My Resolutions for 2008

As 2007 draws to an end, it’s time to make some resolutions for the coming year. This is actually the first time I’m doing this, so I need to do a lot of catching up. To get a better overview, I’ve divided them into different categories. So here they are, in order of importance:

Family / Friends

• Make a better effort to help my brother and improve our relationship again. This is definitely the most important and toughest one for me personally. I hope I actually have the strength and willpower to actually go through with it.
  
• Work harder on my relationships with my friends/family. I really suck at relationships. This one can probably be broken down into many different sub-resolutions, but I’ll spare you the details.
  

The Wonderful World of Words

• Write more, and be less afraid of writing more from within myself. Of course, I’ve been telling myself that for years already. Oh well, maybe 2008 will be different.
  
• Read more.
  

Health

• Eat more fruits and veggies.
  
• Eat less junkfood, especially pizza. Damn, I really love pizza, but one large pizza a week is probably too much.
  
• Keep working out and keep improving my strength and endurance. I haven’t set any specific targets, but a year from now, I should be able to lift more and run faster and longer than I do now.

Non-mandatory (nice-to-haves)

• Travel more.
  
• Earn more money.
  
• Drink less coffee at work.
  
• Sleep less. I’ve been doing a lot of sleeping lately.
  

Of course, it remains to be seen how many of these resolutions I’ll be able to keep. But I had fun writing them, and I guess that’s what truly matters for now :-).


P.S. In case you are wondering, looking for a girlfriend is NOT on the list.

I've been neglecting my blog for the last couple of weeks. This time it's not because of laziness or because I have no inspiration. It's because I've been doing some thinking about what I want with this. I'm genuinely surprised when people say they like to read my blog. In my opinion, most of it is just pointless and boring rubbish. When you write, if you write, you should always do it with your heart and soul, and that's exactly what's been missing. I was writing just for the sake of writing, and as a result it's all become very meaningless. It's a nice way to let other people know what's happening, but that's about it. I guess I just want it to be so much more than just a way to post updates about my life.

But anyway, I had a nice trip to Brussels last weekend with Gwen and Lino (Btw, I really should start using names more. For some reason, I always avoid them when I'm writing). We had an executive suite for 2 nights for just € 240 including breakfast. So that's just € 40 per night per person, so that's pretty sweet. I guess they normally can't rent it during the weekend, since it's mainly for business people, so they just rent it out real cheap. Brussels was a nice city and we also met up with Wingfa there. All in all, it was a good trip.

Now for an update on the Amsterdam situation. The benefit package was announced 2 weeks ago, and I have to say it looks pretty good. But I'm still not sure about taking the offer. I've decided for myself I'm moving to the Randstad, but not necessarily for Vodafone. I think I'm going to use this opportunity to look around. Vodafone may be one of the best employers in Limburg, but if I'm moving to Amsterdam anyway, I owe it to myself to keep all my options open. Right now, I'd say I'm 99.9% sure of moving, and about 60% - 70% sure I'm staying with Vodafone, though it tends to fluctuate a lot. There are days when I'm thinking: "Why the hell should I stay at VF?" and days when I'm thinking: "Oh yeah! I'm definitely staying at VF." Oh well, I guess time will tell what will happen in the next 9 months. If there's anything I've learnt during this whole situation (along with the reorganization of the entire marketing department), is that nothing in life is certain.