It is that time of the year again where I publicly pledge my plans and hopes for 2012.Unlike many years, I am not putting things on there that are my life goals, such as be tidier, learn to drive and so on. These are on going and are on my to do list for all of my life.

1. Be a better communicator
   This is one that oh EVERYONE in my life has asked for and I have listened and I am replying, finally.
   • Use new forms of communication to stay in touch
   • Answer messages quicker, even if it is just to say I got the message
   • Use better diction
2. Finish things I have started
   There are so many graphic novels, audiobooks and TV series I have started and never finished. There is new stuff coming in. I want to finish the backlog before starting ANYTHING new.
3. Read at least 5 books (see above)
4. Go to at least 5 EU counties
5. Buy less stuff and sort out what I do use
   • Sort through my things, either though away, sell or give to friends things I don’t use
   • No more clothes, gadgets or dvds
6. Save for my future
7. Start an open source project with a friend
8. Eat less junk and learn to enjoy good food
9. Get in shape
10. Readdress my work/life balance.

*UPDATED*

After 23 days, I decided to add some new ones to end of my list.

1. Get loyalty cards and uses vouchers
2. Get healthy
3. Listen to music
4. Get better sleep
5. Blog

 

It is the time of the year when I look back on the year that has gone by and see how well I did on my new years resoltions. It has been a long year, with lots of stuff that happened and looking back I am surpirised at myself that I got so much done. So here it goes.

1. Complain less and remain positive Success, but could do better.
2. Don’t hold Grudge
   FAIL There are some people that have really had me mad this year and I refused to give them a free pass. Will work on this one.
3. Get up earlier in the morning and have breakfast
   FAIL In fact I thnk that I am worst about getting up in the morning. Breakfast thing I did for a while but I think I just prefer the time to sleep.
4. Go to Orange Wednesday every week
   I did manage this one but it was at a cost, there were simply no good movies that I remember seeing this year. I was very disappointed by everything.
5. Visit all of my friends at university
6. Go on Holiday
   Good times, but I wish I had more holidays and less work.
7. Start the process of learning to drive
   FAIL Simply don’t see the point, I get the train everywhere and it is not a problem in my time.
8. Don’t buy anymore games until I complete all the games I have
   I managed this but not playing any games at al. Even let my xbox live membership end. Simply don’t feel like I have the time to do this at the moment. I play a lot of games on iphone however. Maybe if I had a window phone 7 phone?
9. Go swimming once a week
   FAIL No time to swim, fun to be had
10. Drink less caffeine
    FAIL This was never going to happen, I would be inhuman without caffeine in me
11. Redesign all of the sites that I run.
    Success, spacedmonkey and jonathandavidharris both got a lick of plant this year.

So I managed 6/11, which I think it pretty good

1. Rebrand myself
   • Dress smarter
   • Look neater
   • Give my websites and twitter a new look and feel.
2. Devote more time to being a geek
   • Watching more films
   • Reading more comics
   • Playing games
3. Treat myself bette
   • Eat less junk
   • Sleep more
4. Be more polite
5. To visit old friends from uni
6. Become a better designer
   • Invest time into reading about design
   • Take more risks with my own sites.
7. Plan an international trip, preferable to san francisco or a road trip across europe.
8. Develope Jonathandavidharris into a web development website, with scripts, portfolio, blog and snippets. Be the next css-tricks
9. Document this year
   • Taking lots of photos
   • Write a journal
10. Have more fun and laugh