My new years resolutions for 2018

Its been 10 years since I’ve  blogging my new years resolutions and I’m still convinced its a good thing to do.

Following my review of last year… here’s my New Years Resolutions for 2018; which follows on from 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010.2009, 2008 ones.

1. Take Kate out of her comfort zone
   Part 1 completed in Ireland in 2017, now its time for Japan or Hong Kong with a bunch of twists.
2. Head further a field with the new scooter
   New Scooter, new waterproof wear, its time for a ride into Europe before the UK leaves Europe (said with a very heavy heart)
3. Ride a roller coaster in another country
   Closely related to the previous one, its got to happen in 2018. I love them and its time to go further a field to see what others are doing.
4. Go to a new part of the world
   Regular resolution and its a great one to have.
   
5. See more comedy
   I can’t really believe I didn’t go to any comedy last year, got to make changes to include some comedy in 2018.
6. Explore more about the brain using neuroscience
   Massively interested in the power, quirks and processing of the brain; from the dreams it creates to the way it processes memes. The recent talk reminded me how much I love this area. Certainly like to see more talks like that.
7. Only eat artisan chocolate unless its Kitkat, Twix or Maltesers
   I like chocolate but I decided a while ago that I should only really eat a certain percentage or higher. My tolerance for lower cocoa is dropping and like my cocktail choices; its time to avoid the rubbish stuff. Chocolate tasting confirmed this and the cocoarunners subscription should offer enough to keep me away from the rubbish stuff. I decided I should give myself some outs.
8. Do more with my Estonian e-residency
   I want to do more with my e-residency and its about time, I started using this state backed digital identity to do more. Even if its just signing documents as me.
9. Make better use of the online services I have paid or invested in
   I have paid for quite a few services like Plex, Standard Notes, Trakt, etc. They have all passed the point of me thinking this is good and I should support it for what ever reasons. Certainly need to connect them up with local services like ttrss, etc using ifttt.
10. Be more daring in matters of the heart
    Last year was a quiet year for me, mainly because I was away so much and frankly I’m quite disillusioned with the current online dating platforms. Its time to find something else. There has to be better and I need to find it.
11. Explore the future of online dating
    Following on from the previous one… I have thought about this, written about this, talked about it and its time to try something.
12. Decentralise more and use POSSE more
    Time to move away from these centralised services and look for open source alternatives which value a distributed, federated, loosely connected models. I take what I said about my role in Mozfest quite seriously. Started using Mastoden more and been using things like Standardnotes, Wallabag, etc… then syncing or publishing elsewhere under my own steam