Final Analysis: Items progressed or completed by day 1001

 

There are a few completions that I need to clear up before I discuss the final results of the project.

17. Hike all official trails at the Cedar Ridge Preserve (COMPLETED): I finished this item over the span of two weekends.  Claudia and I hiked the Red Oak Cutoff and the Fossil Ridge Trail on November 7, 2009.  On November 21, 2009, my dad and I hiked the Possum Haw Trail and the Mulberry Trail.

 

25. Listen to every one of my tracks on iTunes (COMPLETED): Even after my snafu around day 852, I was able to listen to all of my music by the deadline.  In all, I listened to over 11,000 songs.

 

42. Read 50 books that I have not read before: I started Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian on October 2, 2009, and finished it on October 26, 2009.  I thought the novel was amazing while extremely unsettling at times.  I highly recommend this novel, and it is easily considered one of the greatest American novels of the past century.

 

 

I finished Nietzsche's Political Skepticism by Tamsin Shaw on November 15, 2009.  I'm sure I missed some of the finer points, but I did have enough "eureka" moments to feel good about the reading.

 

To this point I have read 21 of 50 books.

 

68. Complete a training course related to my profession (COMPLETED): I completed 13 modules in one evening, and completed the entire online training program.  While I already knew much of the information, the refresher did help me remember some finer points that had slipped from my memory.

 

84. Visit the Shiloh Battlefield (COMPLETED): I visited Shiloh, Tennessee on October 18, 2009 with Claudia and my parents.  I've now visited at least 10 major Civil War battlefields.