I don’t like to make New Year’s resolutions, but I do like to set “goals” for the coming year.
Goals for 2010
1) Graduate with my MLS. Well, barring any last minute unforeseen circumstances that force me not to finish this semester, this is definitely going to happen.
2) Blog more. Yes, I say this every year (or every time I blog, rather). In 2010 I want to make a conscious effort of it and document my life – personal and professional, especially as I finish up my MLS and move into the next step, whatever that may be (job, doctorate degree, master’s degree). I’m hoping that by registering a domain name (and paying for it) I will have the incentive to write and get my money’s worth.
3) Learn programming languages. I won’t have time to take another class at Pratt before graduation, but I think it will be important to learn XML and build on the basic CSS I learned in my school’s basic Information Technologies class. I have a strong suspicion it will make me more desirable to employers and open up my job pool even more.
4) Learn to cook. I’ve been putting it off long enough. I need to do it. Woman cannot live on takeout and frozen meals alone, and in the long term, my health will benefit.
5) Visit the West Coast more. Until this year, I thought of myself as solely a Northeast girl. Then I went to Seattle and caught the Left Coast bug. Loved it out there. LOVED it. I would like to see Portland and Northern California sometime this year, perhaps Denver and Austin too. Who knows? I might even be living there this time next year. 
6) Launch the podcast (maybe). I talked about it in June, thought it would be done in the summer, then wasn’t, then forgot about it (thanks to school), then thought about it again when I did a project for a class on podcasting. I’m still working out content and format (maybe even video?) and heaven only knows if I will have listeners outside of my immediate family but I would like to try and maybe make this a reality in the coming year.
7) Be happier with myself and my life choices. Yep, another one from the 2009 (and 2008, and 2007, and 2006…) lists. It’s never easy, but important – Kate Comes First.
So here’s to a new decade. It’s gonna be a big one.
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