get big job
-start working on my webcomic again
2015 feels really promising. I didn't start doing my best animations till February of last year and I think I put together a good portfolio. Couldn't get a whole lot done since a few classes last year were really intense (I think one of them gave me some kind of ulcer or something? Two weeks of intense stress and all nighters) but this year looks good. Carter feels like this year is gonna be 'our year' haha.
Freelance is rough. Can you really make that much from translation work? Neat.
Hopefully! I'm extrapolating from this past year, in which I made considerably less but only started out with a single publisher before working up to four. And yeah, freelance is rough. I'd kill for some employer-provided health insurance at this point (not to mention having an employer pay half the social security tax…).
I really have our own Stephen to thank for even making me realize this was possible, though. I probably wouldn't be doing any of this without his advice and help.
I've seen a lot of ads and demand for Japanese translation around here recently. In Microsoft at least it's been because all the native Japanese translators left the company recently for some reason (all except one.)
We were talking about this once during lunch and the HR person said that they're more interested in recruiting people with greater knowledge of American English and culture, since it seems most of the previous translators grew up in Japan, which while great for certain things led to particular issues in their translation and in their performance in the American work environment.Regarding the move to Seattle, because of Amazon expanding and bringing a lot of jobs from around the country, there's a lot of new residential apartments cropping up all over the place. That said, note that because of that influx of people as well as the fact it's becoming a rather crowded metropolitan area, it's also been getting a bit more expensive than it used to be.
This is all extremely relevant to my interests, so I'm gonna go ahead and pm you ;)
Never really done these before, so why not do it for once.
Alright, let's look forwards.
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@MDL:
1.) Start getting decent money for my youtube stuff
2.) Reach at least 7k subscribers (almost at 4k currently, and that's taken me roughly a year and a half to accumulate)
3.) See a fanfic or story idea through to the end by actually finishing it for once.
4.) Complete a Let's Play of somethingIf I think of more, I'll add 'em.
Couldn't think of more, so I'm sticking with these.
Feeling pretty pleased atm because number 1 has technically already come true now that I have my first patron. :D
I'm not really the type of person to set up a goal this time of the year since I found it kinda of redundant in do so because I feel like WE really don't need a New Year in order to do what we as a person feel is right for us to do, but saying that, I do have some stuff that I want to accomplish in the next few months.
1. Learn French
2. Stop reading so much Manga and expend my time doing something more productive
3. Go back Home for Christmas (Its harder than what it sounds)
4. Get my self around the GYM
5. Do some Community service
I don't really do resolutions, but there are still a few things I'd like to manage this year. The most important one is finding a second job. I currently only work 15 hours a week, and it's not near enough money coming in. Now my roommate is planning to buy himself a house, so I need to find more income so I can cover apartment expenses alone.
I also want to try and draw more. I have lots of ideas for fan art, mostly involving OCs of mine, but I often have a hard time getting myself motivated to actually draw out said ideas. I have several One Piece related ideas in mind that I haven't made any real effort to start yet. Need to get on that. :(
High priority:
-focus on studies
-get my diet working
-start working out properly
-get over my ex
-stop smoking
-a clean month without booze
so far a total of 0 of these things have been started. It's gonna be a great new year!
It's that time of the year again!
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Hmm, let's see:
My list:
Travel a lot.
Live MY life.
Build confidence on myself.
Learn to deal with frustration.
Learn to not be shy.
Make new friends.
Purchase a new accordion.
To my future self:
Please return to this post on December 31st 2016
and tell me if we managed to do any of the following:
Cut down on junk food
Get a new job
Think some of kind of solid career direction for future
…..I'm always so bad at keeping these. :X
Find a new job
Learn Spanish (again) and actually get good at speaking,reading, and writing
Actually apply for Graduate school when the time comes. Hopefully not having to take the GRE and having time dedicated to looking into the stuff will actually do me good this time
Do better at working out consistently and do more strength work-out besides cardio
Make some new friends outside of the ones I made from college.
Maybe get in the dating scene? I tried online dating but my schedule was so strange that it didn't go well. Now wanting to go into Grad school it could make things complicated when it's time for me to go.
Learn more about politics and world events, or more accurately, stop ignoring this stuff because it's important you damn idiot.
Actually do something with my blog
Those are the things at the top of my head and are actual major things I want to get done. Other things if I can work into my schedule if things aren't too hectic is just do short fiction writing every day, cut down some of my gaming backlog, and just try new things.
Personal:
Work harder on overcoming my social anxiety and depression.
Continue to rehabilitate my parent who just had a stroke back in November.
Continue to be awesome.
Pretty much everything I'm already doing.
Business:
Make 500k+.
1. Trip around the world visiting Japan, Korea, UK, and somewhere in Europe.
2. Get surgery over with and heal in 2 months or less
3. Quit my job
Haha, #1 and 3 are complete (except for UK), and 2 is on hold.
This year it'll be:
1. Become a consistent blogger and increase my audience by double at least. Also make some form of profit from said blog.
2. Complete Chinese reading/writing/speaking course by the end of the year.
3. Start some form of physical activity and get into a routine.
4. Get back into reading more religious literature.
5. Either start home business or get a flexible job
6. Stop being such a hermit
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I normally don't do New Years resolution, however i'm posting here and can't just barge in here and say "I don't do New Years resolution because it's pointless and it sucks!" So rather then being a traditional party pooper, how about I actually post some here for fun and not expecting it happen?
Here's some:
1. Keep working on my book
2. Go out some more to become famous and popular
3. Improve my debating skills
4. That more audience comes to my Facebook account
5. Blog more
6. Become open-minded and happy
7. Try to keep right here without any trouble
8. Change my personal lifestyle
And that's all from me folks, see you next year and happy New Year.
I kinda gave up on NYR couple of years ago. I do, however plan to:
Anyways, happy new year everyone, hope it's better than the last one, and not as good as the next one.
Incidentally, I stayed at home last night, no drinking. First time in years I could actually feel taste of the lunch.
Let's see.
-Gain muscle.
-Actually try to date and not just swipe left.
-Make it to an appointed position in the company.
-Start to draw again.
-Get my blood pressure under control.
-Get my wisdom teeth out.
Only one real thing I want to do this year:
I can do it, I believe in me.
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To improve myself.
I'm just going for the commonly used resolution of losing weight. Twently pounds to be precise.
I've dropped resolutions since last year since after doing them for about three years straight I realized that life causes plans to change and resolutions only hold relevance within the first couple of months. So… last year I opted to instead write down whenever something really good happened. It could be a big success or it could be something as simple as a person being really nice. The idea is to only keep track of positive things, write them all down and keep them in a jar or something. Then, at the end of the year, read them all and see all the accomplishments/nice things you've forgotten about. I do admit it was wonderful reading them at the end of the year but... somewhere around the last quarter I stopped recording things even when great stuff happened.
So this year, I'm going to try and do it again but a little bit different. Sai-chan gave me stickers as a present one year (don't ask) and I haven't used them for anything yet so I decided I'd actually do something with them this year. Any time I have a major accomplishment or something good happens, I'll put a sticker on that day on my calendar. I'd like to do the recording thing again as well but in this case, even if I get lazy, I'll still be able to see how many stickers I have at the end of the year. While it sounds really childish (and there's no reward other than, "Yay! A sticker!") I think it'll be a fun thing to do next year.
So fuck it… Let's go!
Edit: Ah, and just to clarify… There IS a point to only recording positive events. It's meant to be helpful for those with depression, or perhaps anyone with one too many negative thoughts, attempt to shift their perspective and become more positive. I really recommend trying it out. Seeking out the good in life has its ways of bringing you out of that hole even if you feel like it's bottomless and there's no way out. I'm not saying it'll cure your depression but I am saying that shifting your perspective can go a long way in helping you to live more happily. /endsappiness
I'm going to try to stop browsing the internet as a pastime and read books or something when I have nothing better to do instead.
Also, sleep more and worry less.
improve my english
eat less sugar
 
