The Cali Garmo

I was perusing my newsfeeds and I noticed that someone had posted about new years resolutions and how one person did 52 things in 52 weeks for 2013. I thought it was a fun idea so I've decided to make my own list for 2014 to see if I can do it myself. Here we go!

My Resolutions for 2014

• Mathematics/School
  • Complete my Masters Programme with 80%+ [Got 76%]
  • Get at least 70% on dissertation [74%]
  • Get into a PhD programme [accepted at Manchester Uni]
  • Present 1 seminar [on noncrossing partition graphs]
  • Read a math paper and understand it
  • Come up with 1 new theorem [Created a lemma]
  • Go to 12 'non-PhD' seminars (12+/12)
• Learning
  • Learn conversational French
  • Relearn conversational Spanish
  • Relearn to play saxophone
• Film and Television
  • Watch 6 movies in Spanish (0/6)
  • Watch 6 movies in French (0/6)
  • Watch 4 documentaries (4/4)
  • Finish Watching all of Star Trek Voyager (Season 7/7)
• Reading
  • Read 26 math books (3/26)
  • Read 2 Betrand Russel Books (0/2)
  • Read 12 fiction books (5/12) [Flatland, Inferno, Old Man's War, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Cryptonomicon]
• Health
  • Get and maintain a 6-pack (4th attempt)
  • Eat out at most 3 times a week
  • Drink at most once per week - Wine excluded
  • Dance 3 times a week [became too expensive]
  • Create a new recipe each month
  • Have no sweets for a month
• Travel
  • Visit Tampa, FL (DLP Convention)
  • Visit 4 new countries (1/4) [Spain]
  • Visit 4 new cities in UK [Cheshire, Lancaster, Bolton, Handforth]
  • See my family at least once
  • Visit France
• Finances
  • Get out of 'personal debt'
  • Go one month without 'want' spending
  • Spend under £200 for food 1 month - February
  • Save all 1p, 2p, 5p coins in piggy bank
• DLP
  • Complete MyDLP 3.1
  • Complete MyDLP 3.2
  • Perform 3 atlassian upgrades
  • Get JIRA authentication working
  • Miss at most 1 team lead meeting
  • Find a 2nd MyDLP developer
• Websites
  • Update and maintain thecaligarmo
  • Update math blog once per week [decided to focus on other goals]
  • Update eurovision daily from March/April until the competition
  • Update this list weekly [darn brain...]
  • Get email working
  • Create resumé page
• Personal Development
  • Be true to yourself
  • Update facebook status at most 4 times a month(10/12)
  • Use social networks less often
  • Do daily devotionals
  • Attend church at least once every other month
  • Do Armenian Lent
  • Go one week without doing anything social
  • Go on 1 date

Last updated: 22 Dec 2014

Current Statistics:

• Successfully Completed: 31
• Failed: 21