Goals for the years to come

Happy New Years! I hope you all had a really fun time last night! I stayed in, watched movies and played with my dog. I have to say I find myself addicted to a new show Once Upon a Time. I discovered it last week. So of course now I must catch up on all the episodes. lol

So, it’s the first day of January and I know some of us are evaluating and making new goals for this year. Calling them resolutions or goals or achievements doesn't really matter.

My list is long and ambitious for me, but I'd rather try than not try anything at all. I've started working slowly on everything today and it feels good to have a clearer pathway. And for the negative people out there, yes I have made resolutions and kept them. Like quitting smoking. So although this an ambitious list I will do my level best to accomplish everything on it. If I don't it won't be for lack of trying.

I would like to weigh myself to have a starting weight this year but we have no scale here so I will have to do it later. I am sure I am up from a lot of holiday eating with little exercise. I will measure myself so I have a basis to start from.I will post the measurements in tomorrow's blog.

Writing the goals list has got me thinking about my own habits and how staying with my brother has made me have to make adjustments. Although I love spending time with my family and I appreciate that they have supported me when I need it, I am looking forward to having my own place again so I can try to get back my healthier habits. When you have good habits like that, overeating no longer becomes an option, and eating bad foods only makes you feel worse. I am being honest when I say I felt better when I was exercising regularly. I am going to get back to that place.

So inspired by my friend Dr. Juris, I decided to do the 101 in 1001 days challenge.

I've decided to start today with the new year (01/01/2013), and it will end on September 17, 2015 (09/28/2015). (Glad I have time for some of these goals.)

As I complete them, I'll cross them out, and hyperlink to any blog entries I may have composed about particular goals I accomplished. I am going to do my best to finish these goals. 

For convenience and ease of grouping, I put them in specific categories. 

Professional Goals

1)            Transfer Bar License to Washington

2)            Take a case to trial

3)            Land a great job

4)            Complete necessary CLE for Missouri

5)            Win a difficult case

6)               Become accomplished enough in my career that I feel comfortable speaking to undergrad  students about it

7)            Speak to undergrads about career options with respect to my experiences

8)            Write a legal article and submit it for publishing

9)      Become active P.A.D. alumna

10)    Don’t spend more than you earn

Personal Goals 

11)         Buy a house

12)        Pay off my student loans

13)        Start a savings account

14)        Watch less tv

15)    Start trying recipes and things I have pinned on Pintrest

16)        Build or refinish a piece of furniture

17)        Build a budget and stick to it

18)        Do one thing I have always said I would NEVER do

19)        Reconnect with old friends

20)    Get another dog

21)    Repair Flute

22)    Get better car but own it outright

23)     After weight loss- buy new wardrobe

24)    Eat more often and better

25)    Make time for friends and family

Self-Betterment 

26)        Donate 100 hours of pro bono time

27)        Participate in a 5K

28)        Discover a healthy activity I love doing

29)        Don’t cuss for an entire day

30)        Read ten classic novels

31)        Develop a nighttime skin/winding down routine and stick to it for two weeks

32)        Watch five classic movies

33)        Complete one, real, honest-to-God pull up

34)        Take a spin class

35)    Floss everyday

36)    Lose 150 lbs.

37)    Get new glasses

38)    Brush up on my etiquette and manners

39)     Learn to knit, crochet and sew

Altruism

40)        Write someone a thank you note for influencing me in a positive way

41)        Knit a scarf to donate

42)       Buy someone a gift just because I can

43)        Give blood

44)        Plant a tree and a garden

45)        Send care packages to soldiers over seas

46)        Sponsor a family during the holidays

Educational Endeavors 

47)    Educate myself about the stock market and investments

48)    Revisit learning another language

49)       Visit a museum

50)        Visit the Smithsonian

51)        Go to an orchestra performance

52)        Go to a ballet performance

Artistic Endeavors 

53)        Complete an artistic project to hang in the house

54)    Participate in another play/musical

55)        Watch a Broadway play

56)        Sew something that I’m not embarrassed of

57)        Visit the opera

58)        Practice the flute everyday

59)        Watch a stand up show/routine

60)        Work on photography skills

61)        Join local community band

Cooking

62)        Make homemade bread

63)        Make a homemade cheesecake

64)     Discover my signature dish

65)    Take a cooking class

66)       Make Christmas cookies and candies to give as gifts

67)        Plan and execute an elaborate dinner, complete with tapered candles and music

68)        Build a menu and eat at home 90% of the time

Autonomy

69)    Do the dishes every night for an entire week        

70)        Drink the requisite eight glasses of water every day for an entire week

71)        Workout regularly

72)        Go to bed by 11:00 every day for an entire week

73)        Get up at 6:00 every morning for an entire week in order to work out

74)    Keep a regular schedule for chores

75)        Organize my life

Travel Plans 

76)        Travel to NYC      

77)     Go to New Orleans for Mardi gras

78)        Go to Disney land and eat in the restaurant inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride

79)        Go to Disney World

80)        Travel abroad

81)        Go camping

82)    Visit the Grand Canyon

83)        Visit somewhere with crystal clear waters and snorkel

Electronic Age

84)        Digitally store and sort all of my old photos online

85)     Create photo albums of all my precious moments

86)    Finish photo editing photos for important moments (graduation, vacations, swearing ins)

87)        Organize all of my files and documents

88)        Get larger IPod and create playlists for all occasions

Just because I can.... 

89)        Get my concealed carry

90)        Roast marshmallows around a campfire

91)        Decorate a gingerbread house

92)        Take a dance class

93)        Buy myself a piece of jewelry

94)        Buy a hammock and lay in it

95)        Frame and mat my diplomas

96)        Have a day at the spa

Online Presence 

97)  Write a blog entry once every day for a week

98)     Redesign my blog

Grown Up Stuff 

99)       Host Thanksgiving and Christmas 

100)     Throw a dinner/themed party 

101)    Discover and add three new vegetables to my diet