1. Finish knitting the scarf for my mom - FINALLY!!! only took me 7 years...
2. Get an awesome job that I love - i applied to i don't know how many jobs, got an interview for one (didn't get the job, though), didn't hear back from most. the process continues.
3. Learn how to coupon - i just didn't have the time or the energy to figure out the logistics of couponing. to get started i just need to figure out how to get like 10+ of those coupon insert thingys, then it shouldn't be too hard.
4.Practice my Spanish - i took a "what level of spanish are you?" quiz on the internet, and it said i was intermediate. so yeah, if the internet says...
5. Start learning French - i just need to start this one. i really want to learn french!
6.Travel to a foreign country i haven't visited yet - Turks and Caicos
7.Write poetry/fiction - i wrote some pretty lame haikus, but i'm counting them anyway!
8.Make something (scarf, quilt...) - yes, i AM counting finishing the scarf for my mom, and no, i don't think that's cheating,
9. Take pottery classes - this one was just too expensive for my current life stage
10. Take a class in photoshop - i was supposed to do this for work, but it just didn't happen in 2012
11.Get an apartment - :)
12.Make artwork for the apartment - see evidence here
13. Visit Annapolis - going there february 23-14, 2013 for work, but i didn't make it in 2012
14.Visit Monica in Charlottesville - i visited caroline too! we went wine "tasting" :)
15. Visit a state I haven't been to before - still waiting to make it to kentuky or new jersey (woo...)
16. Volunteer at least 6 times - i really thought i was going to be able to make this goal, but i only managed to volunteer a total of 4 times (Kenilworth-Bandalong Litter Trap clean up, IONA house meal packaging, Marvin Gaye Park-Bandalong Litter Trap clean up, cleaning and doing maintenance at an orphanage outside of Prague)
17.Read at least 12 books for fun - this one, it turns out, was super easy since i really missed reading for fun in grad school. final tally: 34 books (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Missing Person's Guide to Love, Dracula, Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, Enchanter's End Game, Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, Demon Lord of Karanda, Sorceress of Darshiva, Wuthering Heights, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe, Morality for Beautiful Girls, The Kalahari Typing School for Men, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Fifty Shades trilogy, A Game of Thrones, Stolen Fury, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, Silver Justice, The Devil All the Time, currently reading A Feast for Crows)
18.Consolidate, organize, and get rid of excess stuff
19.Pay off grad school loans - BOOYA!!! i'm $17,182.16 poorer, but at least i don't have to worry about it anymore
20. Lose 20 lbs (starting weight: 170; goal weight: 150) - i failed miserably at this one. i lost 15 pounds by July 2012, but in the second half of the year I gained it all back. i'm kicking myself now, but at least i know i CAN do it if i really set my mind to it. so, hello new-goal-for-2013!
so, 11/20 completed. not too great, but it turns out that's a pretty standard completion rate for me. maybe i'm aiming too high, maybe i just need to set easier (less expensive/time consuming) goals for myself??? like: brush my teeth every day, put clean laundry away within one week of washing it, eat daily... i'll have to think about it before i make my next list.
2. Get an awesome job that I love - i applied to i don't know how many jobs, got an interview for one (didn't get the job, though), didn't hear back from most. the process continues.
3. Learn how to coupon - i just didn't have the time or the energy to figure out the logistics of couponing. to get started i just need to figure out how to get like 10+ of those coupon insert thingys, then it shouldn't be too hard.
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5. Start learning French - i just need to start this one. i really want to learn french!
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9. Take pottery classes - this one was just too expensive for my current life stage
10. Take a class in photoshop - i was supposed to do this for work, but it just didn't happen in 2012
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13. Visit Annapolis - going there february 23-14, 2013 for work, but i didn't make it in 2012
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15. Visit a state I haven't been to before - still waiting to make it to kentuky or new jersey (woo...)
16. Volunteer at least 6 times - i really thought i was going to be able to make this goal, but i only managed to volunteer a total of 4 times (Kenilworth-Bandalong Litter Trap clean up, IONA house meal packaging, Marvin Gaye Park-Bandalong Litter Trap clean up, cleaning and doing maintenance at an orphanage outside of Prague)
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20. Lose 20 lbs (starting weight: 170; goal weight: 150) - i failed miserably at this one. i lost 15 pounds by July 2012, but in the second half of the year I gained it all back. i'm kicking myself now, but at least i know i CAN do it if i really set my mind to it. so, hello new-goal-for-2013!
so, 11/20 completed. not too great, but it turns out that's a pretty standard completion rate for me. maybe i'm aiming too high, maybe i just need to set easier (less expensive/time consuming) goals for myself??? like: brush my teeth every day, put clean laundry away within one week of washing it, eat daily... i'll have to think about it before i make my next list.
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