Consolidate the goals list, work on the essentials & make the very best of my life from this day forward

Consolidated: Since mason bees are a native species, I’ve decided to “keep mason bees” as part of my wildlife habitat.

I’ll need to “study botany” in order to achieve my houseplant and wildlife habitat goals, so it will be done as I work on those.

Gave Up: I’d like to borrow or rent a guitar first to see if I enjoy it before seriously attempting to “learn to play electric guitar.”

Keeping: “Be the lead singer and lyricist in a band,” “Get a budgie,” “fill my house with plants,” “Write and publish short story collections,” “Create a wildlife habitat,” “start drawing again,” “Rekindle my love of reading,” “become a ghost hunter,” and “Study astronomy” are all staying. :)

Consolidated: I decided that “build a telescope” could be considered a step to completing my “Study astronomy” goal and doesn’t need to be a separate goal.

Deleted: I’d rather pursue being a casual ghost hunter than “become a paranormal investigator.” The latter can be very time consuming and require expensive equipment.

Also, I don’t need to “Become a Master Naturalist” or “become a master gardener.” The application process favors people with a lot of related volunteer experience, which I don’t have, and I can still do volunteer work and learn about nature and plants without taking courses.

I added this goal at a time in my life when I was emotionally drained and filled with doubt and indecision about my goals. As a result, I had trouble making the right choices for me and sticking with them.

Now that I’m much happier and more stable, I’m ready to give it my best shot. My current focus is on adding all the goals I’m considering. When I’m finished, I’ll do some serious evaluating and consolidating. :)

added & deleted but I haven’t updated
will have to do that some time next week

Added: I created a goal called “Sponsor some chickens” because I want backyard chickens but my city doesn’t want me to have them. This is my compromise.

“Invite 43T members to join Kiva.org under the 43T lending team & double our teams size in 1 month”

Checked off as accomplished even though the full goal wasn’t I sent numerous emails to 43T members.

Decided to check off “Set Boundaries” in the completed list too.

I’ve been working on it but have decided this is on-going. I was able to re-establish some boundaries at work when a co-worker blew up at me because she felt under pressure & thought it was okay to take it out on the rest of us. I’m not sure if it made working conditions better but I she knows I’m going to tolerate her misdirected anger.

Renamed: After giving it some thought, I decided to change “Volunteer and sponsor a horse at a therapeutic riding center” to “sponsor a horse at horse rescue.” Sponsoring through a therapeutic riding center costs nearly as much as owning a horse! I found a few sanctuaries/rescues in the area that charge a much more affordable fee. I might even be able to volunteer there, too, once I gain confidence driving. :)

Gave up on (back burner-ed):

Invite 43T friends to donate to the Library in Nepal
It’s a worthy cause but I have been lending money to Kiva, and giving to other charities which touch closer to home. If I’d had more $$$ to give I would. And I can’t really ask other people to donate if I haven’t.

Laptop or upgrade my PC Perhaps not the smartest choice but I’m going to leave it for now. I may have to get the fan fixed sooner than later at which point it would cause me to make a decision. But right now it’s okay.

Adopted Goals

Figure out my living situation This is imperative and what I determine about it now will fully change the course of my life

Dropping 2 dress sizes as a team! Won’t You Join Us
I’m a firm believer in power in numbers. I really could use some cheering & support in this department. And I look forward being supporter and cheerer for team members as well.

Combining Goals

Merging Create Financial Stability & Abundance with Save $ & get out of debt to form

Save Money, Get out of debt, Create Financial Stability and Abundance

Added: “Rekindle my love of reading” is something I need to do, both for myself and my writing.

Unfortunately, I’m failing miserably at making “the very best of my life.” :( But at least my goals are becoming clearer…

make the very best of my life from this day forward….. I don’t think things could really get any worse right now :) . I need to work on my inner self, find some inner peace about certain relationship issues, I need to find my passion for running and working out again, need to nurture my friendships….......I have a lot of work to do. things can only get better :)