Hi there! How are you? I hope you are well!

Ok, here is the thing: I just read an article about new year’s resolutions and suddenly I remembered: hey, I’ve got resolutions too…

Oooook! Which are my resolutions? I cannot even remember…. Let’s do some self-criticism here.

I will go through the list you can find (if you want of course.. who gives a damn about my resolutions but anyway.. haha) in this post:

New Year Resolutions 2018

First things first: how many I made? 11???? I can see now… I had a lot of free time to spend on them!! 🙁 I was not working at the time.

So, let’s begin the dive to the subconscious mind.. haha

1. Study chinese language and practice it more: Nope! So far, nothing…
2. Study italian language and practice speaking it more: This one is more vital for my everyday life, so yes! I am on it!
3. Study and master Data Structures and Algorithms: Nope! Just bought the books: 4-5 HUGE books 🙁
4. Master React or React Native: Yep! Doing it!
5. Keep building side projects and finish unfinished ones: Yeah on the first part, nope on the second!
6. Contribute more to Open Source projects: Yep! Did it on if-me.org but not for too long… Maybe I will resume! I have not found anything really really interesting so far.
7. Start looking for other ways to advance one’s career such as a Master’s degree, look for suitable degrees in the Netherlands for start: Nope! Still making circles in my mind.. No real action!
8. Focus more on practicing best techniques and design patterns in writing software, acquire and read some books too for this reason: Done!
9. Start public speaking in local events about software development and ‘Why not?’ in bigger and more famous conferences and meetups and DevDays: Good news! I have not made a talk yet, but I am actively involved in the local community. I became one the co-founders of M.U.G. And I am very proud about it!
10. Keep writing more and more articles that provide great value in my blog and share knowledge with the community: The rate of writing has dropped but the promise is not abandoned! 🙂
11. Start investing money when job is acquired: Job is already acquired, investing money is not done yet! Bummer..

So, in general it seems to me that I have prioritized subconsciously the goals I want to accomplish! But, in general I put too many (as always) and naturally I will not get all of them! Nonetheless,

Cheers

Alla prossima..