It's been an incomprehensibly intense year for me! Pasting my original list from the very first lineup: Definite failure on that one, though I've largely recovered from the mental weight of shitty-ness in the morning, thanks to attitude and coffee. Mission accomplished. Mission a-fuckin'-complished. Source: Staying level-headed, being open and cool to new faces and old friends, and taking it easy. Lol. I did fine. I finally got back to regular exercise thanks to the wrestling season, regained a lot of lost weight (very quickly), now I'm slowly recovering my strength with really patient, concentrated workouts in addition to practice with the team. Can't begin to explain how great it feels to be back in the rhythm of gettin' sweaty. Ahahaha Long-term: I actually made more music this year than I ever thought I would! Thanks to Logic Pro X and a MIDI keyboard I borrowed from my high school music lab, I've got a ton of stuff saved in my hard drive and a few jams and experiments on multiple Bandcamps :) Got a Congressional nomination to West Point from my Congressman, which is the last step before WP makes a final decision. It's looking pretty good, but completely unpredictable at this point :) I must add, my greatest accomplishment this year is none of the above. It's mostly the new $20 coffee dripper I bought off amazon, which changed my life for the better in replacing my shitty, watery, old French press. Lookin' forward to a fuego 2016!1)Inspired by tng (thank you!), I will go to bed by 11pm at least 2 nights a week.
2) I will score >2200 on the SATs. This is very short-term and freaking me the fuck out.
3) I will put insecurity behind me. I can't just decide to put depression behind me, but I will not surrender to it and waste my time which is, at this point in my life, far too valuable for teen angst.
4) I will break and stay in the A-range (90%+) in my AP US History course by the end of this month.
5) I'll get back in the gym (for fuck's sake) without guilt or pressure so that I can maintain a reasonable and balanced routine again. I will be consistent until June.
6) No weed until the beginning of March.
7) I will learn to create an electronically-recorded song or two in the style of SBTRKT or Thom Yorke, depending on where it takes me. Then I will put an EP up on Bandcamp.
8) I will get into a college that will make me feel proud of myself. I will pursue the application process with no regard for unnecessary pressures from parents, friends, or teachers. I will be accepted into the best college that I can, and by best I mean the best for me.