What Have I Accomplished in 2023?

by John Charet

For anybody familiar who comes on this site, last year around this time, I posted a blog entry entitled 5 Goals I Hope to Accomplish in 2023 (click here). In it, I listed what I hoped to accomplish for that year. So have I succeeded? Let us look at the result below:

  1. Write more reviews on the poliziotteschi films that Steve (a regular visitor of this site) has recommended to me (I have accomplished the task of watching these gems).

    Goal Mostly Met. Steve (click here to view his youtube channel) will be more than thrilled to hear that I have seen just about every poliziotteschi film that he has recommended to me. What I have not achieved yet is writing the reviews of them. Nevertheless, I will call this a step in the right direction.
  2. Resume my Moviedrome Monday entries (I only have two more seasons to cover).

    Goal Unfulfilled. Though I do not live in the UK where the show was broadcasted, I mostly got information about the episodes from the Internet, which is also where I find various old intros to the films being shown and offer my take on them. Take note, that not every intro is available online. Click here to read the first one I ever offered commentary on.
  3. Write more blog entries.

    Goal 50% Met. Read number 4.
  4. To start on writing a series of blog entries regarding the rankings of great films directed by my favorite directors.

    Goal 50% Met. Mid-2023 is when I started doing blog entries regarding how I rank all the great films of my favorite directors. It is true that I have not even finished the A last names yet, but once again, a step in the right direction.
  5. Comment more on the blog entries of my fellow readers (i.e. Paul S, Pete etc.).

    Goal 50% Met. I have catched as many of their posts as I have missed them. Either way, I would like to leave more replies on the sites of bloggers I have regularly visited in the past. While reading Paul S Pfeiffer Films and Meg Movies site (click here), I was introduced to a new blogger by the name of Michael and his site entitled The Starfire Lounge (click here) is every bit as fantastic as all the other bloggers I frequent.

So let’s see, I have fulfilled one 2023 goal and accomplished 50 percent of three others and missed only one. Not bad, but I still hope to do better this year, which is 2024 🙂

13 thoughts on “What Have I Accomplished in 2023?”

  1. January…rewatched most of ozu and naruse filmographies
    february..wrote and recorded one album of original songs, one album of collaborations and one album of lyrics for a collection of global artists
    march to june..wrote original screenplay
    march rewatched herzog filmography
    april…..rewatched wenders filmography
    may,,,,read all of ayn rand and pauline kael, including letters etc and outline dicomparative studies
    july….rewatched post sound of music musicals
    wrote and released two albums of original songs
    august…rewatched don siegels filmography
    wrote and recorded three more albums of original songs
    september.. wrote and recorded one album of original songs, one album of original piano compositions, and wrote lyrics for one album collection of global artists
    discovered director László Kardos
    rewatched Budd Boetticher discography
    october,,,recorded three albums of cover songs
    November started a new wordpress blog called Human Music
    December rewatched frank borzage filmography
    wrote and recorded one album of orignal songs and put together two compilations of archive material.

  3. Yeah, I stopped setting blogging goals years ago because my anxiety levels just kept growing the more I didn’t accomplish the goals. Since I have enough anxiety in my life as it is, I nixed that and just try to do once a month now, and it’s worked out well! But serious props to you and your accomplishments!

  4. Best wishes for a new blogging year. I’m pleased you discovered Michael and The Starfire Lounge, and I’ll look forward to more Moviedrome Mondays in 2024.

  11. I’m always planning the next thing, meaning I never finish what I’ve started. I have so many ongoing film and music series, and other nonsense, that I don’t know which to look at on a given day.

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