let's revisit.

• 1: be nicer to Ben.
• 2: call faraway friends more frequently.
  • no numerical goals to compare to
• 3: visit close-by friends more frequently.
• 4: go swing dancing at least once per month.
  • on average, I think I succeeded
• 5: practice yoga at every opportunity.
  • succeeded approximately half the time
• 6: finagle another year at my job.
• 7: become more confident in the kitchen.
• 8: yell less whilst driving.
• 9: go for a walk a week.
  • mission not accomplished (MNA)
• 10: cut my hair.
  • MNA
• 11: be proactive at work, especially in early spring.

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• 12: learn more about native plants; HTML; filing taxes; agricultural policy; cars.
  • MNA
• 13: visit at least three places that are three or more states away.
  • Ariel, NY (3 states away from MD...and it's upstate)
  • Emily, MA
  • John and Bryan, CA
  • Kenneth, MN
  • MNA
• 14: begin volunteering regularly
  • YMCA
  • Arundel House of Hope
  • Real Food Farm
  • MNA
• 15: find some new albums to listen to.
• 16: swim and bike more.
  • MNA
• 17: remember the birthdays of others in advance.
  • MNA
• 18: reinstate NPR's Sunday Puzzle podcasts.
  • MNA
• 19: do something cultural at least once per month (music, theater, museum).
  • MNA
• 20a: read five classic novels...
  • the world according to garp
  • appointment in samarra
  • the joy luck club
• 20b: ...and five works of contemporary fiction...
  • never let me go
  • the windup girl
  • the yiddish policeman's union
  • east, west
  • little bee
  • incendiary
• 20c: ...and five nonfiction books.
  • freakonomics
  • devil in the white city
  • the spirit level
• 21: experiment with stick shift.
• 22: dress up once a week, even if there's no reason to do so.
  • MNA
• 23 (bonus!): plan and plant a garden in our raised bed.
  • succeeded about 20% (it's a small bed)

let this be a lesson against being overly ambitious.