My new year’s resolution from Tangiers
Posted by Yassine on January 2, 2009
People take decisions each beginning of year. A simple search on google turns more than 100K results. Some resolutions are about daily life routine like going on diet, more blogging, doing less housework or spending more time with family while other resolutions tend to be more utopic like hoping for a pieceful world, a greener planet or more prosperity to the world.
The one thing I have learnt from taking such resolutions is that there are some things that work and others that simply never do!
This year I have decided to make a wish list for everything that I want and then shortlist it to leave the three most important resolutions to keep. This way, I will have sort of primary resolutions that constitute a priority and other secondary resolutions that might fill up the emty time slots in my life.
2008 Resolutions I’m proud of:
- Reading papers on a daily basis
- Spending the Sunday morning in a café. ( Oh yes, that’s manish!!)
- Responding to ALL emails timely
- Adopting GTD
The 2009 wish list goes like this:
- Get an opportunity to get an MA
- Workout regularly
- read at least a book each trimester
- Reach a satisfactory work balance
- Improve my presentation skills
- Travel more in Morocco and abroad to discover new things
- Publish some of my photos and get a nice pro camera
- Blog more regularly
- Make blogs by themes. One for techie, anothers for my travels with pics and reflections (no later said than done here)
- Get married!
- Seek a carreer change
- Get a car
- get a notebook (laptop)
….and the shortlist is:
To be editted shortly…


Marion Mealey said
Hi Yassine, Great New Years Resolutions! Good Luck!
I came across your blog while searching for links to info on Moroccan political parties, thanks for posting those. I am a 4th year PhD student at University of Kansas USA in Anthropology studying Urban Anthropology and Violence in Casablanca. I would like as part of my project to put together an ethnography of the annual healing celebration that the survivors of the 2003 suicide bombing hold each year in Casablanca but need to make a contact there. Any suggestions? I was in Morocco last summer studying Arabic in Ifrane. I miss it a lot! Currently I teach Biology and Nutrition at community college while working on my dissertation. I’d love to talk to you more. You have my em above. I am also on fb (Marion Mealey) if you wanted to friend me.Look forward to hearing from you, Marion
Yassine said
Thank you Marion for your comment.
I have just added as a friend on my faceook. Hope to talk to you sooner in Arabic, lol.
Yassine
Jamal said
Hi Yasssin ,
I have to thank you for this blog.Why ? coz it’s pretty light and cocktailed so to speak .I personally don’t like politics , even reading about it , but when i got the topic cooked in a beautiful and diplomatic way like you did , that’s my favourite dish .Well done Sir ,GAMBATTI!!! I appreciate the idea of RESOLUTIONS as well .
jamal .
Yassine said
Jamal,
Thanks for the nice words.
Actually, politics is not my cp of coffee neither. But I like to speak my mind once in a while…
Oh! My resolustions are still to be editted! I know I am lazy at times but I will do that for sure by the end of the week.
Keep reading,
Yassine