{"id":8716,"date":"2017-07-01T07:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T11:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=8716"},"modified":"2017-08-11T13:33:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T17:33:33","slug":"resolution-progress-2017-first-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2017\/07\/01\/resolution-progress-2017-first-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution Progress 2017: First Half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2017\/01\/01\/resolutions-2017\/\">Original<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2017\/03\/31\/resolution-progress-2017-first-quarter\/\">First Quarter<\/a> ; <strong>Half<\/strong> ; Three-Quarters ; Final)<\/p>\n<p>For the first half, I should have progressed about 50%. So, let&#8217;s see where I am.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read 52 books.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0First half goal: 26 books. I\u00c2\u00a0have actually finished 28.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hit 20,000 pages.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0First quarter goal: 10,000 pages. I have actually finished 8,867.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read politically.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Total 10. First half goal: 5 books.\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"A Nation of Immigrants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1433010.A_Nation_of_Immigrants\">A Nation of Immigrants<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Pedagogy of the Oppressed \" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/858881.Pedagogy_of_the_Oppressed\">Pedagogy of the Oppressed<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"The Origins of Totalitarianism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/11854948-the-origins-of-totalitarianism\">The Origins of Totalitarianism<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a class=\"gr-book__titleLink gr-hyperlink gr-hyperlink--naked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13579707-future-perfect\" data-reactid=\".ietfpqvj0g.0.1.$=1$13579707.1.1.0\" data-tracking-dfp=\"true\" data-tracking-pmet=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;book_title&quot;}\">Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age<\/a><\/em> <strong>DONE4<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18668154-blue-collar-conservatives\">Blue Collar Conservatives: Recommitting to an America That Works<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<b>DONE5<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/11324722-the-righteous-mind\">The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion<\/a><\/em> <b>DONE6<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/29954134-democracy-for-realists\">Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>IN PROGRESS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read on decision making and influence.<\/strong> Total 10. First half goal:\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6349490-super-crunchers\">Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13579707-future-perfect\">Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age<\/a><\/em> <b>DONE2<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Flow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/19669336-flow\">Flow<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<b>DONE3<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Fail Fast, Fail Often: How Losing Can Help You Win\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20445148-fail-fast-fail-often\">Fail Fast, Fail Often: How Losing Can Help You Win<\/a><\/em> <b>DONE4<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/8536015-fooled-by-randomness\">Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets<\/a><\/em> <b>IN PROGRESS<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>African American and mixed study.<\/strong> Total 10. First half goal: 5 books.\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/27161178-hidden-figures\">Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Between the World and Me\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25489625-between-the-world-and-me\">Between the World and Me<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21408358-the-devil-in-america\">The Devil in America<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<b>DONE3<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Kindred\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/60931.Kindred\">Kindred<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<b>DONE4<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/29209.The_Color_of_Water\">The Color of Water: A Black Man&#8217;s Tribute to His White Mother<\/a><\/em> <b>DONE5<\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Africa: A History\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/32323800-africa\">Africa: A History<\/a><\/em> <b>DONE6<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read the book and (re-)watch the movie or TV series.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Total: 5. First half goal: 2.5 books.\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"Out Of Sight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/288962.Out_Of_Sight\">Out Of Sight<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a class=\"gr-book__titleLink gr-hyperlink gr-hyperlink--naked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/349347.American_Gods\" data-reactid=\".ietfpqvj0g.0.1.$=1$349347.1.1.0\" data-tracking-dfp=\"true\" data-tracking-pmet=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;book_title&quot;}\">American Gods (American Gods #1)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/37100.Devil_in_a_Blue_Dress\">Devil in a Blue Dress\u00c2\u00a0<span class=\"darkGreyText\">(Easy Rawlins, #1)<\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22521575-in-the-heart-of-the-sea\">In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex<\/a><\/em> <strong>DONE4<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Neverwhere\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6479879-neverwhere\">Neverwhere<\/a><\/em> TODO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish the book series.<\/strong> Total: 8. First half goal: 4 books.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Miss Peregrine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Peculiar Children<\/em> #2-3.\u00c2\u00a0TODO<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/41494-tarzan\">Tarzan<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0#4-9. Finished #4-5.\n<ul>\n<li><em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/589898.The_Son_of_Tarzan\">The Son of Tarzan (Tarzan, #4)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/474111.Tarzan_and_the_Jewels_of_Opar\">Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (Tarzan, #5)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/338593.Jungle_Tales_of_Tarzan_Tarzan_6_\">Jungle Tales of Tarzan (Tarzan, #6)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<strong>DONE3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/338580.Tarzan_the_Untamed\">Tarzan the Untamed (Tarzan, #7)<\/a> <strong>IN PROGRESS<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40422.Tarzan_the_Terrible\">Tarzan the Terrible (Tarzan, #8)<\/a> TODO<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/828196.Tarzan_and_the_Golden_Lion\">Tarzan and the Golden Lion (Tarzan, #9)<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>TODO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Summing the goals, I am about 1.5 books ahead, which is pretty good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exercise.<\/strong> My trainer was made the general manager of the gym and as a result had to give up his clients. The new trainer is working on breaking me of the bad habits in favor of how he wants me to lift. As a result, these below goals are counterproductive until I find a good place in the new program.\n<ul>\n<li><del><strong>Bench 290 pounds (1RM).<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0I ended 2016 at 240\u00c2\u00a01RM.\u00c2\u00a0First half goal: 265 lbs.<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><strong>Squat 360\u00c2\u00a0pounds (1RM eq).<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0I ended 2016 at 310\u00c2\u00a01RM.\u00c2\u00a0First half goal: 335 lbs.<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><strong>Deadlift 425\u00c2\u00a0pounds (1RM eq).<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0I ended 2016 at 375\u00c2\u00a01RM.\u00c2\u00a0First half goal: 400\u00c2\u00a0lbs.<\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Original ; First Quarter ; Half ; Three-Quarters ; Final) For the first half, I should have progressed about 50%. So, let&#8217;s see where I am. Read 52 books.\u00c2\u00a0First half goal: 26 books. I\u00c2\u00a0have actually finished 28. Hit 20,000 pages.\u00c2\u00a0First quarter goal: 10,000 pages. I have actually finished 8,867. Read politically.\u00c2\u00a0Total 10. First half goal: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[256,986],"tags":[2942,94,2944,2120,466,2195,1816,2943],"class_list":["post-8716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-novels-writing","category-43things-personal","tag-bench-press","tag-books","tag-deadlift","tag-goals","tag-resolution","tag-resolution-progress","tag-resolutions","tag-squat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1rUBW-2gA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}