Last year, my goals were: (1) learn to program Mac OS X (2) get better at maths, basic data structures and algorithms (3) write more stuff on my blog. I accomp

Last year, my goals were: (1) learn to program Mac OS X (2) get better at maths, basic data structures and algorithms (3) write more stuff on my blog. I accomplished: (1) learned to program the Haiku OS (2) got better at C++ and OO design (3) met a bunch of awesome people in the FOSS community (4) learned version control (5) gained enough confidence to start a small FOSS project with some friends. I still suck at programming Mac OS X (even though I've made some progress), still suck at maths and my blog is updated about once a month. I learned a little something about data structures and algorithms, but only because I took that class at college. Moral of the story: you usually end up accomplishing something completely different from what you initially plan. The trick is to just go with it and let good stuff happen. That said, I still have some plans for 2010: (1) learn Haskell and x86_64 assembly (2) release the FOSS project I've been working on (3) contribute more code to Haiku (4) get better at socializing (5) write a lot of stuff on my blog (for real this time). I know I'll end up accomplishing a completely different set of goals, but it's still nice to have a roadmap :)