What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it?
This year, I had a plan to build my own computer. It was gonna be awesome, and run TOR much better than my laptop. (Gaming-wise, I've had a one-track mind for a while now.) I could keep said laptop for my travels, and work on a much faster unit at home. Fear stopped me: what if I blow the assembly and fry a component or something? That's too much money lost, even if building from scratch is considerably cheaper than buying out of a box.
I kept this plan on the back burner. When Papa Sherrell asked me what I wanted for Christmas (on Friday, mind you), I said "Actually, nothing. There's nothing I want that I don't plan to get myself." I expressed myself this clearly because my derp of a sister bought exactly the video game that I had purchased as her Christmas present. (She got an IOU for the game of her choice instead.) I honestly didn't expect the folks to drop that much money on a gift for ol' Dash - they haven't since early college years. And why should they? For me these days, Christmas is more about the giving than the getting.
(If I say so myself, I did some pretty awesome giving this year - the fact that there are two copies of Saints' Row: The Third in the house is evidence of that.)
I was humbled and shocked to see a similar IOU among my presents: good for one computer. I'd actually discussed my DIY plan with Dad a while back, but he seconded my fears - we're going with out-of-a-box.
Building my own still seems like a fun thing to try, and I've heard it's fairly easy to do. Perhaps somewhere down the line, maybe when the New Hotness needs an upgrade, I'll revisit the idea. Hopefully by then, the financial commitment won't feel like as much of a risk.
That won't be next year, of course, but someday. It's always good to try new things.
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