2020 began with lofty goals and ended with a frayed sigh of relief, so naturally it’s time to jinx 2021 with some new resolutions!
An Overview #
tl;dr More exercising, less meat-eating, more reading, less doomscrolling
Just like shipping projects beats watching tutorials, I suspect writing pushes some skills further than just reading alone. Enter the krishnapa.tel blog, with some resolutions on the side.
- Exercise at least 30 minutes a day, every day
- Read 12 non-fiction titles
- Write 12 blog posts
- Go full pescatarian
- Engage in more responsible media consumption
Exercise #
Exercise is way easier now that there’s a full set of plates, a barbell, and a half rack downstairs paired with Reddit’s 6 day PPL split. Additionally, I invite the world to shame me since my workout activity is being broadcast to the world at my TMI health dashboard. Ignore the white spaces on the heatmap…
Reading #
Reading fiction is easy. Reading longform is a struggle. Reading a full on non-fiction book seems like something only Krishna The Student from years gone could accompolish. I have a bunch of titles I collected over the years sitting on my nightstand. This will be the year I actually go through them.
Writing #
Writing blog posts is intimidating. I have a bunch of pieces in a notes folder that I’ve shied away from publishing. It’s time to unearth these gems over the next few weeks.
Pescatarian #
On my slow, year-by-year journey towards being a vegetarian again, it’s time for the last in-between step: being a pescatarian all year. I heard an old friend (a pescatarian) once claim fish aren’t animals, then revised that statement to "fish don’t have blood" followed by "fish don’t have feelings". I hope I don’t fall into that kind of madness.
Media #
I want to more mindfully watch TV or read longform. Too often, I half-heartedly watch a movie or scan articles.