The Smashing 10s. Happy New Year and Decade

2010 and beyond, here i come.

I started last year and liked it. So i'm doing it again. Ladies and gents:

My 2010 to-do list.

• Network, network, network. i've realized that this is only way to move ahead in life. sadly, it's taken me almost 20 years since i started work to realize this
• Make, make, make. In 09, it was my first pc. i'll start small here and learn to solder first and maybe build a usb charger for the ipod. Instructions are all over the internets but goal is not so much for me but to kick start kids' interest of building things. There's a ton of stuff on instructables website. I will update this ist with projects as i go along.
• Run, run, run. Have to fix my knees first. As soon as that's fixed, i'll run harder. i went from running <2m>3M in a year. my goal is to hit 5M.
• Travel. This will be the year of travel for me -- for both business and pleasure (even in a non-sabbatical year)

As you can see, just 4 things. I decided i need just 3-4 things on my to-do lest it becomes too burdensome. i want to make it both challenging and attainable with hard work which this list is.

Wish me luck!

2009 Personal Scorecard

Here's what i wrote almost a year ago...and my score (green = successful, yellow = passing mark, red = fail)

New Year's To Do List

Take longer vacations. no one-day 'staycations'.
Push through with my Sabbatical.
Lifestream.
Shoot more with my DSLR.
Build my first PC.
Work even harder.
Expand my professional network.
Shut down. PC. everyday.

Not bad at all. I'll have to address the last two, networking being a top priority fo work goals this year -- no excuses.

with that, a Happy New Year greetings sent to the cloud!