Purpose#

I want to try something else this year and publish all my goals and aspirations for 2026 so that I may view them at a glance.

The goals below are divided into three categories: Goals Spirtual, which address abstract personal matters, Goals Temporal, which address other personal matters that are possible to concretely measure, and Goals Material, which address career-wise matters (you will hopefully hear about them on this blog!).

There is also a number to each bullet point’s right. They add up to 100. At the end of next year I will look back on each of these items and assign myself a grade; if this system ends up working well, I will try to continue the tradition into 2027.

Accountability#

Unless otherwise stated, the threshold for “passing” any daily tasks at the end of the year is set at 300 days, obtained by defining the entire month of January as a free pass, and the rest of the year with a 90% success rate ($(365-31)*0.9 = 300.6$), rounded down.

For tracking… let’s use a spreadsheet. There are four of such items, and four accompanied two-letter codes that I have created for them. I will figure some counting system out at the end of the year.

OK, So What Are They?#

Goals Spirtual (20) #

  • Continue to not regularly use any social media platform (8)
  • Be a more honest, humble, down-to-earth version of myself (8)
  • Be more well-spoken, avoid internet slang (4)

Goals Temporal (44) #

  • Read for at least 15 minutes daily (RE: 8)
  • Reduce (mobile) screen time to <=2 hours daily (ST: 10)
  • No screen time after midnight, and wake up no later than 8:30am (BE: 8)
  • Jog/Bike for at least 20 minutes in >= 200 days (EX: 8)
  • Release my debut EP (6)
  • Publish something interesting at least once a month on this blog (4)

Goals Material (36) #