01.02.10

A New Year

Posted in General at 9:44 pm by Mark

I want to do something a bit different for my New Year’s Resolutions.  I am planning on only focusing on one thing that I want to accomplish by the end of the year, instead of setting many goals.  It will be something different, and something I have never done before.

The trap I often fall into for New Year’s Resolutions is that I get overambitious.  Oftentimes the resolutions are for things I should be doing anyway, such as exercise, scriptural study, dating, career goals, being less of a jerk, and so on.  The result of this is that I have way too many goals to keep track of, and I neglect them.

I decided this year that I will not set any goals on any of those topics.  That’s not to say they aren’t important (in fact, they’re probably more important than my actual resolution).  But since those are things I always need to work on, I’ll leave that to my weekly and monthly goal planning.

So, without further ado, my goal this year is to learn to play a new instrument.  I already play the violin, and want to learn either piano or guitar.  I’m leaning toward piano, since I think that will be more useful (male piano players are frequently needed in church — think priesthood meetings, and I think learning piano would teach me more in general about music than guitar).  I could attempt both.

I’m not sure how to measure this goal for the whole year, but I know how to measure it for the short term - find somebody who can teach me, find a place I can practice, and start learning.  As I start to get into it, I think I’ll get a clearer idea for what my goal for year end should be.

So let it be written!  That’s my goal for the year.  I’m sure I will post on my progress throughout the year.

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