Monday, December 29, 2025

New Year's Resolutions 2026


Okay gang, it's time for New Year's Resolutions!

As is tradition, we start by reviewing the previous year:

Met: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15

Missed: 7

Pick 'em: 9 ("most" probably is fair, but I have good chunk of unframed prints in my basement), 11 (I was pretty good by the end, but no master)

Hey, that's pretty good! I need to be more ambitious!

(1) Get tenure.

(2) Write a new law review article.

(3) Have a new course approved by the curriculum committee.

(4) Host a great Super Bowl/40th birthday/1st birthday party.

(5) Visit a museum in France.

(6) Acquire a significant (for me) piece of art.

(7) Adjust to Nathaniel being in daycare.

(8) Travel somewhere between France (in June) and the Loyola conference (in November).

(9) Do an event with the Portland Art Museum's Graphic Arts Council.

(10) Finish the year with a Chess ELO of over 1300 (blitz).

(11) Write more blog posts in 2026 than I did in 2025 (138).

(12) Do a formal "activity" with Nathaniel (e.g., swimming lessons or music classes).

(13) Purchase a flight or hotel with credit card points.

(14) Submit "Power, Vulnerability, and Impunity" to a journal.

(15) Read at least five books on art.

1 comment:

Maggie said...

Wow! Very impressive. I hope to get out of bed each morning for the New Year.