2008 Goals
January 2nd, 2008
Well, as the new year is here, it seems to be a tradition of setting some new year resolutions. I’m not going to do that. It’s a crappy way to set goals, and statistically, it’s unlikely to stick. Instead, I’m going to lay out my goals in a much more general sense. I’m ambitious, but I think everything here is perfectly plausible.
Without further ado, here they are:
- Published in a peer-reviewed journal within 4 years. I have a lot of knowledge to gain first, so I don’t want to be over ambitious. My gut was to say 3 years, but that is much less realistic. Everything goes well, it could be as soon as this year, though.
- Enter into a Doctorate in Neuroscience program (possibly at Berkeley) within 4 years. I need to get ‘official’ biology studies under my belt first. Yes that would mean that I would get published as technically an undergraduate, but walls are there for you to show how bad you want something.
- This year settle on a school to study biology officially at. UMKC is the obvious front runner, but I’m looking at UC Boulder, and UM-Morris (I want to study with PZ) as well.
- Return my body to tip-top condition. I’ve neglected this for far too long.
- Reduce the clutter in my apartment within the month. I’ll be getting rid of many books, unfortunately.
- Get rid of my cable. This should be an easy goal. The harder thing will be changing my life so I not so dedicated to the latest favorite episode of ‘Bones’ or ‘House,’ or the latest KU game, and spend my time doing something more productive.
- Go someplace I’ve never been within three months.
- Finish my book concerning the Argument of Hell
- Go to a State I’ve never been to within the Year
- Go to another country within 5 years
- Get my playing chops back in shape. I’ll need to take my euphonium into the shop first. It’s gotten out of playing condition as well. It needs a tune-up.
- Finish up the new data system at my job.
That’s enough for now. I probably should be more specific, but those will get lost in the shuffle. For now, I have something to focus on, and even if these things don’t work out, at least I’m focused, which is better than the alternative.
