Disclaimer: This is a new year motivational thead, it is not intended to be a Grey Alien advertising thread or about me or my company in any way. I'm just starting a motivational ball rolling, so if you feel like flaming please go and set fire to a Christmas pudding or something instead. If you don't like the subject matter, please read another thead, it's just like changing a channel on your TV.
Anyway, I was recently tidying some virtual folders on my PC and I found a doc I made at the end of 2005 listing my achievements of the year, my mistakes and my goals for 2006. It was fun to see that my achievements are greater this year, lots of my goals were achieved and others sort of half were, and some of mistakes were repeated (oh no!) etc
So I thought that it might be good to do the same for 2006 and encourage others to do the same because this time of year is a good time to reflect and make new plans.
I wouldn't advise making the list huge, just a few things that seem major to you right now. Also listing the mistakes is not to beat yourself up about them, but rather to say "OK, I'm aware of that, and I'm going to learn from it and do something else (hopefully better) next time".
Also please make sure that the list contains IT related topics so the thread is not deleted. Hopefully it won't be as the thread is about *us*, forum members, so it's pretty relevent.
So without further ado, here is my list:
2006 Summary:
Achievements
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1) Released Easter Bonus, Wizard of Oz and Holiday Bonus.
2) Learnt BlitzMax and made a game framework that is very useful to me and has sold well.
3) Got my games security wrapped and on my own website with proper download/buy buttons etc.
4) Had a great summer spending lots of time outside and with my family and not working too hard.
5) Made leaps and bounds in my self-realisation/self-improvement studies.
6) Spend less unproductive time on forums :-)
7) One of my Aikido students who I've been training for 5 years got a black belt.
8) Project managed two bathrooms being gutted and completely refitted in my house.
9) Maintained my good health and attitude.
Mistakes
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1) Could have spent more time relaxing and with my family.
2) Did Easter Bonus in Blitz Plus and with good but non-flashy "modern" graphics.
3) Oz took too long and I put myself under huge pressure to get Holiday Bonus ready on time. I'm not doing that again!
4) Didn't spend enough time making music, reading or playing games.
5) Whilst I enjoyed being a full-time Indie game programmer this year, it hasn't made me much money at all - but this is just the beginning.
Goals for 2007
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1) Continued improvement in my self-realisation studies.
2) Turn my self-realisation co-venture into a huge success.
3) Spend more time relaxing, doing my hobbies (reading/music/games) and with my family.
4) Make some top 10 portal games that make lots of money so that I can continue in the same career.
5) Make some games that I *really* want to make (platformers/shooters etc), even if it's just for fun.
6) Become Rich (I'm already happy so I don't need to worry about that one).
Good luck to all of in 2007, I hope that you move closer to, or achieve, your dreams!
Anyway, I was recently tidying some virtual folders on my PC and I found a doc I made at the end of 2005 listing my achievements of the year, my mistakes and my goals for 2006. It was fun to see that my achievements are greater this year, lots of my goals were achieved and others sort of half were, and some of mistakes were repeated (oh no!) etc
So I thought that it might be good to do the same for 2006 and encourage others to do the same because this time of year is a good time to reflect and make new plans.
I wouldn't advise making the list huge, just a few things that seem major to you right now. Also listing the mistakes is not to beat yourself up about them, but rather to say "OK, I'm aware of that, and I'm going to learn from it and do something else (hopefully better) next time".
Also please make sure that the list contains IT related topics so the thread is not deleted. Hopefully it won't be as the thread is about *us*, forum members, so it's pretty relevent.
So without further ado, here is my list:
2006 Summary:
Achievements
------------
1) Released Easter Bonus, Wizard of Oz and Holiday Bonus.
2) Learnt BlitzMax and made a game framework that is very useful to me and has sold well.
3) Got my games security wrapped and on my own website with proper download/buy buttons etc.
4) Had a great summer spending lots of time outside and with my family and not working too hard.
5) Made leaps and bounds in my self-realisation/self-improvement studies.
6) Spend less unproductive time on forums :-)
7) One of my Aikido students who I've been training for 5 years got a black belt.
8) Project managed two bathrooms being gutted and completely refitted in my house.
9) Maintained my good health and attitude.
Mistakes
--------
1) Could have spent more time relaxing and with my family.
2) Did Easter Bonus in Blitz Plus and with good but non-flashy "modern" graphics.
3) Oz took too long and I put myself under huge pressure to get Holiday Bonus ready on time. I'm not doing that again!
4) Didn't spend enough time making music, reading or playing games.
5) Whilst I enjoyed being a full-time Indie game programmer this year, it hasn't made me much money at all - but this is just the beginning.
Goals for 2007
--------------
1) Continued improvement in my self-realisation studies.
2) Turn my self-realisation co-venture into a huge success.
3) Spend more time relaxing, doing my hobbies (reading/music/games) and with my family.
4) Make some top 10 portal games that make lots of money so that I can continue in the same career.
5) Make some games that I *really* want to make (platformers/shooters etc), even if it's just for fun.
6) Become Rich (I'm already happy so I don't need to worry about that one).
Good luck to all of in 2007, I hope that you move closer to, or achieve, your dreams!