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Well, even though 2011 has been a very productive year for me, what with achieving most of the goals I set out for myself and making some important strides in my personal growth, I still strive evermore towards greater self-improvement. As such I’ve begun jotting down resolutions for the New Year. Here’s a sneak peek at what I’ll be up to in 2012.

1. Become a better friend to the semicolon. Too often I give the comma preferential treatment, like if the semicolon invites me to do something I put it off to see if the comma comes through with a better offer. See, I even did it in that last sentence.

2. Brainstorm new ideas at the Panda Express with my pants on. This also ties in with my resolution to get arrested less. (Note to self: pants around the ankles do not qualify as “on.”)

3. Procrastinate less; see also “No more hunting for old couches to burn in the middle of the street.”

4. Read more. As in, read more carefully. Do I have any idea what’s in those fried cheezy WhatzItz’s?™ I’ve been eating while at the computer? And this just in, apparently they’re made on the same equipment that extracts dirty fuel from oil sands.

5. Live more in the moment. And if polishing the last paragraph of Chapter 10 is that moment, then tending to a loved one’s gunshot wound or rescuing a cat from the oven will just have to wait.

Obviously this is just a draft list, and surely more resolutions will occur to me as I peer even deeper into the darkest recesses of my soul these final ten days of December. But now what about you? Any personal and/or professional improvement projects on the docket for 2012? What are your New Year’s resolutions?