2008

November 4, 2008

Should I Stay or Should I Go: The Election Night Party

By xgravity23 in NaBloPoMo 6 Comments Tags: ,

November 4—four days into NaBloPoMo—and I have writer’s block already. Well, not true writer’s block. I could write pages about the election, about why you should vote, about why people need to be more objective when choosing a candidate, but as a friend of mine said in a Facebook note today

my views about politics are quickly nearing my views on religion and spirituality; they are deeply personal, deserve the utmost contemplation, and should require self-analysis in the process.

In other words, I’m not posting on the election, other than to say Vote! And be informed when you do so!

March 31, 2008

2008 New Year’s Resolutions: First Quarter Update

By xgravity23 in personal 6 Comments Tags: ,

I have decided that 2008 is going to be The Year of Change for Me. I made many personal improvements in 2007, but now that I’m smarter about changes, I can focus on the changes that I want to make and make them. But I’m a hardcore perfectionist, and I don’t like making mistakes and I don’t like failing.

I am regularly hand rewriting my resolutions. With each rewrite, I update. I make minor changes based on the current progress. I add new resolutions incrementally, in small steps so that I can achieve them. I feel good about my progress so far, and I look forward to your encouragement, suggestions, and more improvement in the next quarter.

January 13, 2008

2008 New Year’s Resolutions

By xgravity23 in personal 7 Comments Tags: ,

I love the new year. I love all of the symbolism that comes with seeing “January 01″ on the calendar. I made a lot of changes to my life in 2007: Around April, I discovered LifeOrganizers.com and it kick-started my organizational drive. Unlike my previous attempts at becoming organized, this one actually stuck. Moving to [...]