2012 New Year's Resolutions

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So as the new year is coming up, I finally made a list of my New years resolutions. (For those of you who don't know what this is, basically it's just a list of achievements that I want before the NEXT new year, so now it would be goals to achieve before January 1, 2013). I want you guys to tell me if you think these goals are too high, or if I could push even more and still be successful.

Here is the list:
Averages:
.....NOW .... THEN
2x2 10s ...... 5s
3x3 23s ...... 16s
4x4 1:35...... 1:15
5x5 3:15...... 2:15
6x6 N/A ...... 6:00
(Note: I don't have a 6x6 yet, but I should be getting one for my Birthday in the end of January)
7x7 18:00 .... 9:00
3Bld 4:00 ..... 2:30 + Consistency from 40% to 70%
OH 1:10 ..... 30s
Pyra 14s ....... 8s
Sq-1 1:45 ..... 45s

Do those goals seem reasonable, or should I change some of them? Thanks.
 
Providing the world doesn't end (2012, etc) I plan on:

2x2
1. sub 6 avg 3o5
2. sub 8 avg 10 o12

3x3
1. Full OLL + PLL (with actual decent recog+execution on each alg)
2. Sub 15 single non lucky
3. sub 18 avg 3o5/ sub 19 avg 5o5
4. sub 20 avg 10o12
5. learn/complete a blindsolve.

4x4
1. learn k4
2. sub 1.30 avg 10o12.

5x5
1. sub 2.30 avg 10o12

The goals in bold are the key aims. Outside cubing I wanna get back into running, get a sub 35 minute 10k time (maybe not possible this year but next year defs), oh and make sure I'm doing the honours project I want in my Final year at Uni.
 
All these for average times...

2x2 - lol
3x3 - sub-15
4x4 - sub-1:15
5x5 - sub-2:30
OH - sub-30

Also, a blindfold success would be nice.

Also, outside of cubing, getting accepted to a good college would be nice.
 
2x2: Sub 3/learn SS/learn CLL
3x3: Sub 12/finish ELL/learn CLL
4x4: Sub 55
5x5: Sub 1:40
6x6: Sub 3
7x7: Sub 4:20
Megaminx: Sub 1:30
BLD: Sub 3/better accuracy
BigBLD: learn/success
Otherpuzzles: get better at

I actually expect all this by the end of school. Then I get real serious.

Real life:
Dont **** school up.
Do better than a 1700 on the SAT
Get accepted for college
Loss some weight
Get faster at running
Do something about my body hair
Look in general more like my avatar
 
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3x3-Sub12 ao100.
4x4-Sub55 or whatever
5x5-sub 1:50
6x6-Sub3:30
7x7-sub5
BLD-sub40

Non cubing
Keep up a good running regime. Get a sub 3:45 marathon (preferable near 3:30)
Get sub19 on a 5k (preferably near 18 flat-ish)
Finish up college and go into the police academy (this one will be tight)
 
2x2: Learn CLL and Average Sub-3
3x3: Average Sub-12
OH: Average Sub-25
4x4: Average Sub-50
5x5: Average Sub-1:40
6x6: Solve one.
7x7: Solve one.
BLD Success

Other:
More As in classes.
 
3x3: sub-10 single, but meh, don't really care.
4x4: sub-50 avg
5x5: sub-1:30 avg
6x6: sub-2:30 avg
7x7: sub-4 avg
Megaminx: sub-1 avg 12, then finish learning Horseface cases PLL
Hopefully get a 5BLD success

Get better at tricking
Get a girlfriend
Get accepted into a good college
Perfect 3 clubs, refresh 3 balls, then learn 5 balls
Drink lots of Mountain Dew
 
2x2: sub-10, currently around 15ish seconds average.
3x3: sub-30, currently 40-45ish average
4x4: fast enough to make most competition time limits, currently 5-6 minutes.
Have a go at FMC
Learn to solve 5x5, pyra and sq-1.
Maybe have a go at BLD.
 
All times given are sub the number. These are all estimates of what I'm going to get actually, because my goals are a bit too stretched. :p
Current -> Then
2x2 6 -> 4
3x3 16 -> 11
4x4 1:30 -> 1:00
5x5 2:30 -> 1:45
6x6 6:20 -> 4:20
7x7 15:00 -> 7:00
OH 45 -> 27
3x3 BLD - 5:00 -> 2:00 (going to really concentrate on this
4x4 BLD and maybe 5x5 BLD success
Pyraminx 15 -> 10
Megaminx 6:00 -> 5:00
Square 1 1:30 -> 45
 
2x2, a good 4x4, 5x5, pyraminx, and megaminx -> puzzles I intend on finally adding to my collection
3x3 speed 29s -> 15s
3x3 blind 4 mins -> 90s

Need good grades. Time to buckle down. Aiming for at least an A- average.
Learn to cook :)
 
This thread puzzles me. Is it about 2012 New Year resolutions or about 2012 New Year solves ? This is a recurring joke on francocube because "resolution" and "solve" both translate as "résolution" in French, but the joke insn't supposed to work in English...
 
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