Here’s part of my hindsight for 2010!  (To help me with those resolutions you know.)

If I had kept up with web programming basics… If I had been making headway all along…

  1. I would be in a better position at at the company I work with. I’d be darn near indispensable in fact!
  2. I would be worrying less about bills because I’d be in a position to earn more money.
  3. I’d have more work AND more free time (wrap your head around that one).
  4. I’d be doing something more dynamic and exciting than just blogging right now.
  5. I’d be courted by companies outside the dull-end job that I’d also be re-courted by (I’d be a net-hotty in other words).
  6. My hobby sites would be potential game changers- both financially and socially.
  7. I could actually help a few people that I am indebted to with real skills.
  8. I would be saving time doing things I don’t have the time to do now but wish I could.
  9. I would get a hefty raise for my side jobs (yes, I have side jobs- the bills dictate).
  10. I would feel 10 years younger! It’s just sad when technology passes you by like a snotty nosed kid on a skateboard (esp. when you used to be that kid).

I guess my resolution for 2011 will be baby steps and exploration once again- nothing like that to get you feeling young and vital- for web based programming. Why should cascading style sheets cause such a brain freeze for me? It’s not like they’re magic or anything! And why does xhtml still sound so perverse to me? It’s all markup right? Basically, it’s all just puzzles I haven’t been interested in for too long (distracted by the sure dollar with no thought to the ambiguous future). I want to get back in to the game while there’s still time. Take a second and watch the video I’m linking if you feel like giving me a high five!