Plans for 2016?

It's that time of year again, I reckon, to mull over my plans for the upcoming year.

I'm going to continue to work to develop my filmmaking skills--my goal for the new year is to become more proficient at writing, shooting, and editing video.

I've also decided to spend some time plugging the gaps in my knowledge. I plan to pick a particular subject and spend at least a couple weeks learning as much as I can about it. I don't expect this to make me an expert in whatever it is I'm learning about, but it should at least give me a basic understanding of it. Who knows--I may learn something I can actually use in a script or something. At the very least my broadened understanding of the world will enrich my life in ways that can't be predicted. So I tell myself, anyway.

Since it's been in the news so much lately I think my first research topic will be Islam. I've already got several books about the history of the religion, as well as a copy of the Koran, and all of which I've read--I think I'll re-read those, and look for new material.

After that, I'm not sure where I'll go with my curiosity. I'm still mulling over the possibilities. I'll probably wind up making a checklist. The only qualification is it can't be something I've already spent a lot of time learning about--like the history of the Roman Empire. It has to be something new, something I haven't been exposed to all that much before.

And it can be anything, not just something that's on the news a lot or that I should have learned in school. That sort of opens the door to all sorts of stuff, I guess.

Yeah, I need to make a list. Oh, well. That'll be my goal over the next few days.

Anyways, for the one or two of you who read this, have a happy new year, stay safe, and have fun!