Resolutions for 2012

I wasn't going to do this, but I know that if I don't I'll regret it. I'm a sucker for shit like this.

Eff my current job. At some point in 2012, I want and need to have a job where I get to be creative and not do the same stuff day in and day out. I'm becoming one of those people that hates "The Man" and corporations. I would rather bust my ass for a cause or something meaningful to me. I will never mind working hard if it's doing something that I believe in. So, goal one in '12 is to find a job like that. That doesn't mean find a job that I plan on having for forty years, because frankly I don't believe that really exists anymore. Plus, I know how I am and in 2-3 years I'll hate that job too. I'm just the type of person that needs something new every once in awhile. Plus, like I said in the previous post, I want to find a way to supplement my income through comedy and teaching.

Go to school each semester. So far so good with this one. I'm signed up for the Spring and before I realize it, school will be over with for me and I'll feel better about my life even if it ultimately leads to nothing. Funny how we are hardwired from an early age to believe in school so much, yet we have a terrible education system.

Do lots of my own projects. The Sketch Comedy show is my thing. I am the one starting this project and I would like to start many projects like it throughout the year. I want to become "The guy who gets shit done" around the improv community. Lots of people make plans or have ideas, I want to get shit done. I don't want to ever stop working. Jay-Z calls it hustling. I want to be hustling all year. All year I read books, saw movies, and listened to people tell me that the key to success is to never stop working. More importantly, to never stop working on what you love. Those that go past where others might stop are the ones that are at the top of their fields. It's not a mistake, it's not luck, and it's not "talent" it's hard work and hustle.

For me, 2012 needs to be the year of the hustle.

Losing weight is forever on this list. It is again. I turn 30 this year. I can't think of a better way to celebrate it then to be 100 pounds lighter. Daunting... yes. I have 9 months and 14 days to do so, before I turn 30. It can be done. I need to find whatever has worked for me in the past and what I believe will work for me now and just do it. Working and hustling applies to weight loss as well. Just keep going. It all starts and almost ends with food intake. I eat bad shit when I get lazy. If I don't get lazy, I wont eat bad shit. Exercise is obviously important as well, but mostly it's the food.

I look forward to this year a lot. I couldn't have imagined how well this past year was going to be. I feel like I just started living my life in 2011.

Happiness New year.