The List: Updated

Last month, as I approached the halfway point of my 31st year, I took a look at my list in order to sort of measure my accomplishments thus far.  Looking over it, though, I realized that a number of the goals had no measurable level of achievement.  So I went back and revised the list.  I did my best to attempt to make finite, achievable goals while not compromising the list.  All that being said, here's the new list.

Physical

• Create and maintain a long-term free weight workout
• Work up to being able to do at least 30 minutes of cardio at a time
• Learn short-form Tai Chi and Qi Gong
• Create and maintain a healthy lifestyle conducive to steady weight loss

Spiritual

• Reach a basic understanding of the tenets of a non-Christian theo-philosophical belief

Personal

• Make three new friends
• Find a penpal who lives at least 200 miles away and begin paper correspondence
• Learn at least 25 new skills

Professional

• Become certified in social studies
• Find gainful employment
• Find and subscribe to an educational research journal

Academic

• Achieve proficiency with one foreign language
• Work through two college-level texts
• Read and review 15 books (10 fiction & 5 non-fiction)
• Memorize 3 poems or monologues

Music

• Learn musical notation
• Learn 10 new covers
• Write 3 new songs
• Discover twenty new bands/artists

Writing

• Create and maintain a website, generating steady traffic
• Finish first fantasy novel
• Write 5 short stories
• Write 5 essays
• Write 10 poems
• Write a one-act play
• Enter 3 writing contests
• Publish at least one piece of writing

Art

• Fill a sketch book
• Take twelve new photo sets
• Complete three woodworking projects
• Learn to cook 10 new dishes