Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A 720 Degree Arc: 2026 Resolutions

1.      Health

a.      Exercise: At least gym 3x/week, walk 2x/week, yoga and stretch 1x/day

b.      Medical: Remain up to date on medical care – including primary, dentist, neurologist, cardiologist, and physical therapist

c.      Maintain average phone screen time below 6 hours per week

2.      Advocacy and Volunteering

a.      Fulbright

                                                      i.      Remain engaged as Fulbright alumni

                                                    ii.      Participate in Fulbright Canada alumni committee

b.       DPCC

                                                      i.      Attend Platforms & Resolution Committee and Communications Committee monthly

                                                    ii.      Draft a policy resolution and publish 30 social media posts

c.      MDA Advocacy:

                                                      i.      Remain engaged with email campaigns and monthly webinars

                                                    ii.      Connect to local efforts

d.      Defeat Duchenne Canada

                                                      i.      Continue volunteering monthly preparing news summaries and

e.      Toastmasters

                                                      i.      Support club reaching at least Distinguished Status

                                                    ii.      Complete Levels 2-4 in Engaging Humor path

                                                   iii.      Fulfill area director requirements

                                                   iv.      Participate in district transition committee

3.      Languages

a.      Japanese

                                                      i.      Study N3-N4 vocab and grammar

                                                    ii.      Watch two one-cour anime without subtitles

                                                   iii.      Achieve basic conversational proficiency

b.      Urdu

                                                      i.      Memorize alphabet and learn basic grammar

                                                    ii.      Achieve basic conversational proficiency

                                                   iii.      Redo Mango app exercises

4.      Media Consumption

a.      Gaming

                                                      i.      Complete: Omori, Knights of the Old Republic, a Ys game, and two other games

                                                    ii.      Read: Utawarerumono: Prelude to Fallen, House of Fata Morgana, and two other VNs

b.      Watching

                                                      i.      Western shows: Columbo and one other show

                                                    ii.      Movies: See at least 10 2026 films and 30 films total

                                                   iii.      Anime

1.      Complete ZZ and Unicorn Gundam

2.      Finish Cardcaptor Sakura and Heidi of the Alps

3.      Conclude rewatch of Natsume

4.      Watch at least 3 TV anime from the 80s and 90s

5.      Watch Kira Kira Precure

c.      Reading

                                                      i.      Complete Infinite Jest and read nine other books

                                                    ii.      Include at least one book from the 1800s

5.      Media Creation

a.      Write 7 blog posts a year asides from year end including at least two reviews

b.      Craft two fictional stories of more than 3 pages


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