Thrilling Heroics » Darfur http://www.thrillingheroics.com Lifestyle Entrepreneurship, Permanent Travel & Digital Nomad Lifestyle Tue, 15 May 2012 13:09:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 My 2007 New Years Resolutions http://www.thrillingheroics.com/new-years-resolutions-2007 http://www.thrillingheroics.com/new-years-resolutions-2007#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:09:00 +0000 Cody McKibben http://www.codymckibben.com/?p=40 I don’t remember how I first came across it, but a post by Rajesh Setty from January 2006, his “New Year Resolutions Generator,” inspired me to start thinking about New Years resolutions a few weeks early this year. I know it’s already the 2nd of January (sorry, I meant to have this up earlier), but if you don’t have any [...]

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]]> I don’t remember how I first came across it, but a post by Rajesh Setty from January 2006, his “New Year Resolutions Generator,” inspired me to start thinking about New Years resolutions a few weeks early this year. I know it’s already the 2nd of January (sorry, I meant to have this up earlier), but if you don’t have any resolutions yet, Raj’s list is a good one to spark some ideas. I know a lot of people don’t like making New Years resolutions, but as the folks over at Trizle say, “When you set some goals, you automatically make yourself more productive.” So after pondering for a month and eliminating the ones I didn’t really need, I set myself ten goals, or resolutions, for 2007. This is going to be a good year. Here they are:

  1. Keep exercising and stay fit. I have to conquer my asthma problem, keep running in the evenings at home, and I would like to start a new habit of taking a morning walk at work.
  2. Register a dot com domain for myself and the blog. But, this means I need to find a friend who can help me design a professional homepage and possibly redesign the blog with significantly less than $1000.
  3. Read at least one book a month that will help me realize my dreams. Since Christmas came, I’ve already got my books for the next 8 months:
  4. Start a new business, and donate one percent of sales revenue to improve the environment through 1% for the Planet (started by the founder of Patagonia).
  5. Reflect on my past week and plan my upcoming week. I also need to use my calendar better and want to look into using an online calendar that will sync with my Apple iCal (anyone have any tips?).
  6. Start making a regular donation to the Save Darfur Coalition, a charity that sends aid to the victims of genocide in Sudan and lobbies on their behalf. This is a cause I have become very passionate about in the last year or so, and in addition to donating, I have pledged to get commitment this year from at least five friends to sign the easy online petition to the President and the new UN Secretary-General to strengthen the African Union forces in Darfur, to send a UN peace force, and to increase aid to Sudan (please follow that link if you’d like to help petition the UN to send more help—it is an easy 2-minute process).
  7. Attend networking events and become a better public speaker through a club such as Toastmasters International.
  8. Purchase carbon offsets for my Pontiac through a company like TerraPass.
  9. Join GreenDimes, the service that keeps you off junk mail lists for 10 cents a day, and plants a tree for you each month!
  10. Teach myself French again with language podcasts or CDs.

What are YOUR New Years resolutions?

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