Jeremy's Blog

First of all, Happy New Year from here in Alabama. Every year, at the beginning of the year, I’ve privately made some New Year’s Resolutions to myself. Some I’ve kept, some I’ve not. But, this time I’m going to put my resolutions out here in a public place (mostly so I can come back and read them so I don’t forget them). Hopefully, this will keep me motivated to complete them. So, without further ado …

Start Regularly Attending Church

I’m still working on the Spiritual Growth entry, because I haven’t sat down to have that talk with my mom, yet. But, we’re going to tonight, when I take her out for dinner. After spending a small portion of my life as an Atheist and a larger portion as Agnostic, being around some influential people has allowed me to really see a clearer picture of Christianity as a whole, and some of the occurances in my life over the past year has really gotten the wheels turning in my head. Beyond just Church, I will be seeking to glorify Christ in my life in all things. It’s taken quite a lot, but I now realize how blessed I am to have such talents bestowed upon me, and I now praise and thank the Lord everyday for taking care of me even when I shunned Him from my life completely.

Overcome Some Bad Habits

I’ve got a few bad habits that I’d like to nip in the bud over the course of next year. I’m not going into any specifics here, because they’re not anything extraordinary like stopping smoking or any other addictive substance. These are just things I’ve gotten into the habit of doing that I know are not right or healthy and I just want to stop doing these things.

Make Progress on my Side-Projects

Due to the extreme workload that I have, almost all of my side-projects have come to a screeching halt. Journey of Souls has suffered the most from this. As things with work start to calm down, at the beginning of the year, I will be returning some of my focus to these projects. My goal is to get at least a working version of JoS up and running by my birthday, this year. We’ve also got something new in the pipeline that will hopefully make an appearance sometime after March. I also want to continue writing PHP-related articles, but no longer here on this site. I’m going to start contributing to the Zend Developer Zone by way of technical writing. As much as it would be nice to work on the Zend Framework, it kind of competes with my Engine, so don’t expect any code contributions there from me. Sorry, guys.

Continue to Expand my Knowledge in my Field

As with every year, one of my first and foremost goals is to continue expanding my knowledge in the field that I work in: Technology. Not specifically programming, but all things technology-related. As has been my hobby since 2004, I’ll continue to study software architecture and putting together my own concepts to make software applications easier to use and more user-friendly while still retaining a powerhouse of functionality that doesn’t bloat the software package.

I have one more that I’m not going to put up here, because it’s a personal thing between me and one other person. But, I’ll say this: I love you, Ruzena. I’m not afraid to tell anyone that, and I don’t care what anyone thinks of it. Nothing is going to change that.

Happy New Year, everyone.