With the new year and the new semester, it is time to set some goals. In the few years that I have made a New Year's resolution, I have been notoriously bad at following through for more than a few weeks. The problem, I found, was associating the goal with New Year's day. After that holiday spirit wore off and I was back at school, I was back into my daily schedule and quickly lost interest in the resolution. So, I'll be writing goals for the year of 2013, even after it's not exactly a "new" year anymore.
I've said on other occasions that I particularly enjoyed the collaborative working groups in this course. Consequently, I have "joined" a small handful of them. Unfortunately, I have not been nearly as active in them as I would like (which is entirely my fault). This is not for lack of interest. My problem is that there is a fairly wide variety of things I am interested in, so when I am confronted with the opportunity to join a relevant group, I am quick to accept. Because of this, I can't devote as much time as I would like to them. I am sure other members of the groups have become irked with my deadline issues.
This can be solved in two ways. The first is to simply cut down the number of groups I participate in. Theoretically, this should free up more time. However, my time management (or rather, my lack of it) is probably a more significant issue. The more responsible solution would be to stop procrastinating on things.
I'm pretty sure this has been my New Year's resolution for the past couple years, which is incredibly ironic. Also, the fact that I am posting this at 10:00 PM on the last day of break does not bode well (but it could be worse!). Regardless, I'll do my best to get out of such bad habits, as they are clearly detrimental.
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