I resolve to be more resolute...

[morsla]

This time last year I was looking backwards, and never really got around to writing about the year ahead. While 2009 certainly had its share of events, I think I spent most of the year in stasis: waiting for what comes next. Life is moving again now, so it's time for a change. I'd like 2010 to contain more Awesome, for all of my friends.

Five is a good number: Five directions, five elements, five resolutions. During the next year, I will:

Air
Finish the primary research for my PhD. That's a bit of a scary thought. I now have Ethics approval to conduct interviews for the project, and will be spending most of this year finding out everything I can about how micro-businesses and online communities work. I spend most of my life immersed in online communities, so I love the fact that I can make it part of my work and study as well.

Water
Drink a lot more tea :) While rummaging through the cupboards this morning, I realised that I have a bit over 20 different green teas in the house, and eight teapots. Some of them came back with me from China in 2003. While I'm familiar with the concept of "he who dies with the most stuff wins," I also quite like drinking it...

Wood
Regain the health that has been fading over the past year and a half. aeliel and I are joining the gym and pool down the street. I stopped training when Dad got sick, and haven't done much at all since moving out to Somerville. I'm looking forward to getting back some strength, flexibility and endurance, and to feeling more comfortable in my own skin again.

Fire
Be more connected to the people I love: my family and friends. Living away from family means that I'll need to make more of an effort to keep in touch with them, which is probably a good thing - I've learned never to take them for granted. At the same time, we're living much closer to friends. After spending last year living too far away for spur-of-the-moment visits, I really appreciate having people close enough to drop in on at a moment's notice.

Earth
Spend over a year living in a house that I own. Already loving it, and intending to keep settling in over the next few months. When our budget isn't stretched quite so thin, we might even buy a couch so we don't end up with people sitting on the floor to watch DVDs, like they did last night...

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[delphaeus.livejournal.com]

couch? there happens to be a couch sitting in our garage....

[morsla.livejournal.com]

We've had lots of couches offered, but are planning to wait until we can get something to fit into our non-Euclidean loungeroom properly. Our house doesn't have "right angles" or "parallel lines" featuring heavily in the design brief :)