Resolutions (not of the New Year's variety)

I don't like New Year's Resolutions, so this isn't really one. Let's think of this as an amended scholarly work plan. Here goes. This year I will:

1. Write more. This includes blog posts, articles, book chapters (as in for one book), and grant applications.

2. Read more. Read more scholarly work (including more stuff that is not specifically about video games or virtual worlds)

3. Relax more. Unplug at night (from work stuff at least). This may include removing the laptop from the family room and actually using my office to work rather than working all day and night because the laptop is in front of me guilting me into working. This will also include not answering my cell phone after work hours, if they don't have my home phone number they don't need to get me, right? I also reserve the right to ignore calls to my home phone from whiny ass friends and relatives. (If you are in my family and reading this...no, I am not talking about you)

4. Observe the date night law. I am no longer allowed to bow out of date night because I have "too much work to do". If I have that much damned work to do it will still be there after dinner and a movie and 3-4 hours really is not going to make a big damned dent in it. This is my resolution all on my own...really! Lisa really shouldn't let me get away with that shit.

5. Spend more time on the things that make me feel good...make time for things that feed the spirit. Charities, public service, religion, you name it.

6. Go back to playing racquetball. Stop letting my health slip (ok, plummet) into the f*cking toilet.

All of this more is going to involve some reorganizing on my part. This means I get to stop doing things that I don't want to do and stop wasting so much time dealing with other peoples' problems when I have a life of my own to live.