Nearing the end of 2009, I naturally began thinking about what I wanted to do in 2009.

For some reason, I felt obligated to make this one of my biggest years. I guess that comes with starting my career, moving to a new city by myself, and turning 21. So, I sort of cheated. I thought about making a list. But that’s too definite. I don’t want to check items off of a list this year. Instead, I want to do so much that heading into 2010 all I can say is “Damn, now that was a good year.”

So my only resolution this year is: Do everything I want. No thinking. No procrastinating. No phone sex (relax, I mean “All talk and no action”). Just do. No more being lazy. No excuses. There are so many things I want to accomplish that it’ll take me days to write a ridiculous list.

I want to write. I mean really write. I’ve been meaning to write a book for ages, as a matter of fact that was last year’s resolution. And here I am, nearly 356 days later, and I’ve barely one chapter written. I want to lose more weight. I did that last year, but I want to lose a lot more. I’m a chunky kid – don’t think I don’t know it – and now that I’m officially single and being as how I’ve realized first impressions mean everything New York, well, all this extra Bryan is going down the drain. I want to continue playing cards at a higher level, and building a bank roll fat enough to get into the World Series next year. Or maybe just the WPT. Whatever. I want to get on some tour. I want to achieve the quality of work that a Junior Art Director can do. I’m surrounded my an obscene and almost dirty amount of talent at work, and my mentor is one of the best in the game. What better atmosphere to learn from? I want to take advantage of that. I want to photograph. It’s a serious hobby of mine and between work, cards, and now writing, it’s tough to squeeze in the time to hop on a train and head into the city. But like I said. This year? No excuses. Just do. I want to meet a woman. Being a bachelor is nice, but it’s always better to wake up to a beautiful pair of brown eyes in the morning and getting a kiss before and after work. Who doesn’t want that?

And now as I’m free-writing this I realize that I am building a list after all.

This is a pretty calm and standard post on my blog, but I wanted it to be out there. I wanted it to be on the record. I want to look at this in a year’s time and feel like my achievements completely squashed this blog entry.

And for all of you out there who have similar tasks ahead of you this year. I raise one for you. Let’s get it done. It’s game time baby.

Bry

PS – I also added a page called “Inspiration” on the left side. It contains pictures and images that have moved me in one way or another. A lot of is pictures of women, but theres a lot of photography and design related things. It’s everything that I find beautiful. Touching. Moving. Whatever. Anything that sparked some sort of emotion with me. Think of it as my own private gallery.