Setting engineering goals that survive January

A January goal needs to survive an ordinary busy week. If it depends on having a clear afternoon every Friday, I should probably look at the calendar before committing to it.

I'm choosing a few things I can revisit in small increments, with a reason for each. I want to be able to tell whether they're still useful by March. Dropping a goal that no longer fits is better than carrying it around for the sake of the original list.