Restless Tumble

At the start of last year, I made an attempt to predict / hope what the year ahead had in store.  Since I’m kind of a statistics geek, I figured I’d see how it worked out.  Here are the results:

Successes in bold, misses in strikethrough

Things that will happen this year: (3/5 - 60%)

1. 5 (6? Maybe a 7th?) Weddings between June and October.  One in Seattle, one on the west coast, and the rest on the other side of the country. 
   » Only was able to make it to 4
2. Learn to snowboard. 
   » Skiing is just too fun!
3. Leave my twenties behind & Celebrate 1st year of marriage. 
   » Done and done!
4. Take a tropical/warm weather vacation somewhere.
   » Napa counts, right?
5. See Michael Jackson: THE IMMORTAL World Tour on Nov 9 (very excited!).
   » It was really cool!

Things that should happen this year: (3/5 - 60%)

1. Start coaching.  Be it soccer or running I am really ready to stop playing as much and start getting back into the coaching aspect.
   » Team Challenge!
2. See a Michigan home football game (from a luxury box?). 
   » Guh.
3. Make a career move.  Intentionally ambiguous so that a promotion, job title change, new job, starting my own thing, or going back to school all count. 
   » Point Inside!
4. Take a cooking class. 
   » I did get a gift certificate for a cooking class though
5. Get new skis and start really skiing.  
   » Boo-yeah!

Things that probably will not happen, but I hope they do: (1/5 - 20%)

1. Go to Alaska via boat.  I have been to 49 of the 50 states and Alaska is my last one.  My Father-in-law runs charters up to and from Alaska every once in a while on his boat.  I have placed my name in the deckhand hat so fingers crossed that he gets a charter this summer.
   » I did it!  Alaska!  Bears!
2. Travel internationally. Related to the previous entry, I have never been to a foreign country (Canada doesn’t count). 
   » Swing, and a miss.
3. Write a Kindle Single. 
   » This is getting less appealing 
4. Go fishing. 
   » I miss fishing.
5. Climb Mt. Rainier. 
   » One of these days. Totally.

Overall: 7/15 - 47%

47% overall isn’t too bad, but I’m bummed how low that first section is.  I guess I need to redefine “will” and “should”.