Make 2008 my best year yet

I have to admit I’m more interested in planning for 2009. I’m envious of many writers of posts I’ve read where undoubtedly 2008 has been their best year yet. I wish I could say that. However I suppose I can be glad that it wasn’t going too badly until June.

Successes
1. Finding the miracle drug that has eased my head pain
2. An almost bulimia-free life
3. Finally getting over someone I’d been involved with for years and realising that this was a go-nowhere relationship with no potential.

Disasters
1. Being made redundant
2. After several months of unemployment, getting a terrible job with a terrible manager and a terrible co-worker. The other people are fine but I don’t sit with them.

My goal now is to think long and hard about what I really want out of next year. Needless to say a new job with a manager I respect and co-workers I like is at the top of the list.

October Review
I lost 2 kgs. Yay!! I didn’t do aqua aerobics though because the pool was closed and for some reason (even though there are several others in the city) I couldn’t go to any other. I did do some walking. The nicer weather as we get closer to Summer really helps with motivation.

I laugh as I read in my last post about the normal people I work with. Yep, they are normal, but I’ve really hit the big time with my new manager. He’s like no-one I’ve ever come across before. But I just need to get over this and become a lot more resilient. I have the opportunity to get a lot out of this job and I shouldn’t let a disorganised bi-polar nutter stop me from achieving that. I also have to really make sure I don’t let myself get down in the dumps.

November Goals

Health
Lose 5 kg
Go to NIA workshop – has anyone tried this before?
Go to aqua-aerobics 1x a week

Relationships
Try not to let manager piss me off
Get to know S better

Fun Stuff
??

Serious Stuff
Pay off 3/4 of credit card

Sizzling September Review
It turned out that September really did sizzle! I got a job and I started it this week. I’m working with some really nice and really normal people (at last!) and I think the job will provide me with a good level of challenge. The other highlight was finishing off some bathroom renovations which I’d been waiting to do since I moved in 2 1/2 years ago (but you know how you just get used to things after a while?). I also finished my A-Z author challenge goals after a year and did a lot more photography.

Alas I did not do my health goals. Again. They seem elusive.

October Goals

Health
Lose 2 kg
Go to aqua aerobics 1x week
Walk to and from work 3x week
Keep a food diary

Relationships
Focus on building positive relationships with new work colleagues

Creativity
Photography
Short Story

Fun StuffPlan to go away over Labour Weekend

Serious Stuff
Pay off 3/4 of floating mortgage
Make list of work goals I want to have achieved in 2 years

August wasn’t quite as awesome as I was expecting. I am days away from being offered a job (more to the point I hope it’s a job I want) so things are starting to come together but I guess what I really want to start focussing on is getting my health and eating back under control. It’s gone pretty haywire this month.

Health
Lose 3 kgs
Start walking 10,000 steps a day

Relationships
Invite K&L over for dinner

Creativity
Complete painting
More photography

Fun Stuff
Read 2 classics
Finish A-Z goal

Serious Stuff

Get a job

Finish bathroom renovations

This month is going to be amazing I just know it!

• Lose 2 kg – no
• Start walking 10,000 steps a day – no

• Say yes to every invitation not no – mostly

• Start painting
• Finish slow cooker goal

• Read 2 classics
• Read 4 A-Zs
• Wellington Meet Up

• Get a job – almost

• Lose 2 kg
• Start meditating
• Start eating 5+ fruit & vegetables a day again
• Get back into gym habits

• Say yes to every invitation not no

• Start painting

• Go to Sydney
• Read 2 classics
• Read 2 A-Zs
• Wellington Meet Up

• Replace all dead lightbulbs
• Get a job

Things are going well but I’ve decided to overhaul my goals and recategorise. So here are my new subheadings and goals for the rest of the year. Some aren’t that measurable but I guess I will have a gut feel for whether I’ve achieved them or not by the end of the year.

• Lose 10 kg
• Start meditating regularly
• Eat 5+ fruit & vegetables a day
• Go to the gym 3x week

• Spend more time with C, K & R, S and M
• Expand my social circle

• Complete a painting
• Write a short story
• Start the photo a day project

• Go overseas
• Go whale watching in Kaikoura
• Finish the A-Z Reading Challenge
• Overhaul my wardrobe

• Get a job I love
• Finish bathroom renovations
• Pay off floating mortgage
• Fix all the house things that aren’t working

Nothing like a crisis to make you take stock of what’s really important. Despite losing my job, I still think this year has been one of the good ones. It’s been a healing year more than anything. My bulimia and headaches are finally in control, and those have been the biggest achievements of all. I’m going to seriously review my goals for the rest of the year because I want to make sure I feel like I’ve really made the most of it.

• Credit card paid off – buenos!
• Everything else going okay

• I’ve reinstated this and I’m 1kg down.

• the mysterious meeting tomorrow!
• My friend’s farewell next Friday night
• the Wellington meet up at the end of the month

4. Make exercise a regular part of my life
I have been sick and have bailed out of the exercise group but I’ve still been walking as much as I can.

5. Follow a way of eating (based on unprocessed foods and fruit and vegetables) that promotes my health and wellbeing
Um…I’ve been eating lots of fruit.

6. Begin a happy relationship
On hold til November

7. Travel to one of my dream destinations
Now it’s all about saving for Sydney

8. Complete 3 major creative projects
Haven’t even started painting!!

1. Manage my Finances Successfully
Pay off the rest of my credit card
Look at ways at reducing my living costs especially food

2. Lose 10kg
I’ve completed this!!! Woo hoo!

3. Have a special event to look forward to every month
Can’t think of anything at the moment!! That’s a worry:)

4. Make exercise a regular part of my life
Continue exercising 5-6 times a week

5. Follow a way of eating (based on unprocessed foods and fruit and vegetables) that promotes my health and wellbeing
Follow Eat to Live plan during June

6. Begin a happy relationship
On hold til November

7. Travel to one of my dream destinations
Once credit card paid, direct savings to Sydney

8. Complete 3 major creative projects
Complete painting