So, I’m about to turn 33 and I decided that for this birthday, I wanted to start making some changes as a kind of present to myself. Some of them are big, some are pretty small. Why did I pick this year to make this decision? You know, I have no idea. Jesus died at 33? But really I don’t know. This post is something I’ve been thinking about for a while, but I still don’t have it completely sorted out yet. And that’s ok, I plan on blogging my journey to figure it out as I figure it out.

First things first… Some goals
In case you read it before I had a bunch of goals that I set out to do about 3 years ago. Turns out, I didn’t do very many of them. I did some big ones, but kinda dropped off from doing some of the things that I just want to do.

Spanish
I really need to learn Spanish. I was studying really well for about a year, then I stopped. I’m going to study at least one hour every day from now on. I have plenty of books and workbooks and people to speak Spanish to so I just need to MIH.

Guitar
I’m going to practice my guitar again. This is another thing that I just kinda stopped doing. I would love to play guitar a lot better. Not really because I have any significant musical aspirations outside of wanting to do a musical storytime with my guitar. So, I will also practice guitar everyday. I don’t know for how long though because this will be the most difficult to make some time for. But Every. Single. Day.

Political Astuteness
As a board member of EveryLibrary, and as a librarian, and as an American citizen, I need to get my political game together. This is something I realized recently when I hung out with John Chrastka last weekend and listened to him talk at the CPLA workshop. He is real smart on the politics and I need to get there too.

Sail More
Basically, that’s all. Whether it’s for the Story Sailboat, for my own fun, in races, or whatever… I just need to sail more for my own health and wellbeing.

Reading More
I also need to read a lot more. I plan on reading every night before I go to bed. There are just so many books that I want to read that I get overwhelmed and stop reading. Luckily I have some good advice on what to read next.

Dropping Things
Just as important as setting goals to achieve is learning which things I need to drop. I have a bunch of habits and traits that I want to stop doing, but also some bigger things.

Coffee
I LOVE coffee, but I really started drinking too much of it. This wouldn’t be so bad except for all the things I put in my coffee. So I’m switching to unsweetened strong tea. A good strong dark tea is something I got into in Hong Kong and for some reason lost sight of when I came home. I already started this one and I love it.

Television and Movies
I spend too much time watching television shows and movies on my boat. If I cut these two things out, I’ll have much time for everything else. Maybe not completely, but a whole lot less.

Skipping out a little on the social medias.
I’d like to start by saying that I absolutely love talking to everyone on social media. But really, its become a bit too much for me to handle. Between Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and *G+, its really just become more of an anxious tick than an enjoyable experience. So, because I use Facebook the heaviest and more twitchy, and also because it’s easiest to do, I’m going to drop my Facebook account but only for a couple of weeks in an attempt to try to reign that in. This is basically just so that I have one less thing to worry about. Anyway, I’ll still be checking the other things so we can talk there, but I probably won’t be there as much. Facebook has just kinda become… Too much for right now.

Anyway, that’s where I am now. If you don’t see me on Facebook or on the other social media for a while, it’s cool, I’m coming back! But I’m coming back better.