**Resolutions** My high-level goal for 2025 is to make music with my life. I want apply what I’ve learned from making art and exploring the creative process to **_everything_**. More concretely, I want to become extremely efficient at going from an idea to full end-to-end output that tests the idea. **_Immediate action and immediate feedback from the real world on my ideas._** I also want to make as much money as possible. I will start by becoming a better investor of my own portfolio and excelling at my job. As I learn how to build more things that could generate larger opportunities, my wish is that I can slowly bring focus towards projects that I’ve built and eventually be in charge of my own income streams.  On a personal level, I want to re-orient my life around a few guiding principles. I’m also looking at things like an investor in this domain. The investments that I’d like to make are in Beauty, Joy, Truth, and Progress. Practically, here is a list of real things that I can do in that domain: 1. Immediate Responsiveness 1. I want to be shameless in my response times to messages. If I see a message and can respond I will, even if that response is “I don’t have the mental space for this right now, let me get back to you” 3. Follow through on everything 1. If I tell someone I’ll read an article this afternoon, I will. The corollary to this is that I need to be more honest with myself and others about what I will and will not do.  5. Find better ways to rest 1. The biggest challenge in my day-to-day existence is my reliance on time-wasting devices to pass time. YouTube, social media, video games… These things can be generative, but I mostly abuse them. This is something I hope end this year. However, to do this effectively, I need to put a better form of short term pleasure in their place.  7. Be more expressive about what I love 1. This is something I was once quite good at but have gotten away from. Tell people what I love about them, share what I love about music, technology, architecture, etc… There are opportunities to share Beauty and I want to do this with no shame.  9. Wander 1. I firmly believe that long walks and spending significant time in silence are two of the most important tools to generating Beauty, Truth, Joy, and Progress. I will prioritize these two things above almost all else once again.  Finally, I’d like to learn how to **_give_**. I want to be generous with the resources that I have, and I believe that spending time, money, and attention on valuable things always compounds back to you. It is mutually beneficial to give as much as you can, and learning how to do this is a skill that can be developed.  In short, 2025 is the year that I hope to bring together all of what I’ve learned in the last 5 years since graduating college and begin seriously building the future that I want to live in. My relationship to money has been healed, my relationship to self is more stable than it has been, my desire to create is stronger than ever, I’ve learned how to be consistent, and I’m now surrounded by an network of incredible people.  With the changing world, I believe what Trent said on NYE is true. To come out on top in the next decade one must generate Social Capital, Financial Capital, or Physical Capital, but one can do all of this by following Beauty, Joy, Truth, and Progress.