Resolutions for 2014

2013 recap

• Conducted the bulk of my formal fieldwork for my dissertation.

• Visited NYC for fieldwork.

• Returned to CA from DC via the annual conference of geographers (AAG) in Los Angeles.

• Oxford Internet Institute’s Summer Doctoral Programme (funded through FundRazr!) in Toronto.

• Began writing for The Sights and Sounds.

• Saw 5 peer-reviewed journal articles and white papers come out in print.

• Wrote a chapter of my dissertation.

• Decided I wouldn’t apply for jobs this year.

• Was interviewed formally twice and informally twice (4 times total) about my research.

• Took a strange, yet fun and memorable, road trip through central CA and ended up on a short hike in the Pinnacles.

• Hiked Big Sur and Garrapata.

• Ran hundreds of miles.

• Gluten-free.

Resolutions for 2014

• Finish my dissertation.

• Get a job.

• Finish reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicles, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Ulysses (this is the third year this was on my list of resolutions), The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

• At least once a month - more if possible - write a blog post here and an album review for The Sights and Sounds.

• Facebook sucks. Don’t get on more than once a day.

• Don’t take on more work. Just finish things.