Happy New Year, 2012

Well, we have done it. We have finished off 2011 and survived it – barely. The train wreck that was 2011 is in the history books and it is time to move on. Out with the old and in with the new.

As you may be aware, I do not get into doing the 'New Year Resolutions.' Instead, I set goals that I look forward to accomplishing. Some may say it is the same, but for me they aren't, as I see resolutions as something that are set and then broken. Goals are driven and made for success. Yes, semantically, they are the same, but the title of 'goal' is more appropriate for me.

With all of the chaos that I entered 2011 with, I really didn't set any goals – other than to survive – and that, I did. This year will be different. This is the year of rebuilding and success. This is going to be a great year.

So, without further adieu, here are my goals for 2012.

• Get the whole house cleaned up. This will mean some smaller goals of:
  • Sort through everything I own and get rid of that which I don't need
  • Scan all magazine and newspaper clippings that I have been saving over the years into the computer and get rid of the hard copies (QST magazine is the only one I will be keeping intact.
  • Get rid of any electronics that I don't need anymore or are obsolete. Recycle what I can, salvage parts I need and get rid of the rest.
• Get all the bills caught up and current
• Find a new place to live.
• Get out of my depressive slump by:
  • Determine everything around me that is constantly tearing me down and holding me in my depression and get rid of it. If it does not have a net positive in my life, it is gone.
  • Determine every person in my life that I deal with that is tearing me down and depressing me and get rid of them – again, if they are a net negative in my life, then they do not deserve to be in my life, regardless of how they are in my life.
  • Figure out how my job affects me and if it isn't a net positive, then I need to find a new job that is a net positive.
• Post more on my blogs
• Start writing each and every day
• Take at least one photo each day and post one or more to the blogosphere/Facebook/Twitter/G+
• Follow through with my ham radio goals posted on my ham radio blog.
• Get back into painting again. Oil, watercolor – regardless of medium, just do it.

There are a lot of things on this list, and I am sure that I will fail to complete some of them, but the biggie is to get happy. I have been depressed for far too long and it is high time that I get better and get further ahead. This will be the hardest thing I do this year, however, it has to be done and I cannot let anyone or anything stand in my way. Change hurts, but the benefits outweigh the hurt.

Ok, lets get on with it then.

I hope you all have a great and blessed 2012.