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
