Am I cutting material from my initial list of goals? Absolutely! Am I trimming down because I am lazy? Nope! This past weekend I examined all my goals for the year and came to this conclusion: I need more focus in my goals!
My goals for the year now look like this:
- Reduce overall stress
- Become a JavaScript expert (getting there!)
- Learn RegEx
- Learn a few specific ASP.NET concepts
- Learn a few specific SQL concepts
- Expand my portfolio as a developer (1/3 done with Recipe Manager)
- Write one or two short stories
- Prepare for a hike on the AT
- Finish 40 Pounds Down
The items I added to that list are really important to me, especially the JavaScript stuff. I am a huge fan of JavaScript and I have already learned a lot about it since November (standards, history, closure, implementations, JSON, AJAX, etc.).
Reducing stress in my life is a kind of generic goal, but it is nonetheless something to work towards. I am not generally a stressed-out kind of guy, but I do have a certain level of "whitenoise" stress that would benefit my life to see gone.
Finally, I would absolutely love to return to the Appalachian Trail sometime in 2012 - I am not getting any younger, after all - and I plan on spending more time training myself for this. Long hikes over the weekends, buying equipment a bit at a time, reading stories, learning about the trail - goddammit, I AM HIKING ON THIS TRAIL SOMETIME SOON. I am going to absolutely make sure that I am in the best physical shape of my life by the end of 2011 so that I can spend some time in 2012 on the AT.
Now that my list for 2011 is up to date, I am off to get some of these underway.
B3 out.
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