Things to do in 2011 (a list for myself, but also maybe for you too):
I made this list while I was home over break...I am already working on serveral of them, which is bad-ass! Oh damn...i mean really cool.
* Figure myself out...at least part of me, so that I am better than I am at this moment
* Give away stuff I don't use
* Make more homemade gift
*Sing in the shower more
* Prioritize my time in a healthy way
* Go to bed before 2 am if i have to get up at 7
* Pay it forward
* Practice reciprocal friendship
* Rock climb more
* Learn to snowboard
* Study more
* Be more honest about how I feel, what I want, and what I will not tolerate
* Eat more organic food...not just more food
* Turn off lights if i am not using them
* Lock my door
* Get up in the morning and go to the gym or at least do something active (if i have a partner, sex counts)
* Think about finding a partner!
* Call people I love
* Be less of a snarky bitch when attempting humor...not everyone thinks it's funny
* Curse less around my students...or maybe in general
* Dissertate, dissertate, dissertate
* Pass comprehensive exams
* Don't get pregnant or try heroin for the first time (and especially at the same time)
* Don't drop my computer on my foot and break it (again)
* Watch less reality TV
* Meditate
* Go to the Zen Temple and the LDS church at least once
* Take more weekend trips
* Go to, or plan trips to National Parks and other bad ass place
* Listen to more live music thank I did in 2010
* Visit Erin
* Make-out with cool people (if I really want to)
* Recycle more
* Teach Ben to knit if he still wants to
* Purchase comfortable shoes that are still cute
* Write more for fun
* Eat less frozen meals
* Stop being attracted to people who I shouldn't be or are unrealistic (Matt Parkman on Heroes probably doesn't want to spoon)
* Floss
* If students aren't in my office do work
* Ask someone how they are each day that you did not ask the previous day
* Watch more old movies and documentaries
* Don't rat yourself out as much...you can get away with shit if you just keep your mouth shut
* Write in my new 5-year journal
* Pick out a dog (to own in 1.5 years)
I love this! Very good goal, if I was to write one we would have several of the same. Miss you tons, extra goal for me... visit you!
ReplyDeleteGreat list. I make one of what I have done the year before AND one like this every January. Helps me focus
ReplyDeleteWatch those old movies....they are a wonderful way to learn the history of so many things....and to appreciate movie making and acting, not as better or worse than today, just as appreciation for the art.
ReplyDeleteThat's a long list...good luck with it and don't worry if you have some hold overs into next year...pare it down over time!
Love you and miss you
I like your use of "snarky" and of course "reciprocal".
ReplyDeleteMuch love my friend!!
Sarah: COME VISIT!!!!
ReplyDeleteAur: Good idea! I did accomplish an awful lot in 2010.
Di: I have already been actively doing about 25 of the things on this list this year! It is more of a wish list reminder for me then a "you have to do this."
I also <3 Matt Parkman - and Peter Petrelli. But yes, I suppose it helps to focus more on real people...
ReplyDeleteI also wish I had visited more Parks and other awesome places when I lived in Montana! I still can't believe I only made it to Yellowstone once.
I remember hearing about a pact, on some website, where people got rid of one thing every day, to reduce the amount of stuff in their lives. Great idea!!
Great words to live by! Floss! And be less of a snarky bitch when attempting humor...not everyone thinks it's funny... those are my faves and I will slap those into my "things to do".
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