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So here we are, the first day of the last semester of my second college career and, unlike Calvin up there, I have come up with a few things to focus of this year to hopefully help me grow as a person. I started off with a pretty lengthy list but narrowed it down to 4 things that focus on different parts of my life. Also, I’m trying to focus on overall results, not necessarily using a certain path to get there. Hopefully that flexibility makes more a better learning experience.

1. Read 50 books
During my summer in NYC last year I started reading more often and probably got through 8-10 books. I found some stuff I enjoyed and now want to stay on that path by reading more. Also, since I’ve been so stuck on reading non-fiction books for the past few years when I have found time, I’m going to make sure that at least 10 of the books I read this year are fiction. I’ll try to put up some comments each time I finish one, but I can’t promise each book will deserve a full scale review.

2. Dunk a basketball
I used to be able to do this. I figured I could probably still get pretty close. I was wrong. Granted I was wearing jeans and dress shoes at the time, but still. I need to get in better playing shape.

3. Systolic BP below 120
Weird one, I know, but I’ve been battling unexplained high blood pressure for about 4 years now (seriously, they can’t find a single thing medically wrong) and even with medication I rarely dip below 135/78ish. This year, I will figure out what has to happen, whether through full scale diet change (but I like salt!), running a LOT more, or figuring out a way to stop stressing out over everything.  Who knows, maybe I’ll even manage to fight my way off the medication.

4. Start a stats website
I do way too much with statistics to not finally get a site set up for them. Which ones? That’s a good question. I figure that will sort itself out when it needs to.