Academic Studies Goals
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Recent Academic Studies Goals (13 total)
Autodidacticism 2026
- Read average of 35 pages per day - Abide by core curriculum This year I've changed the way I think about my annual reading goal. Instead of going for a total number of books, I'm stripping things down to more fundamental and meaningful metrics
Read 35 Books in 2025
I read 38 books in 2025, most of which are pictured here. I logged an average of 29.7 pages per day and an average book length of about 283 pages. While I did surpass my main goal of reading 35 books this year, I came up short in several subcategories. I wanted to have an average of 30 pages read per day. I also wanted to have finished the Odyssey and a book about Frederich Nietzsche that I had started earlier in the year. I'm currently half way through both volumes and will have to finish them in 2026. Despite this I am counting this goal as completed. This has been my best year of reading yet and I am excited to continue the mission in 2026.
My goal for this month is doing all my turns clean and smooth
Seeing all my friends doing it and my mom saying that she loves turns and me waning to make my gamely proud of me
i want get better at math!
ive always failed math and i always wanted to get better at it! ive been trying really hard to get 100 on my math tests! i got an 80 today in math so im pushing myself to get a 100!
Get my grades up to at least a C!
I want to be able to focus more on my work in class but I really struggle communicating my needs to my teachers! =• A lot of the kids in my classes are rambunctious and I can’t handle it. =| Not to mention that I have zero motivation. My school has a no phone policy now and that includes any headphones without wires, and finding a quite place to work is hard
Hubert Dreyfus: Man, God, and Society in Western Literature – From Gods to God and Back
Reading List - The Odyssey - The Oresteia - The Aeneid - Gospel of John - The Divine Comedy - Pensées - Moby Dick This was a course taught by Hubert Dreyfus at UC Berkeley. My goal is to read each book in order and listen to the accompanying lecture afterwards.
Read the Major Ancient Greek Works
I want to read the major works of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes in order to acquire a foundational understanding of the western literary tradition. These Include: - The Iliad ☑️ - The Odyssey - The Oresteia - The Theban Plays - Medea - The Bacchae - Lysistrata - The Frogs and Other Plays
Read 4 books in 30 days
2 fiction, 2 non fiction. I need entertainment and to keep getting new stuff into my brain.
pass the bar (ah!)
It does not feel like a 65% is good, but it’s passing so I’ll take it. Now to work on my weak areas🦥
Complete my masters thesis by March 2025
Submitted for grading. Not sure when I'll hear back, but SO PROUD I FINISHED!
Complete Series 66
I passed my series 66 and now fully licensed adviser
Continued Education
I'd like to use my free time to continue my education and enhance my skillset. I need to hold myself more accountable in the evenings to review coursework and to complete courses. Currently two classes with edx that I am working on: Super-Earths and Life CS50's Introduction to Computer Science Both are at less than 10% completion. I will dedicate 60 minutes per day to coursework and I will track weekly. I will post a course log with timestamps to keep track.
Learn the Level-Set Discrete Element Method
Be able to use the LS-DEM method to 1) simulate the plasticity of crystals and 2) study multiphysics mechanical behaviours.
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