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I have 2-3 days of class every week. I don’t work outside of school, so I’m left with a lot of time to manage. There are many ofttimes conflicting tasks that need to be done. It’s hard to always draw a line between distractions and social/personal obligations (especially when you’re working from home — a truly challenging activity).
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.
~Rollo May
Some may label what I’m about to say (in the words of Steven Pinker) as “shopworn topics, easy moralization and conventional wisdom”. I can understand that. However, when it comes down to the everyday decisions and actions, these ideas may not seem as “easy, and conventional” as they look.
Apart from that, I truly hope these resolutions don’t sound like #9 on this list. For fear of sounding that way, I’m going to stop writing resolution-based posts. The present document is the last in it’s category 
Finally, let me point out that this note is unusually quote-oriented. What I wanted to say has been said before, with all the right words (and music).
Without any further remarks, here are the resolutions:
