Ty

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  1. 1. lose weight
    23 entries . 3 cheers
    40,805 people
  2. 2. Go snowboarding.
    6 entries . 1 cheer
    774 people
  3. 3. sell the 2 cars in my driveway
    11 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. try 50 new vegetarian/vegan recipes
    13 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. Paint my house.
    2 entries
    214 people
  6. 6. Transfer mom's movies to DVD
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    1 person
  7. 7. Sort and scan old photos
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    1 person
  8. 8. Play more Wii
    2 entries
    5 people
  9. 9. Read 40 books in 2012
    4 people
  10. 10. Run a 10K
    1 entry
    1,132 people
  11. 11. Clear everything out of my office that is not work
    1 person
  12. 12. get life insurance
    3 entries
    53 people
  13. 13. develop my new website's content
    2 entries
    1 person
  14. 14. grow PVPM
    5 entries
    1 person
  15. 15. Increase my income
    3 entries
    99 people
  16. 16. Work up to 50 situps and pushups a day
    13 entries
    1 person
  17. 17. Estate: File all bank statements
    1 entry
    1 person
  18. 18. make a dent in my to-read shelves at home (20 books)
    6 entries
    1 person
  19. 19. Learn Joomla!
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    67 people
  20. 20. Join/pursue hearing loss disability-related support (ALDA, HLAA, etc)
    2 entries
    1 person
  21. 21. find a job
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    2,043 people
  22. 22. Create a Travel Journal
    1 entry
    1 person
  23. 23. Do Islam teach-ins
    3 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  24. 24. reduce my debt
    1 entry
    40 people
  25. 25. Make farmstead cheese
    1 person
  26. 26. Read and process all email every day (don't just file it)
    1 entry
    1 person
  27. 27. take a (non-family) vacation
    1 entry
    1 person
  28. 28. Get Justyn's driver's license
    1 person
  29. 29. Be the boyfriend
    2 entries
    1 person
  30. 30. learn to meditate
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  31. 31. learn more about social marketing
    1 person
  32. 32. Join SPJ
    1 person
  33. 33. Read Kugle's "Homosexuality in Islam"
    1 person
  34. 34. Do book readings/events for PMI book
    1 person
  35. 35. Do more things
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    9 people
  36. 36. Build a realationship with my brother
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    1 person
  37. 37. Save money
    3 entries
    16,110 people
  38. 38. go to the gym 2x a week
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    1 person
  39. 39. focus my faith on my own relationship with the Creator
    1 entry
    1 person
  40. 40. Take Sadie to the dogpark.
    6 entries
    1 person
  41. 41. stop making excuses
    1 entry
    261 people
  42. 42. Keep an up-to-date online presence including blog/articles
    2 entries
    1 person
  43. 43. nurture my friendships
    18 people
Recent entries
Do Islam teach-ins (read all 3 entries…)
SMART Goal Update

Specific: Do Islam Teach-ins and Speaking Gigs (ideally for pay)
Put together an Islam class for Rev. Tadd Allman.

Measurable: I want to line up 5 more of these.

Achievable:
Yes.

Realistic:
Yes.

Timely:
I can evaluate this in terms of Spring, Summer and Fall.

Steps:
Schedule the Islam unit for Adult Ed.
Put together UU curriculum, using UUA and other materials.
Do UU Adult Ed class.
Do UU 7th grade class.
Explore course curriculum modules to use
Put together an Islam teach-in curriculum.
Put together Islam teach-in PR/website.
Offer Islam teach-ins to other locations.
Schedule a visit-the-mosque day for UU 7th grade and adults, and Easthampton UCC.

Next step:
Put together curriculum plan for 7th grade UU class. [Goal: Do Islam Teach-ins/Speaking Gigs]
Contact Toby about other possible teach-ins/speaking gigs.[Goal: Do Islam Teach-ins/Speaking Gigs]

Steps completed/Update:
In 2011, I did an Islam 101 class for Westhampton and Easthampton UCCs, paid speaking gigs at Brown and Hampshire, and an unpaid speaking gig at Creating Change.

In 2012, I have lined up a possibility of doing a speaking gig at UConn (April, $300), and an unpaid speaking gig at the Philly Trans Health Conference (June). I am also going to be teaching the Islam segment for the UU 7th grade for a few weeks.



Create a Travel Journal
SMART Goal Details

Specific: Create a travel journal with prompts to do 5 new things and note my next trip so I bring/use it.

Measurable: Yes: assign/create one journal, prompt, calendar entry

Achievable: Yes.

Realistic: Yes.

Timely: Not urgent but should happen before next trip.

Steps:
Create a travel/trip journal
Prompt 5 new things in the journal
Note on calendar for next trips: use travel/trip journal

Next step:
Create a travel/trip journal [Goal: Create a travel journal.]



find a job
SMART Goal Details

Specific: Will be accomplished when I have a salaried job or decide to change this to a freelancing/consulting goal with regular gigs lined up (at least 4).

Measurable: Yes.

Achievable: Yes, though not entirely in my control.

Realistic: Yes.

Timely: YES growing more urgent every month.

Steps:
Check voicemail
Check outgoing voicemail message
Check job listings
-Monster
-Craigslist
-Newspaper
-Colleges
Submit to jobs
Sign up with temp agencies
-CG
-UP
-SN
-Others? (Identify other temp agencies)
Update publications list
Update portfolio
-Add clippings
-Make nice cover
Do an online portfolio
-Decide what will go on it
-Create online portfolio
-Burn electronic portfolio to CD

Steps done:
Applied to NMH job

Next steps:
Apply to newspaper job
Apply to DC job (see FA email)
Check voicemail
Check outgoing voicemail message
Check job listings
-Monster
-Craigslist
-Newspaper
-Colleges
Sign up with temp agencies: CG



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