New Year's Resolution 2012

I can't believe it's been 3 months since my last post to the blog. After setting a schedule, dropping said schedule, and then finally restarting for one post, it's sat neglected and ugly. My only excuse for not blogging is laziness but it has been an incredibly busy/exciting fall. Moving to Cambridge, sleeping on couches, 3 hour commutes, and two freelance jobs have consumed the majority of time. I had the opportunity to work with three great companies in 2011 and hopefully 2012 will help me grow even more as a professional.

I've never been the resolution type but something hit me over the weekend that inspired me to try. It may have been the hipster glasses or possibly even the obscure mix of cocktails that resulted in an interesting ride home from Brooklyn, but something made me fully commit to the Tech Industry (whatever it was resulted in a drunk email to Dennis Crowley...why no Mail Goggles on the Droid...work on that Google). In order to continue working towards my goal of starting a company I'm going to set the following three goals/Resolutions:

1. Get a job as an Analyst or Associate with a VC firm (Preferably EIR but I'll take what I can get).
2. Blog more consistently
3. Get Less Sleep

1) I've yet to find a job that will pay me for reading Mashable, Techcrunch, blogs, or for networking, learning about cool new products, and advising startups. Enter a VC firm. My daily routine is that of a VC with cash to back it up. Unfortunately, I've only seen 2 such position in the past 10 months since starting this path. Hopefully 2012 will bring better prospects as I'll be sending my resume to a few firms today. My first resolution will be to meet at least 2 VCs or Angels per week to learn more about the industry and getting started.

2) It's no surprise I want to blog...but blogging consistently has been my Achilles heel. You can't build an audience without consistently delivering remarkable material but you've got to avoid the trap of posting for the sake of posting. Hopefully posting on recurring topics will help me build quality content while also producing consistently. This goal leads to my next resolution of downloading, testing, and reviewing three new apps per week. These could be Droid or facebook (hopefully iOS soon) apps and may be new to the market or just new to me. This resolution should also support my first goal as I should be able to leverage that knowledge/experience in any interview. 

3) Some pledge to sleep better as their New Year's resolutions but I'm taking the opposite approach. Entrepreneurs have to be working around the clock and I've been hindered over the past 12 months for medical reasons. The blinders are off and 2012 will be the year I start to resemble my sleep deprived college self.     

Are resolutions really meant to be broken? Am I setting myself up for failure? Only my health and work ethic will decide...and possibly the end of the world...