2014 Targets – Iain Douglas Stewart

2015 Targets

By Iain 2 January 2015Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Yeah, I think I was a little hard on myself the other night, I was just looking through the targets I had made and saw that I had failed them and maybe got a little down heartened, but then I realised that I did a whole lot of other stuff that wasn't even on my target lists. So yeah, same…

An update on my 2014 targets

By Iain 31 December 2014Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Jake was born in 2014 and that was amazing, but so many other things just didn't work out as I would've hoped this year, mainly because I never tried hard enough. I met some targets and I missed others but overall I think I need to just get away from this for a bit - it's getting a bit much…

Bi-yearly update 2014

By Iain 26 June 2014Books, Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Hey, this is going to be an epic update, a half-year special so to speak. I’m going to go back and take a look at the targets I made at the start of the year and see how I’m doing with them.

With regards to the Fitness Targets – I’ve done nothing. I don’t know why. Can I not be bothered? Or do I feel like I should be doing something else? I think I feel like I should be drawing or recording videogame footage, but then, I don’t really spend enough time doing those things either, so I have no idea. I reckon I should draw up a timetable, allocate my time. It would illustrate that I have more time than I think I have. But then again, now I’ve said that I’ll put off drawing it up and won’t change until I’ve drawn it up. And a plan like that is ridiculous to think about now seeing as something that I never imagined would happen at the start of the year is happening…

2014 fitness and other random targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Books, Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

I need a new routine. If the start of a new year spurs that change, then so be it. I can understand that some people don't like those people that make "resolutions", but I'm all for them to do so - if making a resolution makes that person sit up and admit they have a problem they'd like to fix,…

2014 creativity targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Books, Creativity, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I think the targets should be the same as last year, but this time I should stick to them. Daily Draw more. Even if it's just a silly little doodle, or a sketch on a scrap of receipt paper at work. Pick up a pencil, pen or stylus at least once a day and imagine something new or recreate what…

2013 videogame targets update and 2014 videogame targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I made three posts in January of 2013 outlining some targets I had for the coming year, and all of them started well, but fizzled out towards the end. I reckon that if I acknowledge my mistakes, I can learn from them. I’m tackling the videogame targets in this post – You can find the original one here, if you’re interested.

http://www.trueachievements.com/gamergoals.aspx?gamerid=2710

As you can see if you follow that link – I failed my attempt at reaching 100,000 Gamerscore in 2013. I’m not really bothered by this, as I (finally) learned that my time is worth more than some arbitrary number, and I had fun playing some great games in 2013, and that’s what counts. Still, I have made a new target, which roughly works out at 50% of the Achievement score of all the games in my pile of shame, I think. I reckon 50% is about right for any story or Campaign related Achievements in all the games on the list.