December has been a bit of a slow month - sort of a hangover of a rather weird and disjointed year - 2012 has seen plenty of strange epiphanies, both professional and personal.
The best part of 2012 has been that I think I'm finally grasping impermanence and flow. Seeing the good in the moment rather than stressing about what's coming next. The shambles that is my career saga of the past two years really helped put some of this into perspective. But feh, no need to get too profound here - let's just get some concrete points out of the way:
Lazy Evening Routine
This is something that has become awfully lazy and unproductive, towards the end of 2012 especially. Most of the time I just eat dinner and then watch a couple of movies on DVD until bed time. I thought that not playing WoW any more would mean that I'd have more productive time, but alas, it just got eaten up by finding another lazy comfort zone relaxation routine.
Not sure exactly what to do here, in terms of a solid resolution. It's too trite to say something like "just go out more", or "do something productive instead". So what I will do is ban myself from watching TV and DVDs on weeknights. Only Friday-Sunday, unless it's part of a social plan with someone else. So now, anything else I come up with is bound to be more "productive".
Stop Snacking
To be fair, this is mostly connected to the above. I've gotten in the habit of snacking in front of the TV after dinner. Not necessarily horribly unhealthy stuff - but still not great.
No more snack food except fruit and nuts. Except on weekends.
Career
Ahh, the big one. And this is one that's hard to fully control, because after all, who knows what opportunities might knock (or not). But here's the general plan:
- I'm getting a truck license as soon as I can find a training session with a driving school during January.
- Look for any kind of transport/trucking work I can find.
- Re-evaluate where to go after that (probably later in the year if not even later).
This all comes back to where I left things hanging in this post. Something in transport is a nice combination of being practical as well as semi-skilled (if not more than semi, depending on further specialisation). My current dream is to see what it's like being a long distance truck driver, and perhaps to get FIFO/location work driving dump trucks in the mines. I know that I have something close to superhuman levels of tolerance for boredom and loneliness, so I know that this aspect won't get to me.
In the meantime, will see how the hours go in my current casual hospitality job. But from the looks of it, there isn't much hope that it'll be a major source of hours and income again. Maybe just for a couple more months through summer. But at any rate, this isn't a huge "occupational" consideration any more.
"Dating"
I wasn't sure if this one is even worth mentioning, since there is nothing I explicitly want on that front anyway. I tried dating fairly explicitly in 2012, and it was mostly a waste of time, though there've been a few "interesting" incidents and I'd met some nice people.
But alas, when you're not looking to "settle down" in any traditional sense, and you have no real interest in sex for its own sake - it's probably best to just go with the flow on this front. I've brought back my OkCupid profile, blanked it out, and changed it to only looking for friends and pen pals. I might fill it out again (in the context of meeting new friends) if I get the inspiration. Otherwise, that part of my life is getting shelved again, for the moment at least.
Avoid "End Of Year Procrastination"
Lastly, this is something I want to avoid from now on. This year I got into a bit of a lazy mood towards the end of the year. It's not too bad in context I suppose - after all, it really has been an unusually disjointed and weird year - but from now on I want to avoid this. Stay productive and seize the day so to speak.
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