At the beginning of a new year, I usually do some resolutions, and occasionally even have some success with them, but to kick off this year I’m thinking more in terms of “goals.” Even though I’m a words guy, I find that I am interested in numbers and can be motivated by counting stats, so—almost entirely for my own reference, although I would be delighted if anyone else gained any sort of edification—here are a few things I’m interested in accomplishing by the next time the ball drops.
I’ll note that while all of these numbers represent improvement from 2024 (for those items I kept track of), I’m hoping they are conservative and relatively easily reachable. I’d love to revisit this post in three or six months and revise some of these numbers upwards.
- Steps: 2,000,000
- Gym visits: 52
- Theater visits: 10
- Live sporting events: 10
- Library visits: 70
- Books read: 40
- Short stories read: 52
- Blog posts: 20
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