h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Seeing as today is the first day of the rest of my life, here are some ridiculously optimistic resolutions off the top of my head...

- make a round tour of north London's public library systems and throw various heavy books on various dusty counters, paying off various rather large fines while I'm there of course, and then step out into the early autumn sunlight(?) sighing with a deep sense of release
- wave my arms in the air quite a lot, this being my preferred method of celebration
- go for a decent haircut

Ok, that lot should be fairly easy. But wait - this is where it starts to get complicated...

- start figuring out how I can earn a proper living with a Humanities Masters (ie, do some IT courses instead)
- become a competent chess player (long term project this one)
- one or two h2g2-related things to attend to (articles, etc)
- start planning my escape route from London (somewhere a bit less radioactive, a place with air that you can actually breathe)
- leave off reading novels for a little while (no, make that a long while...)
- have a go at writing one instead
- go for long solitary walks
- study lots of esoteric philosophy
- stop smoking those dreadful cigarillos
- stop taking sick days
- start being (fairly) nice to people again

Well, the Thing To Get Out Of The Way has been Got Out Of The Way, and now I can admit that the last two years have worn me down a little. So many things to do in life, and only one short time available to get any of it done. I hate the idea of being stuck down in any one particular area. Methinks I shall be exercising (or trying to) that capacity for self-renewal that I keep boasting about to people. I might even redesign my h2g2 homepage...

Go for the optimisism!!!

make that "optimism" geesh...I should preview before posting.

Hmmm. Nah - I tried optimism once and it nearly led me to despair. I think I'll stick with realism - as much as possible, anyway...