I feel like I’ve been pretty productive over the summer. There are definitely more things I would like to have done, but there always are. I finished some longtime, nagging goals, made wide legged advances on others and have shrunk my list quite a bit. Now I should fatten it up for winter, although I think I’ll be focusing on a couple of big, more time consuming goals. One in particular.
Goals checked off since my last entry:
Fingerpaint
Dye my hair red
Give our son a haircut
Go to the PNE
Go to the current Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition
Make a First Aid kit
Be a rebellious witch whore
Favorite musician avatar week
Take photos of 43 strangers
Go camping with the new tent / Go camping
Find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
(I also cheered on a few birthdays, but I’m pretty awful at keeping track of that…)
Goodbye Summer.
“Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer’s out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone…”
Sep 21, 07:47PM PDT | 16 cheers | 1 comment
The blustery weather today is making me realize that the summer sand is quickly falling to the bottom of the hourglass. Things are getting done though, slowly but surely. There’s been new goals started, great progress with ongoing ones and a bunch more down (a decent balance of summer fun, practical business and longer term, important things):
Now… what else can I do before the big, grey, wet, Vancouver fall descends into slick leaf carpets and even more violent bluster?
Aug 20, 06:02PM PDT | 14 cheers | 0 comments
Bow and arrow
3 months ago
So many things I need to do. They flutter around my head and overwhelm me in the middle of the night. I’m trying to do as much as I can, but maybe taking little steps in as many different directions as possible is less efficient than jumping with all my energy at particular goals. I’m aiming to KO a few more things this month, but so far (this summer) I’ve checked off:
I’m managing to effectively keep up with most of my ongoing goals, but I’ve been struggling with my moods a bit lately, so trying to stay up and motivated had taken extra energy. In the next few days, I’ll try to pick a few specific things to focus on this month and come up with a fruitful pursuit plan.
Aug 02, 02:15PM PDT | 9 cheers | 3 comments
Considering I only hit the summer challenge bandwagon this month, I’m pretty happy with all that I managed to get done in such a short time. Really happy actually.
Finish 5:
Pre-stated progress (see here) on 5:
Entry-worthy progress on 5:
- Revisit past completed goals: All below -DONE!
• Start drinking more V8
• Take vitamins daily
• Write thank-you notes
• Drink more water
• Clean my house
• Donate my old eyeglasses
• Upload my photos to Flickr
• Hang art on the walls
• encourage everyone to post a picture of him/herself as a kid, to remind us of all the places we’ve been and all the places we’ve yet to be
• sort baby clothes
Bonus goals completed
So after a resounding, robust tapdance in honor of all our goal busting, I’m off to ponder the fall challenge. See you folks there? Yeah!!!!
Aug 31, 2007, 09:31PM PDT | 10 cheers | 4 comments
Finish 5
Pre-stated progress:
Deal with this
Made appointment with grief counselor.
Go out on “date nights” with my spouse
Home movie date (again-again), impending real one.
Work on my secret goal
Big grinning progress. Oh yes.
Entry-worthy progress:
Declutter my house
Continued cleaning & decluttering spree today.
Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
Posted.
Watch all my VHS tapes and get rid of them
Watched & boxed several more.
Revisit past completed goals
This week:
• Upload my photos to Flickr – DONE! (uploaded over 200)
• Hang art on the walls – DONE! (Hung Paul’s Mom’s iris painting)
• encourage everyone to post a picture of him/herself as a kid, to remind us of all the places we’ve been and all the places we’ve yet to be – DONE!
Bonus goals completed
Aug 22, 2007, 04:48PM PDT | 6 cheers | 0 comments
Finish 5
Pre-stated progress on 5:
Deal with this
Continued to sort boxes, Picked up 3 more from storage, spoke with coroner. Added grief counseling goal.
Go out on “date nights” with my spouse
Home movie date (again), impending real one
Work on my secret goal
Continued progress.
Offer a Microloan to someone on the Kiva site
Made 3rd loan.
Hone my curves
No beer. No chocolate. Jumping around like an idiot. Sigh.
Entry-worthy progress on 5:
Declutter my house
Had a massive cleaning & decluttering spree on Friday.
Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
Posted another.
Watch all my VHS tapes and get rid of them
Watched & boxed several more.
Revisit past completed goals
This week:
• Drink more water – DONE! + Bought Brita
• Clean my house – DONE! (Mass clean-up last Friday)
• Donate my old eyeglasses – DONE! (dropped off 5 pairs)
Bonus goals completed
Aug 15, 2007, 07:00PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment
Finish 5
Pre-stated progress on 5:
Deal with this
Wrote and mailed thank-you letter, started sorting remaining boxes, dealing with altar
Go out on “date nights” with my spouse
Home movie date, impending real one
Work on my secret goal
Progress
Hone my curves
No beer. No chocolate. Extra butt movement. Sigh.
Entry-worthy progress on 5:
Declutter my house
Put away laundry piles/dishes/toys, sorted boxes, movies
Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
Started. Posted 5.
Declutter my computer / clean out my e-mail inbox
DONE!
Watch all my VHS tapes and get rid of them
Boxed about a dozen
Revisit past completed goals
This week:
• Start drinking more V8 – 1 to 2L daily
• Take vitamins daily – CHECK!
• Write thank-you notes – DONE!
Bonus goals completed
- go to PRIDE – Bonus points for doing something on my “given up” list
Aug 08, 2007, 06:49PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
Finish 5 (there’s one to grow on here):
Pre-stated progress on 5:
- Deal with this
Write/mail thank-you letter, E-mail Ruth, see grief counselor, start sorting remaining boxes
Entry-worthy progress on 5:
Declutter my house
Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
Declutter my computer / clean out my e-mail inbox
Watch all my VHS tapes and get rid of them
Revisit past completed goals
I’ve tried to pick a decent balance of things to aim for. Anything else I manage to do is a bonus and will be duly celebrated. I’m allowing for additions as I finish things, especially since I just completed some big ones.
Aug 01, 2007, 08:20PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
I realize I’m terribly tardy in adding this goal, but I’d still really like to see what I can get done in the next month.
I’ve been doing pretty well with checking things off (including some big, longstanding goals) lately, but I’d like an extra push.
I’ll concoct some sort of a plan or list or some such thing later. Big belated rah-rahs to everyone!!
Jul 31, 2007, 10:56PM PDT | 5 cheers | 0 comments
