Peak Fortitude is about the explorations of my personal territory. From here on out the focus of my writing will be about the life experiments I attempt, the goals I set and my strides toward accomplishing them, the improvement and changes in my mental and physical status, and finally motivation for others to pursue the betterment and success of their own lives.
I do concede that I am not the greatest example of personal success or sticking with my own goals. Often times my ideas are lofty and don't get more than a few days of effort. Others I'm still actively pursuing. Discipline is a work in progress for me. That doesn't mean I can't make the effort to motivate and push others into finding their own success and plan to continue to do so through a vigorous blogging, twitter, and instagram campaign. In return I hope that people will continue to inspire and motivate me towards my own goals. The give and take is an integral part of what I want to achieve with my writing.
To show my goal here as concisely as possible I named the blog Peak Fortitude. Peak meaning "the maximum point, degree, or volume of anything" and also referencing mountain peaks as my writing will often center around the outdoors, and Fortitude: mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously. This captures most closely what I want to purvey, and work on in my life. The highest point of mental, emotional, and physical strength.
To show my willingness to attempt absurdly bold tasks this is my goal list for the first quarter of 2015. A friend of mine once told me that I should spend less time talking about my goals and more time working on them, and I whole heartedly agree, but I feel drastically less personal accountability if I don't risk facing the shame of others watching me fail to reach my goals. Think of this as my stick and success as my carrot.
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Basic
level and beginning knowledge. Successful Completion Due April 1, 2015
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Complete understanding of Algebra 1 and
Geometry
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Complete basic understanding of Human
Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry
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Complete fundamentals of All Business
/Finance knowledge categories
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Micro Macro Economics
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Accounting
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Budgeting
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Personal Finance
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Investments
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Entrepreneurship
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Complete fundamentals of Latin book
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Complete Block one and two of Spanish on
duolingo
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Block One
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Block Two
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Read one religious text
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Torah
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New Testament
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Koran
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Teachings of Buddha
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Dao de jing
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Read 25 of the top 100 books of all time
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Read three adventure novels
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Read three self-improvement books
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Three
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Memorize the Location, Capital, and name
of 50 Countries
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Memorize the Location, Capital, and name
of 12 States
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North East
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Midwest
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West
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South East
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Have an In depth Understanding of three
Historical Areas
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Asia
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Europe
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Africa
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South America
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North America
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Australia/Oceana
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Rome
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Greece
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Japan
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Egypt
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All Major Wars
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Global Human movements and colonization
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Art History
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Watch at least 20 Ted Talks
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Advanced understanding in one of the
Humanities
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Politics
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Music
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Art
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Identification of 40 pieces of Art or
Music
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Art
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Music
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Research and Purchase a Mountain Bike
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Research and Purchase a Longboard
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Ability to comfortably stop on a
Longboard
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Go Snowboarding at least three times
before end of season.
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Go on Minimum of Five Hikes
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Learn at least three new cooking recipes
that can be executed from memory
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Have completed at least one paid Photo
shoot
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Minimum Novice ability to pick locks
with at least 20 different locks picked
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Novice Ability to code and create a
website
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Weigh 205 pounds with a body fat
percentage under 14
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Be able to run a mile in under 8 minutes
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Consume fruits and vegetables with at
least 25% of weekly meals
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Created and launched a small business
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Total of $100 in savings account
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Sustained Monthly income of $750
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Start five new life experiments
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Restart and revamp your blog
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