Top 5 year long goals - resolutions..

i think that a new years resolution should be to write in this thing more.
i was going to write this blog about how i spent new years going to a turkish restaurant with becky and some of her co-workers, but i think i'll spare you of that since this current sentence says pretty much all you need to know. i had falafels - they were delicious..
instead maybe i'll write a few more new years resolutions..

5. i want to start writing in this more. communicating to friends and family, i'm finding, is really important. so if i can keep up to date in this blog, maybe my lack of email sending wont be noticed.. heh heh...

4. learn the language! learn the history! learn the philosophy! i want to learn how this place managed to hold on to their own individual identity even after their country was occupied by the japanese. who are these koreans, and what makes them distinctly different than the colossal countries that surround them?

3. traveling! good thing my number two goal is to make money, because if this resolution closer to number one i'd have lots of memories and little cash-ola. it seems to me that traveling around korea is pretty cheap. seoul is the furthest i'd probably go, yet it is only a 25,000 won ($25) bus ride (i think). so, anywhere closer is only about 5,000 to 15,000 won - so why not explore!? becky and i want to travel once a month (if possible) and check out the amazing sites that korea has to offer. it would be such a shame to come back from korea a couple of hundreds of dollars richer, but with only the memories of my school and my tiny apartment.


2. make a budget and stick to it! my main purpose to be out here in korea is to make the cash that i owe the government. not that I don't like the traveling part (it's great!), but the ultimate goal is showing me the money! these past three months here i have ended up spending more than i thought, and am now questioning just how good i am at saving. this year should prove to educate me in the ways of going dutch (is that politically correct? [no offense intended]).

1. make a decision as to what direction i would like to go school-wise. i have been thinking about so many options that i have, and some that i do not have (but could have if i worked at it..) and still have not come up with any sort of "plan" about what to do when I return from this land of the morning calm.. currently (doug would say "oh yeah, it's tuesday, so you must be leaning towards this..") i am thinking of going into some sort of design program with my sights set on entering a city planning course a few years down the road. what school do i attend? when do i enroll? how do i get those high school math credits? hopefully this resolution thing will help me answer these questions... at least, to satisfy the year knowing that they might change next year. ugh.