Some of mine are: reading 52 books, going for a walk at least once a week, getting a new piercing, and doing my budgeting every week instead of waiting multiple weeks, etc etc
What's everyone else's? Maybe comrades with similar goals can be accountability buddies 
Recommend starting with Samurai Champloo if you haven't watched it already.
It was my first anime as an adult that helped me ease into it. Rewatching it now.