I came across a post in Gary’s blog revisiting resolutions he made back at the start of the year, it now being quite a bit past the halfway mark. I then remembered I made some resolutions this year too, let’s see how I’ve done.

• do some freelance design - ended up deciding against this one for the moment, although I had a few people who were interested. I think working at work is enough for me at the moment!
• become a better print designer - DONE! Well better, yes, but as my starting point was fairly low it wasn’t particularly hard. Plenty of room for more improvement.
• figure out how to take decent happy snaps with my little camera - slightly better, but not a lot. Did get a lot of great tips on the PIP Forums though.
• train harder at kung fu - not hard enough :(
• become a good drummer and lion dancer - better, yes; good… uhh not really.
• lose weight - was actually doing really well at the start of the year… until my gym membership ran out and it became too cold to get up easily in the morning. Regressed a lot here.
• get stronger (I’m such a crappy weakling I have trouble open jars D:) - did get a lot stronger while going to the gym, not sure how I am now though.
• watch more foreign films - if anime doesn’t count here, the only foreign film I’ve watched is Pan’s Labyrinth
• draw faster - DONE! Though again, plenty of room for improvement as I think I’m still far too slow.
• master artist’s anatomy - ack, why do I set myself such impossible goals? Can anyone say they’ve really mastered anatomy?
• draw faces with expression - DONE! Once again more room for improvement, but I think I’ve improved pretty significantly in this area.
• experiment with new mediums - DONE! Check out my clay experiments.
• work with permanent media, like copics, ink, paint - nope.
• be more friendly and bold - DONE! Well I think I’m getting over my shyness a bit at least - I can speak confidently with clients at meetings, mingle better at social gatherings.
• make more friends - DONE! I’ve become good friends with members of PenCafe, networked more with people in the local web industry and made a few friends in my Japanese class.
• catch up with old friends - DONE! Hooray for FaceBook.
• forgive people - DONE! I’ve never been particularly great at holding grudges, so it wasn’t too hard.
• see if makeup really is worth all that effort - DONE! And it is, I suppose, though only on special occasions. I have no idea how people can wear it every day.
• wear more pretty clothes :) - DONE! Feeling a lot better about the way I look, in terms of clothing if not physically.

Not too bad eh?