Targets

I guess its time to get down to some specifics, but before that I should probably make a note or two. Having thought about the things that will be on this list is has to be said that its looking wildly optimistic. Not only because there are a lot of things on the list but also with a history of not sticking to things there is some doubt whether I will even complete any of these things let alone all of them. Having said that, setting realistic aims would be no fun at all. It should also be said that I don't at all see these things as easy to do and it may be far more sensible to choose just one, maybe two things to accomplish in a year but I don't really want to choose even if i thought I could. The result of this will probably be that I will continue to make little progress at a lot of things. partly for this reason some of the list is somewhat vague, but this hopefully will not undermine my efforts.

the first thing I will list may or may not be the most important depending on your point of view and that is that regardless of success or failure at the rest of the list I will keep this blog as a record of my progress.

1) Keep this blog updated regularly
2) Guitar: become 'good'
3) Piano: become 'good'
4) Bass: become 'good'
These sound hideously non specific, but I know what I mean and hopefully you do too.
4) math make a serious start at leaning advance math.
Again 'serious start' could be not very much, but I hope it wont be.
5) Fitness: 120 push ups, run 12 miles
This one I really didn't know what was a realistic goal for one year but it made sense to me to put some numbers on there.
6) Rubik's cube: solve in less than 3 mins
I don't really know why. I guess every time I see one I wish I could solve them.
7) Art: complete one piece per week.
One painting a week seems like a reasonable amount to stick to.
8) Music: write and record album.
I've given myself a year to do an album. I havn't decided if im going to get other people to help write/perfom it yet. I have a pretty good idea about whats going to go on it but at this point none has been written yet.
9) Poetry: 1 poem p/w.
Nothing here to say they have to be any good but this does mean writting one poem I am happy with each week.
10) Singing: Decide for once and all if its possible that everyone can sing and if so learn.
I know I can't sing but I've heard people say that anyone can sing to a certain level with some practice so im gonna give it a shot.
11) Philosophy.
12) Theology.
13) Physics.
Ok so these three are a bit different from the rest and possibly should not be on the list. people can spend their entire lives learning about just one of these things. My goal here is not to become an expert by any means but just to understand a little bit more about these subjects that interst me.
14) Meditation learn.
15) Tai Chi.
These are too things that I think would be hugely benificial to do on a regular basis.
16) Juggling: 50 catches with 5 balls
A challenge I set myself a while back and never quite got done.
17) Skateboard: learn flatland tricks.
I'm not quite sure if it was rodney mullen or tom green who made me want to learn to skateboard.
18) Language: learn French.
I wanted to try and learn a language and there was a few I wanted to try. French was chosen because I learnt (and forgot) a bit of it at school and because once i can speak some it wont be too hard to go visit.
19) Magic: Learn some tricks.
Because my friends know all the card tricks I can do!

So there it is 19 sometimes somewhat vague things. I'll go into a bit more detail as I start each item. Some of these goals may be deffinatly accomplished before the year is out, some may be reviewed at the end of the year to decide if I made it or not.

As for this blog and you, any advice, tips, good websites or pointers are more than welcome. what do you think of my choices? which do you think will be the most difficult to make progress in?