52 Week Challenge

I'm not a fan of New Year resolutions. Probably because I have no weight I want to lose, money to save, and house to improve. So, new year, old me. Here is something fun instead. A 52-week challenge. 

New Experiences
1. Have as many new experiences as possible. December 31 taught me how to gracefully open a champagne bottle (actually, it was Rachel Maddow) and I kickstarted the new year in a true autistic fashion in the underground, with very few people and no obnoxious fireworks. So this will be a year of random new experiences. 
2. Devise a multimedia English-learning course (or a cohesive part of a course). This should be fun with the arrival of my new MacBook Pro later this month. 
3. Learn to cook a new dish every month (0/12)
   
   Friends & Family
4. See my mother at least once a month (0/12)
5. See at least a friend a week - which should be a breeze if James sticks with our lessons (1/52)
6. Take Pony out. Right, so this one sounds stupid but she has never even let me pay for myself. 
7. Walk Gabi myself every morning Anna can't (no lazy arse excuses this year - this one kinda sounds like a resolution, huh?)
   
   Hobbies
8. Read a book a week (0/52)
9. Write a review on every book I've read for epinions.com (1/52)
10. Update this blog at least once a week - #GeekWeekend coming right after this (1/52)
11. Do an Oscar challenge - watch all the movies nominated in the major categories
12. Study Italian 10 minutes a day on Duolingo - Too bad they don't have Hebrew. Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and English. Totally fun. Totally free. App of the year 2013.
13. Ace Paul Bloom's course Moralities of Everyday Life on coursera.org - OK, maybe acing is just overachieving, but sticking with it till the end and completing every single assignment is something more realistic I should shoot for. (Thankfully, I love Paul Bloom so this might as well be a success.)

Thirteen sounds good enough. Happy New Year and may we all find enlightenment really soon.