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See the previous entry where I said Ulysses is definitely next? That was 10 months ago. Strange enough, I am currently reading the newest Raymond E. Feist.

So to beat the rush, I am making a few New Year’s resolutions now. First is to start trimming my 43 things :-)

... but then, I also changed a few goals :)

I got Ulysses now, my girlfriend bought it for my birthday. But I also decided to spoil myself with American Gods and I got into the newest Raymond E. Feist books.

So I haven’t opened it yet :(

But it is next, after I’ve finished Anansi Boys. Oh, and I need to reread Pride and Prejudice before I go watch the movie.

I’ve decided against official Java Certification, it will not further my career right now and I know the material.

Become Java Certified? Not at all exciting or fun. I’m two-thirds through the material, learning the corner cases I never knew about. So yes, its probably useful.

I’m writing an exam tomorrow (not the Java one), so I had to focus on my studies. So that’s fine. Couldn’t be helped.

But where’s the excitement, where’s the cool stuff? So I spent an evening reading through the Erlang tutorial.

So I cheated. But it was definitely worth it :)

1. Focus on my studies, of course
2. Read Ulysses
3. Getting up each day at the same time
4. Become Java Certified

Ok, that’s probably enough. For fun, I’ll throw in two soft targets:

• get an iPod
• Get a new job

Not that it is not fun, seeing that its my free time which I can spend it like I want to. I’m currently pursuing many diverse interests and I love all the things bubbling through my head.

But hey, lets Get some Things Done. Firstly, I’m moving most of my Things and interests to Someday/Maybe and bringing only a handful to the forefront.