New Year Resolutions

2007 went Pete Tong for the first six months (no job, no money, no motivation) and improved in the last six months (job, some money, some motivation). However there are still many things that need to be addressed including:

• Cessation of bad habits - smoking, wasting time downloading porn, unhealthy eating and over sleeping, watching TV, and other bad influences
• Better control of my temper and keeping calm in mundance and tricky situations
  
• Life improvement - better diet, make friends, going out (socialising), exercise, lose weight, meditation
• Second income - eBay, Web Design and selling own art/creative work online
• New skills - Web design, music production, scripting, art, creative writing

Besides this there are many specific things such as monthly projects (trying out new things), finding a compatible partner and striking an optimal work/life balance.

Work in 2008

Like many people who have spent a lot of time in university and unemployed, I still need to work on the following:

1) Resilience, such as handling criticism and set backs

2) Confidence, in group situations

3) Communicating with colleagues

4) Taking things in their stride and being calm and relaxed

Of course this may take some time but the more I achieve and the more I improve my social life the better my confidence will get. There have been occasions where I have forgotten what I have been doing, and others where I have become very annoyed about the slightest of things. Also, I need to dress smarter and be more prepared for the unexpected.