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		<title>My Goals &amp; Resolutions for 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As 2010 really begins for me, several days after the fact, I&#8217;ve given some thought about the resolutions and goals I would like to set. The resolutions are as follows: Curse less. It&#8217;s been brought to my attention that the amount of cursing I do at work bothers some of my colleagues. I&#8217;m going to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As 2010 <em>really </em>begins for me, several days after the fact, I&#8217;ve given some thought about the resolutions and goals I would like to set. The resolutions are as follows:</p>
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<li><strong>Curse less</strong>. It&#8217;s been brought to my attention that the amount of cursing I do at work bothers some of my colleagues. I&#8217;m going to do my best to keep it to a minimum and only when I can&#8217;t think of another, less serious expletive. My fiancée and I are also going for a <a title="Wikipedia/George Carlin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words" target="_blank">school-friendly zone</a> as far as language goes.</li>
<li><strong>Get back into shape</strong>. I was in the best shape of my life up until mid-2008. I let things slip in 2009 with th
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 250px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinalvarez/2548744521/in/photostream"><img title="Media Maratón de Béjar 2008" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2548744521_353d8e44f8_m.jpg" alt="Media Maratón de Béjar 2008" width="240" height="180" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Media Maratón de Béjar 2008</p></div>
<p>e arrival of my son and purchase of a house. I will get things back on track in 2010 and run a <a title="Forest City Road Races" href="http://www.forestcityroadraces.com/" target="_blank">5km race</a> (at least, possibly a 10km) sometime this year.</li>
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<p>I have two major goals for 2010 with a few other minor ones:</p>
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<li><strong>Get promoted</strong>. That&#8217;s a simple one. I&#8217;m aiming for one step higher on the career rung and already taking on additional responsibilities. For example: I&#8217;m going to be the Project Manager on the next research project I embark on under the tutelage of two Senior Research Analysts.</li>
<li><strong>Build a business</strong>. I have one major idea here that I would like to take to market. Thankfully it won&#8217;t take much work but it does involve bringing someone in with more technical knowledge than I have about <a class="zem_slink" title="JavaScript" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript">JavaScript</a> if I would like to add additional features (or finding time I currently don&#8217;t have to learn more JavaScript).</li>
<li><strong>Make a name for myself</strong>. This, clearly, is already a work in progress. I have my blog, <a href="http://twitter.com/dereksilva">Twitter account</a>, <a title="Vimeo" href="http://vimeo.com/dereksilva" target="_blank">Vimeo</a> and <a title="USTREAM" href="http://www.ustream.tv/dereksilva" target="_blank">USTREAM </a>accounts (at least one of which I plan to start properly using), and I comment regularly on other blogs and news organization websites when I have something to say. I&#8217;m currently debating proposing a presentation at AgendaCamp on January 31, 2010 here in London and hope to participate in other (un)conferences this year.  I may also volunteer for a board of some sort if I have the time.</li>
<li><strong>Blog more often.</strong> I have the time, I just didn&#8217;t have the clear focus I needed to focus on just a few topics and create compelling arguments/content to post. I&#8217;m still hashing out the best way to keep track of what&#8217;s happening in food, <a class="zem_slink" title="Education" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education">education</a> and local politics. I should be able to blog far more often in 2010 than I did in 2009 (I&#8217;m aiming for at least once a week).</li>
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<p>That&#8217;s it. What are your resolutions or goals for 2010? Please share them here by posting them or simply linking to your blog or other public space you own.</p>
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