Forward is the only way

At the beginning of the year I decided upon a few New Year’s Ambitions.1 I don’t like the idea of resolutions.2 Resolutions tend to be rule-driven.  And, the problem with a rule-driven resolution is that once it’s broken, your whole plan is shot.  An ambition, on the other hand, is a goal without a prescribed methodology for obtaining the goal.

Thus, New Year’s Ambitions.  Here is my list of things that, if I were looking back upon all of 2013, I would like to see as a list of accomplishments.

• Lose weight and get more exercise
• Fold 1000 origami paper cranes
• Enter something in the California State Fair
• Create and present something at Maker Faire 2013 Bay Area
• Blog more
• Write more WordPress plugins (’cause it’s fun!)
• Start another tiny fun business

More on these in a little bit…

1. Photo courtesy of David [↩]
2. It’s not that I’m not resolute – I certainly can be.  I’m certain of it. [↩]