- * Be able to recognize all 1945 Joyo kanji so I can read a manga in
Japanese.
- First step: Buy Remembering the Kanji by James Heisig because the library
doesn't have it.
- Next step: Learn 100 kanji by January 31st. (Allowing time for book to
arrive.)
- Next step: Learn 200 kanji total by January 31st.
- Next step: Learn 300 kanji total by January 31st.
Next step: Learn 400 kanji total by January 31st.
Next step: Learn 650 total kanji by February 29th.
- * Read books 1-6 of Harry Potter in Spanish. (As I can't find book 7
at the library)
- First step: Borrow the Spanish Reader I found from the library.
- Next step: Read through the Reader once.
- Next step: Read through the Reader a second time.
- Next step: Do the exercises.
- Alt step: Read through the book of tales once.
- Alt next step: Read through the book of tales a second time.
- Alt step: Check out Instant Immersion Spanish e-audio.
- Alt next step: Listen to at least half the lessons before it expires.
- * Read 250 books, at least 10% of which are nonfiction. Non-English
books count double though.
- First step: Start reading on Tuesday!
Next step: Read 21 books by January 31st.
Next step: Read 41 total books by February 29th. (25 to go)
Next step: Read 62 total books by March 31st. (36 to go)
- Next step: Read 82 total books by April 30th. (43 to go)
- Simultaneous step: Read 2 nonfiction books by January 31st.
- Next step: Read 2 more nonfiction books by February 29th.
- Next step: Read 2 more nonfiction books by March 31st.
- Next step: Read a total of 8 nonfiction books by April 30th.
- Next step: Read a total of 10 nonfiction books by May 31st.
- Next step: Read a total of 12 nonfiction books by June 30th.
- Next step: Read a total of 14 nonfiction books by July 31st.
- Next step: Read a total of 16 nonfiction books by August 31st.
- * Watch 12 movies in French without subtitles.
- First step: Find a good movie in French to start with.
- Next step: Borrow and watch La Cage Aux Folles (Thanks, E!) by January 31st.
- Next step: Borrow and watch another movie by February 29th.
- Next step: Borrow and watch a third movie by March 31st.
- * Score 100 in the Clarion Submission game.
- First step: Write a story.
- * Be 1*0 pounds by December 31st. (Which means 5 pounds leeway for
Christmas fudge. ;) )
- First step: Find a class.
- Alt step: Buy some weights.
- * Get a yellow belt in a martial art.
- First step: Make some phone calls.
- * Acquire tickets to Japan. (Note, not necessarily buy, and not
necessarily for 2008.)
- First step: Price tickets to Japan.
- Alt step: Research alternative means of travel (volunteer, intern, esl)
- Next step: More research
- Alt step: Enter 5 Trip to Japan sweepstakes or contests.
2 done: 3 remaining
- * Make $100,000.
- First step: Make $1,000 in non-wage income.
$55.58 from Epinions: $944.42 remaining
- * Volunteer for an organization.
- First step: See if Room to Read has anyone local to hook up with.
- Alt step: Find some local options.
- Next step: Make a phone call.
- * Go to 3 cons.
- First step: Pre-register for Readercon (by February 18th) and Albacon (by March
31st).
- * Learn shorthand.
- First step: Pick up the library book on my floor and open it. :)
- Next step: Be able to read all the words and sentences in lesson 1 without
cheating.
- Next step: Study lesson 2.
- Next step: Be able to read lesson 2 without cheating.
- Next step: Study lesson 3.
- * Take a drawing class.
- First step: Find a drawing class.
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