I have seen posts like this floating around and then the other day I listened to Hanselminutes where Scott and Carl discussed the subject. I figured my enthusiasm has been lacking lately and maybe this would be a good way to bump it up a notch.
I need to find a new way to get Microsoft products to learn on. One of the clients I used to work for had been paying for my MSDN subscription. With that gone and my current company being a miser with the developer tools I need to come up with a new plan.
The next thing I am going to work on is blogging more. If you are going to have something to say you have to be learning. One thing that helped when I first started blogging was to make a list of things I wanted to blog about and post the list. I managed to cover about 80% so it served its purpose.
I am also going to get back to working on my certifications. This isn't because I want the piece of paper, but because it will force me to study the topics.
Lastly I am going to get more involved with the development of the .NET and architecture practices within my company.
Now for the fun part. I am going to tag some people who may or may not appreciate it: Ahsan Alam, Rolando Avila, Jason Hoekstra. Have fun with it guys.