New Year, New Me: A List of Concrete Things to Achieve

I am not the type of person who writes a New Year's resolution. I used to think that New Year's Resolutions are meant to be broken and that the changes they bring about to a person are forced; and thus, volatile. However, that is not really the case. The reason why I felt as such because I never really tried to stick to my resolution. I missed the point that New Year's Resolutions are about effort to and consistency on sticking to the list. So this year, I am writing one.

Here is my 2018 New Year's Resolution:

1. Less time playing DotA 2, more time studying

DotA 2 is an online 5 vs. 5 game and I've been playing it since 2012. Ever since I started playing DotA 2, my average time spent on DotA 2 per week is 20 hours. On the other hand, I've been been spending 8 hours per week on my studies. This had significant effect on my academic and research performance. Because of this I plan to reduce my time on the game to 10 hours a week and increase my time for studies to 15 hours per week.

2. Meditate everyday: after waking up and before sleeping

I am expected to graduate this year. That means more stress! To handle the stress, I think practicing mindfulness meditation will help. I plan to start with 3 mins meditation in the morning and 3 mins meditation before sleeping then gradually increasing by a minute every week until I reach 10 mins.

3. Jog regularly

Another way to handle stress is by exercising. In my current situation as an undergraduate student, the best well-rounded exercise is jogging. I will commit two hours every other day for jogging. This way, I can keep myself healthy even with all the upcoming stress.

4. Be more organized

I used to think that keeping a journal and a planner are both too cheesy and girly. But now I realized that having at least one of them is very advantageous in terms of being organized. A journal or a planner will allow me to track my schedule of activities more carefully and I will be constantly reminded of my responsibilities. Other than being organized, I think this will help me become a more productive person as well.

5. Write more

I aspire to become a good science communicator but I have not made a step to becoming one. This year, things will change! I will practice my writing so that I can develop my communicating skills. Using Steemit as my platform, I will try to write tutorials on math and physics that can be of use to Steemians who want to learn them. I will also communicate my opinions on science and it's significance with relation to other fields of study.

How about you fellow Steemians? What are your New Year's Resolutions?
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