Goals setting for 2024

Goals setting for 2024
Image from Ralph Kison

As I just graduated from high school in 2023, what awaits me in 2024 is a longgggg break and the start of university.

The simplest version of my 2024 calendar

If I don't set goals for this year, I'm gonna end up squandering my time and I'll regret it. So, I hereby present myself a list of goals!!

Things to celebrate in 12 months

Basically defined goals

Well, let's treat goals like adventure, and spice things up.

  1. Able to perform 20 new cardistry combo or difficult tricks, and document them
  2. Can understand the anime Horimiya without looking at the subtitles
  3. One deep dive blog for any Anime every month
  4. Have 200 trades completed this year on paper trading
  5. Become a pro Photoshop user
  6. Edit 30 videos successfully
  7. Lose 5 kg of weight through exercise and healthy diet
  8. Read 50 books
  9. Publish 100 blogs or articles for this website
  10. Able to perform 20 new yoyo tricks, and document them
  11. Complete all CFAB self-study

What inputs I need to do on daily basis

Basically I shouldn't just dream about it but defined actions

Able to perform 20 new cardistry combo or difficult tricks, and document them

  • Practice 1 new cardistry combo every 2 weeks
  • Record my progress every day
  • Find 2 other simpler tricks to practice when bored

Can understand the anime Horimiya without looking at the subtitles

  • Daily Duolingo
  • Create a vocabulary list from the subtitles of each episode
  • Study on the grammar and sentence structure from the subtitles

One deep dive blog for any Anime every month

  • Find 4 animes I like for the season
  • Document a summary and edit out the favourite clips for each episode
  • Compile them together into a blog
  • Make sure I finish writing one blog at the end of every month

Have 200 trades completed this year on paper trading

  • Finish Adam Khoo's Stock Trading course I and II in February
  • Start trading 20 trades per month if possible. But don't trade when there's no good trade
  • Keep track on the trading tool excel sheet

Become a pro Photoshop user

  • Search on YouTube for 3 skills on Photoshop every week
  • Practice them on different pictures, and save the comparison pics in a folder
  • Review the 12 skills at the end of each month

Edit 30 videos successfully

  • List out the genres of videos I want to edit in the motive to learn a specific skills
  • Take out 10 hours a week to edit videos (during the break)
  • Learn about copyright issues and methods to avoid them
  • Upload them on YouTube for documentation purpose

Lose 5 kg of weight through exercise and healthy diet

  • Craft a list of exercises to do following hybridcalisthenics
  • Block out 30 minutes everyday to exercise
  • Take a picture of food I eat everyday, and review on them every week
  • Review on what I can do better to reduce calories while make it less scary to practice and procrastinate

Read 50 books

  • Choose 5 books at the start of every month to read
  • Block out 10 hours to read every week
  • Find the most interesting book to be blogged
  • Publish 1 book review blog every month

Publish 100 blogs or articles for this website

  • 11 blogs on books review
  • 10 blogs about university experiences
  • 5 blogs about my internship experiences
  • 5 blogs about my high school experiences
  • 40 blogs on my interests
  • 29 blogs on random things

Able to perform 20 new yoyo tricks, and document them

  • Practice 1 new yoyo trick every 2 weeks
  • Record my progress every day

Complete all CFAB self-study

  • Finish study Accounting in February
  • Finish study Assurance in March
  • Finish study Business, Technology and Finance in April
  • Finish study Law in May
  • Finish study Management Information in June
  • Finish study Principles of Taxation in July

Stay tuned for Quarterly Review

at the end of March 2024


In March 2024, I will do a review and an analysis of the goals, and ask if they are still worth pursuing. :>