Friday, January 2, 2009
I have a lot of goals I'd like to accomplish in 2009. What's going to be different than every other year is instead of being gung-ho in January and falling off the wagon by February, I am going to remember that I have an entire year in which to accomplish these things, and do it gradually.
So here are my goals:
1. Lose 30 pounds. That's basically been a goal for the past couple years that I've never accomplished. The main difference this year will be me living in my own house, and cooking only for myself and only what food I have purchased. I think this will make it all much easier. I'm going to slowly cut foods out of my diet. The first thing I'm quitting is chocolate. This should be easy since only recently have I developed any real affinity toward it. I'll allow myself some occasionally, but maybe only once a month or so. Then will be other sweets, then red meats, then fried food. Or at least that's the tentative plan.
2. Finish my online classes & get that degree! I just ordered a new calculator after mine going AWOL for several months. I think it will make it easier for me to buckle down and get these classes finished. Plus, I have to have them completed by April/May otherwise I have to re-enroll and take them all over!
3. Open myself up to the idea of dating. I've never been big on dating and/or relationships, but I think in its own way that makes me unapproachable. I don't want to be unapproachable, so I'm going to work on changing my anti-relationship attitude some.
4. Stick up for myself when I should. In some ways, I've got this on lock. If a rude stranger runs into me at the grocery store, I have no qualms calling them out. When people question my values or sensibility, I'll fight for them to the death. This is mainly in regards to close relationships I have where the other party tends to walk all over me or take me for granted. Instead of being bothered by it and pretending I'm not, I'm going to start (tactfully) asserting myself in the situations when I feel like this is the case.
Strange Overtones - David Byrne and Brian Eno
1 comments:
Rock out and good luck!
We need to re-instate our weekly phone call I think!
Also Tim and I don't have a lot of plans this coming year and we are trying to keep it that way but I do want to pick a weekend for us to make it out to see you, your new house and hang out! So we need to pick a time for that.
Hope everything works out! I also need to make one of these post! Hopefully I will be a lot better about blogging this next year also!
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