Blue Ion New Year’s Resolutions

2016, is here and along with the fireworks and hassle of having to buy a new planner comes the promise for self improvement  and/or silly resolutions-mostly silly resolutions. We asked the team to share their goals for 2016 and several of our more ambitious or indecisive team members had multiple items on their to-do lists. It looks like this is going to shape up to be a fun year at Blue Ion. Cheers 2016!

Rich Yessian

• Fly myself to the Bahamas. 
• Get better speaking Spanish.
• Get better at the sax. 
• Pick up piano again. 

 

Nic Lauretano

• Fly with Rich to the Bahamas.

 

Tyler Pate

• Begin all of my personal design projects that I keep putting off. One example is to do 100 paintings in 4 months. Paintings will be my take/version of cartoons that I grew up to.
• Also try to get in on the trip to the Bahamas.

 

Robert Prioleau

• Hit at least 25 states in the Travelmaster RV…without breaking down.
• Perform lounge act while Rich plays the piano.

 

Brian Dadin

• Find a hobby that doesn’t involve a computer. Please write suggestions in comments.

 

Erin Spencer 

• Try to read as many books as Netflix shows I watch.

 

Jason Gillespie

• Get my passport.
• Beat Chris Simpson in ping pong.

 

Jenny Badman

• More yoga and outside time, less screen time.
• Go on a writing retreat.

 

Casey Gold

• See how big I can get my beard before my wife tells me to shave it.

 

Chris Simpson

• More camping trips.
• Build a set of cabinets.
• Squat 400 pounds.
• Grow my beard bigger than Casey’s.

 

Ansley Jones

• Squat 400 pounds.
• Grow my beard bigger than Casey’s.
• Write a blog post.

 

Matt Bailey

• “Be here in this moment.“

 

Lauren Stitely Cook

• Spoil my dog. More.
• Learn to do a headstand. On purpose. 
• Create 50 new recipes for the cookbook I am writing. Current count: 2.
• Wear less makeup.

 

Greg Lantz

• See live music at least once per month.

 

David Wood

• To eat curry more than 6 times a week.
• To shoot in the 70’s.
• To give up news.
• To play and work with reckless abandon.
• To master the art of copy/paste.

 

Dan Pressly

• Step 1: Acquire all remaining gear necessary to go backpacking. 
• Step 2: Go backpacking and get lost for a while. 
• Paint myself like one of those French girls. (Unrelated to steps 1 & 2.)

 

Bennett Coleman 

• Finish my official ranking of all of Nicolas Cage’s best works.