Start a blog. Create a blog and post daily for a year, reach 5,000 views. Achieved! I posted all but two days this past year, despite all the business and challenges of everyday life. As for view count, I’m at over 600,000.

WikiRandom. Set homepage to Wikipedia Random Page, so every time I open my browser I can learn something new. Semi-successful. I did this for awhile, but got bored with it within a month or two.

Travel. Travel throughout the United States and to several major world regions. Welll… I went to Flagstaff, AZ and Los Angeles, CA. I’m hoping for bigger and better travel adventures in the coming year.

Learn more about spirituality: Read the basic texts of the major religions, visit places of worship. Be open-minded and take what I can away from each. Semi-successful. I visited a Buddhist temple and have read about a few different religions and spirituality in the broader sense.

Learn a new language. Subscribe to a language learning podcast, read language-learning books, attend a language club to practice. Next year it’ll happen. I’ve taken Spanish, so I started off the year practicing, but it’s hard to commit to something with seemingly little practical application.

Microlending. Loan money to an entrepreneur through Kiva.org. Success! I’ve made 4 loans through Kiva this past year, relending money as it was paid back. Beyond being a goal on some silly list, it is a neat and fulfilling program to be involved with.

Acquire at least three new skills. Become functionally proficient, not necessarily an expert. Attempted. I got a camera, gardened, dug out and purchased more arts and craft stuff, started an acting class, attempted to teach myself piano, but nothing that I really enjoyed. Unless you count fiction writing – maybe that’s my new skill.

Read 52 book over the course of the year. Major success! Also, my favorite accomplishment. 52 sounded out-of reach a year ago, but I trumped that goal, reading over 70 books in 365 days.

Stay in shape. Eat healthy, join a gym, spend time doing things outdoors. Attempted. Thanks to good genes, I’ve never had much of an incentive to exercise. I took a cardio class, as well as a yoga class (both of which I enjoyed) and already eat pretty healthily. But I still feel no motivation to transition from “naturally skinny” to “natural skinny and athletic” – maybe next year.

Toastmasters. Attend a Toastmasters class. Become comfortable with basic presentation and public speaking skills. That did not happen. It is something I would like to do at some point in the near future.

Become a better writer. Practice writing daily, learn new vocabulary, read different styles of writing. Success? Considering how much writing, the variation of writing, and the reading I’ve done over the past year, I like to believe that I’ve developed my writing skills. 

Perform random acts of kindness. Donate time and money, take advantage of every opportunity to do nice things for others. Send people hand-written notes. Done! This was another favorite goal. It’s amazing how good it feels to do something nice for someone else, and it’s wonderful seeing their reactions.

Finances. Learn how to manage finances, budget money, and invest. Fail. I have very little interest in money. I live minimally and don’t spend money I don’t have and that work well enough for now.