I love making New Year's Resolutions. There is something so very hopeful and optimistic about making a list of things to accomplish for the coming year. As per my usual NYRs Plan I am posting my 37 goals/resolutions for this year. At the end of next year I will report back on my progress.
This year my NYRs are based on my #1 goal - to make sure each month I do something exciting and worthy to be posted in a Christmas Letter. Just so you all know I don't actually plan on sending that Christmas Letter at Christmas time. It will be sent a little earlier...see goal #7.
Good luck to me!!! And Good Luck to YOU on all your 2011 NYRs!!!!
1. Do something each month that can be worthy of being featured in a Christmas Letter at the end of the year.
2. Run 3 marathons: One local, one regional (Utah), and one global (out of state).
3. Get a road bike
4. Get a usable pair of cross country skis
5. Write something and submit it for publication
6. Train for a private triathlon with Rachel
7. Write a "Christmas Letter" and send it out on my birthday.
8. Travel out of the country
9. Build up my savings again - I'd like to double what is currently residing in my account
10. Go to the dentist - get a teeth cleaning and x-rays
11. Sell the old wedding ring and get a complete temple outfit I actually like
12. Give blood again
13. Read 50 books
14. Hang art and other appropriate items on my bedroom walls
15. Curate bees at BYU again
17. Read the Book of Mormon and New Testament
18. Finish at least 3 old projects that have been kicking around for 10 years
19. Take some college courses
20. One last attempt to write and publish the research from my thesis
21. Photography class and skill development
22. Plant and grow a more successful garden and create a useable compost pile
23. Refresh my plant names and learn some bird names
24. Hike with Becky (my big sister)
25. Junk reduction - Sell my excess stuff that has been sitting around waiting to be sold
26. Get my Rifleman designation at an Appleseed Shoot.
27. Use my last 2 tickets to Beaver
28. Compile and bind a recipe book
29. Backpacking in the Sierras with Lindsey (and Olivia?)
30. Core Training - Weight training and 6-pack abs
31. Tour Kennecott Copper Mines
32. Visit BERET
33. Visit a national monument or national park - Memorial Day trip?
34. Go to the temple TWICE a month
35. Certify on some level at Front Sight
36. Humanitarian Service - quarterly activities
37. Become a shooting instructor
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sneak Peak - New Years Resolution
When reviewing this last year and toying with the idea of writing a Christmas Letter to send to all my friends and family I came to the realization that I don't have much to report...so there you have it, don't expect a Christmas Letter from me this year.
Want to know my hypothesis for my lackluster year? Scroll back through my posts this year, keep on scrolling...okay stop. You didn't have to go far to realize that I did not post my NYRs for 2010. I didn't set any. I never got around to doing it. Nope. I was lazy, preoccupied, and feeling bleh about life.
So, get ready. This coming year will see the return of my NYRs...there are going to be more this year than any other year, a whole 37 Goals!!! Featuring this one: Do something each month that is noteworthy enough to be posted in a Christmas Letter at the end of the year. Yup, that makes me excited about this coming year.
Have a Merry Christmas in case I don't get around to posting until New Years Eve.
Want to know my hypothesis for my lackluster year? Scroll back through my posts this year, keep on scrolling...okay stop. You didn't have to go far to realize that I did not post my NYRs for 2010. I didn't set any. I never got around to doing it. Nope. I was lazy, preoccupied, and feeling bleh about life.
So, get ready. This coming year will see the return of my NYRs...there are going to be more this year than any other year, a whole 37 Goals!!! Featuring this one: Do something each month that is noteworthy enough to be posted in a Christmas Letter at the end of the year. Yup, that makes me excited about this coming year.
Have a Merry Christmas in case I don't get around to posting until New Years Eve.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Crying on My Pillow
I've had some really great friends move away from me over the years. It has always been extremely sad for me to see them go (or in rare cases for me to leave them). Sometimes it's harder than other times because they played very distinct roles in my life that for some reason or other is hard to fill with the existing or new friends I make.
Recently my hiking buddy, Lindsey, moved away from me. She filled a role in my life that may never be filled again...although I really hope to find an eternal hiking buddy one day that will partially fill that role by taking me into the wild on fabulous adventures because it's the right thing to do (but guys just aren't the same kind of hiking buddy as other girls are).
Anyway, I was just sitting in bed feeling sorry for myself and realized I am a nerd that needs to get off my butt. I am going to be in Provo for the entire next week and I really really want a hiking partner down there to go hiking with me at random times and drop-of-hats...you know, like in the evening when the rest of the world is sipping tea by the fireplace curled up with a book or early in the morning to watch the sun rise even though we'd most likely be down in a canyon without a clear view of the event because it's hard to make it to the top of snow/ice covered mountains this time of year. Most of the people I know in Provo are way too busy with their hoard of kids that hiking is a major event that has to be planned well in advance of the time you really feel the need of going. Plus, they don't really have accommodating husbands that understand the NEED I have for this activity. Or they are in the midst of starting a family and their significant other might not understand why they feel the need to go off hiking with another girl when they should be spending their limited free time building and strengthening emotional bonds at home. Sometimes being responsible for other people is such a drag on those who have hardly any responsibilities.
So, while lying around feeling sorry for myself I realized I need to be a bit more proactive in my adventuring. I am determined to get out and do some fun snowshoeing/hikes regardless of who or who is not with me. If my friends who move away have to hike alone, I will hike alone too. I'm going to stop moaning about friends moving away (no I'm not, I miss my friends and will always moan about their loss). But these legs of mine were made for hiking and that's just what they need to do.
I've been spoiled too much with good friends that I need to realize not everyone in the world has friends and I shouldn't think I any more deserving then them...I hear that there are children in China and Africa that don't even know what the word "friend" means.
Recently my hiking buddy, Lindsey, moved away from me. She filled a role in my life that may never be filled again...although I really hope to find an eternal hiking buddy one day that will partially fill that role by taking me into the wild on fabulous adventures because it's the right thing to do (but guys just aren't the same kind of hiking buddy as other girls are).
Anyway, I was just sitting in bed feeling sorry for myself and realized I am a nerd that needs to get off my butt. I am going to be in Provo for the entire next week and I really really want a hiking partner down there to go hiking with me at random times and drop-of-hats...you know, like in the evening when the rest of the world is sipping tea by the fireplace curled up with a book or early in the morning to watch the sun rise even though we'd most likely be down in a canyon without a clear view of the event because it's hard to make it to the top of snow/ice covered mountains this time of year. Most of the people I know in Provo are way too busy with their hoard of kids that hiking is a major event that has to be planned well in advance of the time you really feel the need of going. Plus, they don't really have accommodating husbands that understand the NEED I have for this activity. Or they are in the midst of starting a family and their significant other might not understand why they feel the need to go off hiking with another girl when they should be spending their limited free time building and strengthening emotional bonds at home. Sometimes being responsible for other people is such a drag on those who have hardly any responsibilities.
So, while lying around feeling sorry for myself I realized I need to be a bit more proactive in my adventuring. I am determined to get out and do some fun snowshoeing/hikes regardless of who or who is not with me. If my friends who move away have to hike alone, I will hike alone too. I'm going to stop moaning about friends moving away (no I'm not, I miss my friends and will always moan about their loss). But these legs of mine were made for hiking and that's just what they need to do.
I've been spoiled too much with good friends that I need to realize not everyone in the world has friends and I shouldn't think I any more deserving then them...I hear that there are children in China and Africa that don't even know what the word "friend" means.
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