Some people succumb to the day to day of life… school or work, eat, sleep, repeat.  Sounds boring.  Even if there’s a goal, e.g., a promotion or graduation, all of these are undefined future achievements that  are merely culminations of prior work.

Tip #284 (a totally arbitrary number) for avoiding humdrum:  Have a concrete event or happening to look forward to!  What’re your plans?

Here’s a tentative month to month for me… January: Durham, NC; Snow Trip. February: 2011 IUI Conference, maybe Getaway somewhere in here?  March: Durham, NC along with 2011 NUBC.  April: Cruise around the Gulf of Mexico.  May: May’s TBD.  Am I allowed to go to GoogleIO?  Summer: It’s summer. adventures everywhere! End of August: Start fulltime at Microsoft!