---
title: "New Years Resolutions"
url: "http://andrewbolster.info/2009/12/new-years-resolutions/"
date: "2009-12-31T21:38:17Z"
tags: ["Finance","Open Source","Personal","Programming","Blogging","Freelancing"]
categories: ["Commentary"]
---

- Post *something* at least once a day on either blog or [web-album](http://picasaweb.google.com/andrew.bolster/1ayr?feat=directlink)
  
  - Stop [sleeping in](http://lifehacker.com/309030/top-10-ways-to-sleep-smarter-and-better) after 10am
  - Drop some savings into the [stock market](https://uk.etrade.com/e/t/uk/homepage), only take profits out, don’t add anything more
  - Write an actual blog article once a week
  - Find and [contribute to an open source project](http://sourceforge.net/people/)
  - Pull together a real [portfolio of work](http://grok-code.com/58/the-power-of-a-programming-portfolio/)
  - [Find more clients](http://freelanceswitch.com/finding/101-ideas-to-get-more-freelance-work-and-generate-new-client-leads/) for my freelance work
  - [Set a timetable and stick to it](http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/15/fixed-schedule-productivity-how-i-accomplish-a-large-amount-of-work-in-a-small-number-of-work-hours/)

Well, its a plan at least.