Lou is putting down roots in Burlington is doing 20 things including…

Develop a One Year and a Five Year plan

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Lou is putting down roots has written 4 entries about this goal

My work of art 3 years ago

This is a combined list of my 1- and 5-year plan, so some of them are very short-term and some are definitely long-term and ongoing. I have a whole spreadsheet with end dates, last and next step, and current status. A little overwhelming to scroll through, but very helpful to have all written out and broken down!

Career & Business
1. Have a job
2. Have a job within my field
3. Have a job that matters
4. Enjoy my job
5. Be good at my job
6. Build up my professional wardrobe

Skills & Crafts
7. Design my handbag
8. Have an active Etsy store
9. Sell through Magpie
10. Sell through Gladys Sells Things
11. Sew more
12. Make mosaic tiles
13. Paint my dresser
14. Learn a totally new craft

Sustainability
15. Compost
16. Develop Food Waste Challenge
17. Own a hybrid car
18. Consider each purchase
19. Switch to all CFL bulbs
20. Reduce my possessions
21. Grow my own food
22. Buy less
23. Consume 100% of food purchased

Economic
24. Make monthly AGE deposits
25. Be financially self-sufficient
26. Follow my monthly/annual budget
27. Calculate cost of living for my area
28. Observe Frugal Tuesday
29. Shop, Chop, Pack, & Carry
30. Sell old clothes
31. Sell dolls on eBay
32. Sell old textbooks

Family & Friends
33. Be a good maid of honor for Jessica
34. Write at least 3 letters a month
35. Spend time with extended family
36. Get better at making time for fun dates
37. See CYHSY
38. Be a better flatmate
39. Visit Meghan

Emotional
40. Always have something to look forward to
41. Be proactive instead of reactive
42. Untangle my love life
43. Let myself be sad when I need to
44. Don’t take on others’ baggage
45. Take things less personally
46. Tell people when something bothers me

Health, Sport, & Fitness
47. Bike regularly
48. Learn yoga
49. Ski 25 days in the ’06-’07 season
50. Be more graceful
51. Have clear skin
52. Build muscle tone
53. Get health insurance
54. Get a gym membership
55. Whiten my teeth
56. Take my medication every day
57. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
58. Get a tetanus shot

Education & Knowledge
59. Attend Ad Club classes
60. Take a time management class
61. Read ad pubs
62. Practice Photoshop, InDesign, Quark
63. Read my advertising books
64. Get an atlas
65. Study Buddhism

Food
66. Learn a Thai recipe
67. Balance grocery list better
68. Always have fruit
69. Learn to use spices
70. Perfect 10 good recipes
71. Use the crock pot

Wanderlust
72. Move to Denver
73. Move freely around the city
74. Visit more states
75. Visit more countries
76. Live in Hawai’i
77. Go back to Ithaca
78. Try new restaurants

Politics/Activism
79. Educate more women on the DivaCup
80. Stay up to date on current events
81. Get my tattoo
82. Be actively feminist locally
83. Be published in bitch Magazine
84. Register to vote in MA??

Technology
85. Acquire InDesign
86. Acquire Quark
87. Upgrade my computer OS
88. Get a hard case for my iPod
89. Find photo printer cartridges
90. Figure out what’s wrong with my camera

Entertainment
91. Read all my books
92. Take myself out for coffee more
93. Know three free nights out for wherever I live
94. Do all those fun Boston things
95. Learn guitar
96. Start singing again

Materialism
97. Buy a new car
98. Own less clothing
99. Own art
100. Get things I actually NEED for Christmas
101. Buy new skis



now that's progress 3 years ago

Making some serious progress on this one! I’ve got categories, I’ve got lists, it’s beautiful! What I don’t have is a timeframe. Like, I know it won’t take me 5 years to save enough money to buy a car, but I won’t have enough for a hybrid in just one year. So that’s my next step!



re-direction 3 years ago

So I’ve switched my approach a little on this one. I’ll post again soon…



I started... 3 years ago

writing my 1-year plan today. It’s harder than I thought!! I’ve got some of the immediate stuff figured out, and a few end goals, but I need to break it down into smaller steps somewhere in the middle.

One of the goals is going to be to figure out the 5-year stuff…



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