Goals & public accountability

2026-01-14

Inspired by Matthew Dicks in Someday is Today I want to start posting my goals publicly, for accountability. I'll repost my goals monthly along with the progress so far. The goal list is quite extensive, my thought process is that I should be able to accomplish at least 75% of it, if I'm closer to 100% I'll add more and if it's not going so well I'll shrink it. All goals must be:

  • empirically measurable
  • have a deadline defined
  • only dependent on myself (no external factors/luck)
  • fit a category: Fitness, Health, Indie Hacking, Learning, Home, Friends & Family

These are my goals for 2026:

Writing:

  • 4 Blogposts a month
  • One mobile app published
  • 8 web-apps shipped
  • 5 Corruption Blogposts

Social Media:

  • Post on Twitter everyday (once account is created and pinned blogpost published)
  • On Reddit gain 2000 karma according to llms: Established users (aka experienced users with a strong reputation) have 1,000-10,000 karma

Learning:

  • Finish TOP Foundations Course in Q1
  • TOP Fullstack Javascrip Course in Q2
  • Learn to edit videos: A blogpost about corruption, edit that video and publish it in Q1
  • Learn Romanian: Duoling everyday, and anki deck

Other:

  • Read 60 books (re-reads are okay, as long as it hasn't been read yet in 2026)
  • Visit Italy or Greece in March/April

I'll update the progress on each goal at the end of each month. Keep me accountable.