Make 2009 My Best Year Yet

almost 40 days are left for this year
and i dont want to get over this year

I love this year each day more and more

Lots happening next week, but I am SO glad that I am taking a break from work. Plan of action as follows:

Friday Night – dinner with Mum and N
Saturday – writing
Sunday – writing/cleaning
Monday – writing/walk?
Tuesday – Xmas shopping with sis. MiL arrives.
Wednesday – writing am/country house/scrabble
Thursday – writing am/Birthday – day TBC/evening feast
Friday – Nan & Grandpa am/MiL leaves/collect paint
Saturday – writing
Sunday – writing/walk?/Xmas cards/project

Major aim is to get the writing underway. A is going to take the MiL out in the mornings and I’ll join them in afternoons/evening. I’m aiming to rewrite at least 6 chapters – more if poss. The additional goal is to do at least 30 mins exercise every day.

time to summarize.
meditation – now and then
training – once (or none) a week
love – blossoming <3 <3 <3
career – :-o
home – better than ever but, still not near the way i would like it and eating away my time
weight – almost there!
friends – calling them and being called
music – dissapointed with my choir, want to find something else. glad that i put all that effort, though.

in spite of all that, 2009 is my best year yet. there are moments of happines, and there are more of them than before and they last longer.

Original:
1.Get down to 130 lbs or lower:
I have been losing weight, I was 153 and am now 147 :D I was 149 for so long and finally got over that plateau. Hope to lose some more weight, but at this rate, 130 looks out of reach for the year 2009.
2.Appreciate my friends more:
I am, I made effort with B. when it seemed useless, and now it’s paying off. I have this year, I have made a point to connect with my friends and plan outings and just think more about them. Done :)
5.Knit clothing:
ughh. I haven’t been focusing on this at all.
6.Read one book a month:
I have read at least one book each month, one more book in December and this is marked as done :)
7.Take care of my body and skin: I am exercising like mad, and eating way better than I used to. Skin-wise, It could be better, It may be time to pull out those attitude products I’ve been putting off using.
8.Learn sign language: I was learning one word a day for awhile… maybe I should do that again.
9.Write in my journal regularly: I wrote the other day, It hasn’t been a regular event this year though, my diary is half or less full.

and some extras:
meet someone special to have a relationship with:
I haven’t met anyone :(
develop high confidence:
not high :(
accomplish the little things i’ve wanted to do for years:
well losing the weight is something, must try hard
figure out what I want to be, where i want to be headed:
I got a job, we’ll start from there :)
keep space neat,organized:
ahh so disorganized, every time I try to clean I start doing other things and get distracted. I should return to my cleaning every night. I was so disciplined in September.

1. Find a group for this project at uni2. Go to the gym more than once3. Go out running4. Go on a night out5. Look for a new job6. Practice sketching7. Try not to buy chocolate during uni breaks8. Accomplish just one goal form my 43t list

A lot of this month felt like it was spent consolidating certain things, stretching my shoulder, and preparing for a job interview that I had in the beginning of November.

Become a licensed acupuncturist
Another month of not doing much except for preliminaries. I interviewed for another job, which would’ve brought in more income, thus I’d be able to swing the cost of the whole process, but didn’t get the job. And I have started putting some money into a savings account for the process. I ran into another acu student, and asked her if she wanted to study with me so that’s a possibility as well.

Begin dancing again (get in shape, and go to one dance related event a month)
Was in PT each week for the whole month. No dance event. Feeling a little better. Yesterday the therapist said I tested positive for a labral tear. November will be more stretches and a follow up appt. with the orthopedist. Don’t want to go dancing, at least partner dancing, because I don’t want to constantly explain… Maybe a performance somewhere. Would like to do some upper body strengthening this month.

Do what it takes to heal my knee (and other medical problems that may come up).
See above.:)

Plan one big trip this year, preferably overseas, and 1-4 short trips.
Began planning a trip to Milwaukee to see Julie & Sweet MK in November.:) Plan another day or weekend trip for December, possibly.

Begin and end all conversations on a positive note.
Great happiness with this one. Thinking about the idea of ‘holding a space’ for a person in conversation.

Clear some financial wreckage, i.e. consolidate student loans, etc. and follow Debtproof living plan.
Got the consolidation form and made a payment. November, I’ll fill the form out and make another payment.

Keep my home clean and beautiful
October wasn’t so great. In November, I have a goal to do every mission for the month.

Seek help in finding peace with myself and my family, while staying close to my community.
Continued on with the meetings. Community support was very strong this month. I haven’t seen my therapist in a couple of months, and feel a little weird about it…like I’ve dropped the ball. I need to write her a note and change this feeling. This element of support and healing is very important to me.

Appreciate the opportunity to love, and find a lover who I truly love.
October has still been a solitary month. I did have fun flirting with someone who (go figure) is in another country.:) I feel like I’m still consolidating things here, and although I’m open to something new, I’m not necessarily pursuing it actively right now. Probably due to the holidays, and all that comes with it. So my goal this month is to continue being open, getting to know people/persons, turning it over..

Be on time for work. Leave an extra 15 minutes commute time.
A good effort, although at times I felt like I was going by the seat of my pants.

so yeah, i’ve reclaimed my life back, and we have no obligations any more except to each other. since a person who depended of him, is not with us any more.
he is back in my life, usualy it is great, and sometimes he makes me feel like total crap. does it prove we are wrong for each other? i feel so bitter.

1. get a job!:
Rock the interview on Wednesday


2. start knitting Christmas gifts:
start knitting the socks once I am done the scarf, finish the scarf soon!


3. read 2 books:
Already begun the first of the two books, just read almost every night and I should get this done easy.


4. finish knitting my scarf =):
Knit a bit each day.


5. weigh 145lbs
eat well, and less, exercise 3x/week like I have been.


6. go 7 days min PF
find some other stress releases!


7. finish the coloring
not many pages left, just keep at it


**8. accomplish one goal from my list each week!
pick a goal on Sunday from my list (of 43things) and focus on it!

I love this time, ah the beginning of the month. So refreshing.

Academic
- study hard for the exam
- draft portfolio ideas; organise additional references/evidence, email Tamsyn

Body
- go hard, just do it, get that tiny waist, don’t leave college without a fantastic looking body
- buy some 30 + moisturiser suncream

Romance- do that crazy fun romantic thing, see where it takes you, its organised for this thursday. I’ve now done this and it was amazing, best date I’ve ever gone on, I had a ridiculous amount of fun

Social- go crazy, go out and have at least 2 massive nigts saw the sun rise twice, run into a number of very entertaining backpackers. I’ve now had three, I love dancing

House- organise house hunting activity

Save
- save $800

skydiving
- go skydiving, decide which place, book it, next thursday

Summer
- pay off rest of Thailand

Onwards :)