2014 goals

Resolutions are a recipe for failure. They're good intentions that we make at the start of the calendar year, only to give up on them by sometime in March. I've made them in the past, and most of them have not been successful.

This year, I'm making some goals. They are mostly incremental improvements that are realistic and time-bound. Here they are:

• Spend one hour per week practising the piano.
• Read the first two Harry Potter books (one by March, one by May).
• Read two other novels (1984 by August, Animal Farm by October).
• Floss daily.
• Read one Bible chapter daily.
• Finish working through my Mandarin coursebook (one chapter per month).
• Join a small group at church (by January 31).
• Back up my files on a regular basis (never more than a month behind).
• Finish converting camp VHS tapes to digital format by June (on average, 5 cassettes/month).
• Blog once a quarter on a religious topic.
• Blog one a month overall.

Basically, these are goals that I believe will help move me forward in various areas: writing, intellect, relationships, camp, and so on. I also have other goals that are not shared here (related to work and personal health), but they are similar in nature.

Happy new year, everyone!