New Year’s Resolutions: Ken

It is that time of the year again, where new resolutions are made and broken within weeks if not days. Following tradition, I’m going to lay down a few points really close to heart about the things I want to improve over the next year. As one wise slug says “Flaws reveal potential, always improving, good.”

Flaws reveal potential, always improving, good. – Abathur

2015 has been a year of exploration for me. From learning new programming languages, to new opportunities back in Malaysia. Only one thing has been revealed clearly to me, there’s so much more development potential available! So the theme should be about improving, always improving. The points should be specific and achievable, making this absolutely plausible goals for the year.

1. Reading AT LEAST one book each month.

It is common knowledge how reading is one of the most important skills if you are looking to succeed at anything in life. By reading a book, specific knowledge and experience accumulated over years can be transferred to you in a matter of hours. Learning to read (with discipline) will definitely help you push forward no matter what field you are working on. Due to me spending significant time driving on the road, I’ve opt for listening to Audio books. I’ve recently signed up on Audible and my chosen January book will be The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way you Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future. I’m interested in reading this partly because I’ve already taken the steps toward working on my own micro-businesses, and planning to enjoy the modest living and freedom that I’ve earn (and hopefully the money to justify what I’m doing soon). I’ll be updating frequently on the things I’m reading to give you an insight and my take to the book.

2. Writing AT LEAST one post per week.

Once again notice the capped “at least” here as I’m going to make writing one of my top priorities for 2016, be it blog posts for Oz Soylent, Beewebby, or for this blog site. Training to be a better content marketer, writing has become one of the most important skills for me. Hopefully by the end of 2016 (and at least 52 posts), I’ll be a better writer with quality contents for readers to enjoy! I’ll be checking by the end of the year.

3. Cutting 5kg from my current weight. Target – 67kg

As many of my friends have known, I’ve gained around 5-8 kg over the past year,putting me in the “overweight” category when calculating BMI. It may seem that I’m at a more acceptable weight now, however being not able to wear my old pants is definitely not acceptable. I need to resist from buying “fat pants”, really not going to accept my growing belly. So my target is a modest 5 kg from now, putting me comfortably in the high “normal” range in BMI. My weight loss action plan include more exercise and healthier diet.

4. Camping 2 times a year

After going camping recently with the newly acquired camping equipment, Miin and I definitely enjoyed our times in the wild, there’s also a short post on our trip to Bright. It is superbly fun to go camping, however the preparation is usually slightly off-putting with too many things to bring especially with my not-so-practical car. We’ll be posting updates for all our camping trips on this blog.

 

5. Making a Game

What? A game? Unbeknownst to most people, I make it a point to take programming courses from Treehouse, and recently I stumbled upon the Game Development courses offered. Physics has always been my favourite of the Sciences in school, so the Game Development course deeply interests me when Physics is heavily used in building in-game worlds. Look forward to what I’m going to build in 2016.

 

Perseverance or Resolution flop?

As I’m ending this article, the new year high is still motivating me to follow through to the end of the year. Hopefully I’ll work tirelessly, and by the end of 2016, I’ll be a better person, better developed, closely to the ideal me. Stay tune for updates!