Changelog

Anywho, I have been on a tear, learning and changing little things in my life and want to use this thread to prioritize my projects, track my progress, get advice and organize the threads on which I am already getting advice.

Completed Projects

typing - touch typing
movies - get back into film
smoking - stop
sports - dive back into sports
drugs - stop

My Current Project List

• Reduce work -
  Goal: work less than 90 hours a week
  Dependencies: finish projects
  Plan: finish commitments and cease to accept new ones
  Timeline: 5 months
  
• PHP / SQL-
  Goal: master PHP and SQL (i.e. top 1%)
  Dependencies: time to practice on complex solo apps
  Plan: Am undertaking it now
  Time: ongoing project that will likely take years with my current schedule.
  
• Photoshop -
  Goal: learn photoshop for web graphics.
  Dependencies: basic conceptual knowlege
  Plan: a friend is teaching me the basics and she gave me a book, will practice when possible and ask her for help.
  Time: undetermined (depends on how some other things go)
  
• Reduce credit cards -
  Goal: pay off credit cards (3) and cancel one.
  Dependencies: None, this is a pre-emptive strike at credit cards limited only by my income.
  Plan: not much to it
  Time: 4 months
  
• College -
  Goal: get a degree in Computer Science
  Dependencies: financial aid, reducing work schedule, figuring **** out
  Plan: Do what it takes to go to college, starting with a community college and transferring if possible later on.
  Time: wicked long.
  
• Basketball -
  Goal: return to my previous levels of play.
  Dependencies: fitness (50%), no smoking (done)
  Plan: continue to go to the gym daily at lunch, play whenever there are opponents.
  Time: 3 months
  
• Tennis-
  Goal: learn to play
  Dependencies: fitness (enough for tennis), no smoking (done), parners who are commited to playing regularly and who can tolerate a beginnerfor a while (candidates)
  Plan: find out who is serious about playing
  Time: 3 months
  
• Piano -
  Goal: learn to play.
  Dependencies: I now have the equipment
  Plan: Keep following the software teaching plan.
  Time: unknown
  
• Typing -
  Goal: 110 wpm.
  Dependencies: Typing tutor software (done), new keyboard (to buy).
  Plan: just practice
  Time: unknown
  
• Drawing -
  Goal: return to a lifelong love.
  Dependencies: paper and pencils (bought), inspiration (pending)
  Plan: none, should only be for enjoyment. maybe go to the cove and draw the sea.
  Time: no completion
  
• Portuguese -
  Goal: maintain Portuguese
  Dependencies: people who will practice with me (some candidates)
  Plan: practice online and in cafés.
  Time: none
  
• Spanish-
  Goal: learn Spanish
  Dependencies: people who will practice with me (some candidates)
  Plan: practice online and in cafés.
  Time: none
  

Other Projects/changes Planned

asp - start coding
paintball - take up paintballing as a regular hobby
read - make a habit again
write - start writing
clothes - accept green and other non-neutrals as a viable colours and add them to my wardrobe
cooking - start cooking again
food - find new staples
painting - buy supplies and return to painting
alcohol - start, I haven't been drinking my share and I'm letting the poor workers in the beer factory down.
music - discovery
racing - start going to LA to race
motorcycle - learn, license, buy
guitar - learn
chess - master
surf - learn
dance - multiple

Other Threads

Piano
Tennis
Film