I don’t think you should make resolutions because they are designed to fail by being too stringent. What you can do, however, is take steps towards reevaluating the self and have personal goals.  You can have goals that would take a year or so and have some end in sight.

A goal I had back in 2008 and 2009 was to read one book a week. That’s 52 books a year (52 weeks in case you are wondering). In 2008 I read one book every week for 44 weeks. I slacked on the rest because some  books were just really boring and some just took too damn long.

This year I want to change things a little bit by tweaking the system.

I want to read 52 books that are non fiction only. The fiction thing I can read on the side (I highly recommend the GRRM Song of Fire and Ice series) to help me sleep but that doesn’t count. These are books that’ll help me with insights into business, management, gaming, photography and other areas of interests.

I’m not going crazy here, the whole idea is to increase my knowledge and help my blog develop with sharper opinions by reading more. The book I’m starting with is an autobiography by Gordon Ramsay, that loud chef, called Playing with Fire. I will still post the learnings I get from each of these books and my notes like Derek Sivers does so well.  You can find them starting next week here.

And if you are looking for book recommendations, here’s a good list.