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After the success of writing for New years resolutions for 2007, I am writing them down again so I can look back on them and make sure I stay on target. So I am going to write a long list again, things I know I can do, things I know I should do and thinks I wish I could do. Right so here we go

1. Get an up to date Calendar, putting all coursework dates, birthdays and everything else.
   I am thinking about using Google Calendar and Ical.
2. Do more cooking
   This means that I should stay away from things that involve using Microwaves. When I do cook things, I must not over cook things. By cooking more myself I should be of better health.
3. See friends from home more
   Get people at uni and get them to come to Portsmouth.
4. Stay in contact with my family
5. Eat less sweets, crisps and chocolates
6. Pass my second year of University
7. Find time to find new music
8. Be earlier with getting form, coursework and other important things in.
9. Get a summer job.
10. Have weekend away with Bex Terry

I think unlike last year, I set some real goals. Now I think I can set to doing them!

It has been a year since I wrote my New years resolutions for 2007 and I thought it was time to see what progress I made on completing my goals for this year. It was a really good idea to write these things down and look at them again a while later. It is really interesting to see what was important to me a year ago. Before reading this list, it is important to have a look at the original list of resolutions.

Right so, lets go through the list and see how well I did!

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As I long hair Uni student, this is a question that I ask myself all the time. As a student, you move around a lot and it is not unusual to change addresses three or more times. Most students still move home to their parents home for Summer and Christmas. It can be hard for people that are all over the place to feel at home. I have had this problem. Moving from home into uni halls of resistance was hard but not as hard as moving home. Returning from uni to what used to be home is one of the oddest feelings of my time. You walk around feeling like this is no longer home, like you have out grown the place. It feels really bad as you remember having a good times in this place.

HOME
a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.

As a young man, I know that I am not really going to have a stable home. It is a case of changing my state of mind. Instead of thinking that home is where all my stuff is, it is where I lay my head. With this new state of mind, it comes a feeling on home sickness. Not having a true home means that your home sick even when your in your house. It is all just weird…

15 things I wished I had known BEFORE I went to University

• That it didn’t matter how late my first lecture was, I’d still sleep through it.
• That I could change so much and barely realize it.
• That you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
• No matter how ‘cool’ you were in school, no one here cares.
• That if you wear polyester everyone will ask why you are so dressed up.
• That every clock on campus shows a different time.
• That if you got good a-levels, so what? It doesn’t matter here.
• That I would go to a party the night before an exam or essay due-date.
• That you can know everything and fail a test or know nothing and ace a test.
• That I could get used to almost anything found out about my friends.
• That most of my education would be obtained outside of lectures.
• That friendship is more than getting drunk together.
• That Sunday is a figment of the world’s imagination.
• That Psychology is really Biology, that Biology is really Chemistry, that Chemistry is really Physics and that Physics is really Maths.
• That it’s possible to be alone even when you are surrounded by friends.

What is the most useful material in the world? There are many answers to that question. Some may say, gold, other may say silcon and so on. The real answer is duct tape As a first year uni student in halls without a job I am extremely poor. So when going off to uni I had to think of things that I needed and would be useful. I got lots of things, but the most useful has turned out to be duct tape. It is amazing the place that this stuff can be used. It seems like I am using it every other day now.

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It may a little late to be thinking about sure things but it is important to have goals for the year. Instead of just one, I am trying to write a list of 15 things I must try and do throughout the year. So here we go;

1. Complete the making of new site, called Computingcorner and keep it updated.
2. Keep in touch with my friends more, by signing on MSN, making phone calls and joining social networks.
3. Pass my first year at university
4. Read more books, something that I have already been doing.
5. Go to the gym at least once a week
6. Start to learn to drive, something I have been putting off since I turned 17.
7. Be more daring, if I want to something just go for it.
8. Meet more people and make more friends
9. Go on holiday with friends and have a great time
10. Learn to cook
11. Complete Grand theft auto 3 PC
12. Get at least 7 hours of sleep a day and get to sleep by 12.30pm
13. Eat less chocolate
14. Keep my room as tidy as possible
15. Get a decent haircut.

I really hope that I manage to do all of these, I will write a follow up in a years time. Happy new year everyone.