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As my birthday nears, I keep reflecting on my previous post about the tasks/goals I set for myself at age 26.   If I wanted to be pessimistic, I’d say that I did pretty well in failing to achieve even half of these goals, but I’m not going to go that route.   Instead, I’ll think of what goals I did achieve and what I’d like to work on more.  In the meantime, I made a list of more “realistic” goals that I think can be achieved over the course of a year:

1. Take a long vacation by myself overseas.

2. Write at least 1,500 words per week.

3. Become a better photographer.

4. Run a half marathon.

5. Master the art of wardrobe minimalism

6. Start taking dance lessons.

7. Scale back drastically on the meat eating.

8. Become a better blogger.

9. Complete rock my first year of graduate school.

10. Find at least one thing  to smile about each day.