At the beginning of the year, I made a 26 for 26, which is a list of 26 mini-goals for 2026. Here they are with their status. I use ✅ for done, 👌 for easy, ⚠️ for hard but possible, 🛑 for probably will not get done.
- ⚠️ Bench my weight: getting closer but at a plateau — might need to lose 10 pounds :)
- ⚠️ Be able to do 10 pull-ups: I think I might get there. Losing 10 pounds would also help this
- 👌 Make a meal with soy curls: Not done
- 👌 Find a place locally where I can get Fermented Bean Curd and Nattō: Farmer’s market had Nattō. Still looking for bean curd
- ✅ Add A+ Content to the Amazon page for my book: Done
- ✅ Try Amazon ads: Done (wasn’t worth it)
- ✅ Go to an intermediate Spanish meetup: I use iTalki instead, but I’ll probably try this too.
- ✅ Cook one new thing from each vegan cookbook I have: Done
- ✅ Leave 10 books in the donation mini-libraries around town: Done
- 👌 Hang pictures of my family in my guest room: Not done, but my excuse is that I moved apartments. Should be easy though.
- 👌 Go to a live musical: Not done yet, but did go to a play about Earth Kitt. Should be easy.
- ✅ Go to a NY Liberty game: Done. Went to opening day in NY.
- ⚠️ Go to at least one arena-sized concert: Not done.
- ⚠️ Have a coffee or lunch with someone who lives in my building (see Improving My Social Connection Index): Not done, which is a little embarrassing
- ✅ Join a gym that has a social component: Done. Crossfit.
- ⚠️ Host someone new for dinner at my place: Not done yet, but maybe doing #14 will fix this.
- ✅ Try three new restaurants for dinner in Sarasota: Done
- ✅ Try two new restaurants for dinner in NYC: Done
- ⚠️ Go for a weekend away to a new place in Florida: Not Done
- ✅ Attend a local political gathering: Done.
- 👌 Release something new to open-source: Not done, but my raylib game could either be a candidate or spawn off something.
- ⚠️ Get App-o-Mat on current Django and back to being a live server (not static pages): Not done.
- 🛑 Publish 10 articles on third-party sites: Not done, and probably will not happen.
- 🛑 Appear on 5 podcasts: Not counting my own, I’ve been on two.
- ✅ Publish 10 episodes of my podcast: Write While True Podcast: Done, and more are coming
- 👌 Write 10 Amazon Book reviews for books I love: Done some, should knock this off soon
So 11/26 done, which is less than 13 at the halfway point. Not horrible.