Part of my new years resolution is to work harder on the various things I’ve let slip to the wayside.
One of those things is my art and my appreciation of the various mediums that interest me. I think I need to see art as being a pass time rather than a possible career choice. When I was dead set on art as a career I pressured myself into very hackish tendencies rather than for the enjoyment of being creative. I think this year will be a good period for me to really explore what’s out there and expand my skill as an artist.
On recommendation I’ve also bought John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing“, a book on art appreciation. I used to love deconstructing fine art and photography in high school and this is something I’d very much like to pick up again.
Career wise, I can finally say that I’m satisfied in my choice to be a web developer and savour the challenges presented to me each day in my career. At 23 years old I am extremely appreciative of where I am now and the opportunities I have been given over he past four years.
I’m looking forward to working with new technologies and exploring what’s out there in the open source world to see how we can apply those systems to our mostly proprietary setup.
The other thing I’d really like to do more of is freelance work. The recent design job I did for Leah was very enjoyable and reawakened my interest in the wordpress platform, which I think is my preferred cms for any personal sites I do in the future.
I also really need to focus on my health, over the past 18 months I’ve let my weight slip back up, for my own sake I need to get into regular exercise again and lay off the junk food completely.
In all I think I have a fairly positive outlook for 2008 and look forward to seeing what’s next in my life.
