Yesterday I sat down and made a plan for this year.

Now I know this sounds ridiculous.

Bear in mind I also work full time.

LANGUAGE STUDY
• Complete Schaum’s Chinese Grammar
• Complete Yong Ho’s Intermediate Chinese

EXAM
• Complete the FE exam

CORE ENGINEERING STUDY
• Shigley’s Mechanical Design
• Mechanics of Materials
• Heat Transfer
• Thermodynamics
• Fluids
• Statistics
• Vibrations (maybe)

FIU COURSES
• Statistics
• Electromagnetics
• One additional summer course (not yet specified)

ELECTROMAGNETICS PREPARATION
• Know Calculus 3 very well
• Know differential equations very well
• Go over circuits
• Go over electromagnetics before taking the course

FINANCIAL TARGETS
• Save about $40,000 by the end of the year

WEIGHT TARGETS
• Weigh 180 pounds by March 23rd
• Weigh 170 pounds by the end of the year


I also did my budget for the year and made a gant chart of what is supposed to happen and when.