What Do You Want To Do Before 2008 Ends?
[ 7 November 2008 ]
What do you want to achieve before the end of the year? You have 55 days to make something amazing happen!
By the start of 2009, my gift to myself will be having my three-year visa for the United States sorted out. SO EXCITED!
New York is where I want to be. It’s my favourite place, & it fills me with immense amounts of delight. I love this city, & I feel good here. That is worth pursuing. I’m so happy about the idea of putting down some roots & getting really comfortable.
There are a lot of steps (& a fair bit of cash) involved in the process, but it’s time to make it happen — & it’s my primary goal for the rest of the year.
How about you? What do you want to start — or finish?
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I want to put all the drama that’s going on behind me and get together with the one I love.
Aw man, I need a good goal. Right now it’s just surviving my crazy job and getting my wedding plans together!
I want to pass my Biology class, most of all. That’s my big goal! :)
I will start posting on my blog at least 3-5 times a week
I will push myself as far as a can possibly go in school
I will get a job and an online store to start saving for my trip to Romania, new camera, etc…
I will sort out my room and my wardrobe
Basically I need to get my shit together, and get a regular pattern down so I can be as productive as possible. I’m capable of countless amazing things but I continue to set my self up for failure and I’m stuck in a pretty bad circle of serious endless procrastination. I’m a slave to it right now and I need to stop fucking myself over basically.
I want to start an etsy shop and sell the things I make. It’s all happening very soon and I can’t WAIT!!
I’d like to have a job related to my shiny new degree. Not sure if its going to happen though :(
I want to finish paying off my loan and get enough money saved up so that I can finally move!
Ooooh, Morgan, of course it will!
I will spend the depths of winter someplace warm and exotic.
I will cut my ‘real job’ down to part time and subsidize with free lance writing/etsy sales.
I will make exercise a daily, not-a-big deal part of my life (rather than the arduous, irregular chore it is now)
I will have my space featured on Apartment Therapy
I will sus out the situation with The Mister
by 2009, my gpa will be up to a 3.6 and i’ll be rewarding myself over xmas by relaxing and finishing my level 1 course in russian. watch out, moscow!
By the end of 2008, I’ll be 20 and have had a decadent party to celebrate; had Christmas and NYE with someone I love; seen my best friend again for the first time in 2 years; and be driving! It’s a massive time of year.
I want to get started (and possibly finish) my second chapbook.
I want to start a baby. We’ll have to work really hard on that one. What a chore ;)
New York City IS the greatest city on earth.. I spent a year there in 1995 and it changed my life. All the best Gala!
I’m going to take everything I learned about myself this year to start planning out ways to make my dreams come true one right after another. By 2009, I’ll be in a place to immerse myself in a new obsession every month or three, and it will be even more thrilling than this year.
Starting with a new camera by the end of next week (!!!), more sketchbooks, and a grand dance to my iTunes shuffle in the dining room.
Congratulations on your awesome gift to yourself! (Of course, I approve.) Here’s to hoping New York does not disappoint!
I want to write better articles and visit more museums and and more concerts. (both going to happen, I want to see the diamont skull of Damian Hirst in the Rijksmuseum, and I’ll go to a classic concert of my violin teacher).
I want to do creative stuff and in the end sell my cards and other stuff online, but I don’t know how, it’s something for 2009..
and I want to play at least 30 minutes of violin a day, since I get worse, I need to practice more.
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Hopefully cross off at least one or two more off of that list before the new year rolls in. ;)
I will have my portfolio complete and ready to show at my college interview.
Wowza… Can it be that 2008 is really almost over?! lol. I’m hoping by the dawn of ’09 to have gotten settled into my new apartment (in a new state!), and started putting down new roots. It’s kinda scary for me, since I’ve lived in the same region my entire life, but I’ve already started doing some research on networking and stuff that I can do in my new city. That and beginning to get my blog more in order are my goals for the end of this year. Oh, and getting married too. ;)
I want to get my scholarship back.
As for my other goals they are already done! One of them was visit London (summer 2008) and the other one was to go on a Faculty trip which I did on October.
This has proved to be my best year yet! I just need the scholarship back and I’ll be a really happy gal ;)
FINISH my website!!! It’s a huge one for me.
i want to break up with my boyfriend, but i don’t know how to begin….
making college my second home. that’s major, since i don’t even speak the same language as most of the girls here.. but i want to get involved with the theatre productions, talent competitions, & community-related stuff.
Well, my sweet Gala…
I have many goals, but the one that amazes me most:
My long trip from Europe to the United States just before New Year’s Eve, to be with the boy of my dreams:)
(Love and its amazing power…^^)
Glittery Hugs to you!
<3
Well, apart from the usual stuff, I just recently accomplished what was my biggest goal for the end of the year. I did my part to see Obama elected president — in Florida, no less. My nagging probably got him at least three extra votes here, too ; )
I’d love to tour the Mediterranean and see Italy, especially, but small chance of that happening this year. Maybe Charles and I will do that for our 10th wedding anniversary in a few years. (Can you believe that we’re going to celebrate our 7th next month?!?!)
So, between now and the end of the year? Continue on my current path despite the craziness of the holidays: live greener, eat better, be more active, spend less, spend more time with friends and especially my best friend Charles, cut the clutter further, learn to sing better, create more, and just try to enjoy each day to the fullest.
>I must must must finish decorating my bedroom. It cannot carry over into 2009!
> Learn a decent amount of Spanish for my trip to Madrid.
> I also have a super-awesome mission to fulfill before xmas. I’m a MASSIVE geek for xmas specials of TV shows. I can’t explain it, I just love them. Even shows I don’t actually watch normally. Anyway, I found this list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_… and it is my intention to watch all of them I can find available online before xmas. Except for ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ as I’d rather die.
To fall head over heels in love with life.
It’s been a slow process the last few months, but im finally learning how to love myself.
oooh…
Couples massage
Segway tour of St. Pete
Ride a bannana boat again (super fun)!!
Rent and ride a pink Vespa through town
Attend Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20:)
Go on a horse carriage ride, at night, in downtown St. Pete
Get a better grasp on what I want to do with my life and decide on if I want to continue
I’m taking a huge step and selling most of everything I own and moving to New Mexico from California.
I’m super excited and planning on being there right before the new year!
It’s a little frightening because I don’t have a job lined up, I’m just going. It’s exhilarating!
2009 is going to be a whole new experience I can truly grow from! Plus, pay off as much of my debt as possible!
I want to have made a long-term volunteer work commitment — perhaps to become a Big Sister. And now that I have paid off my car, I also want to enroll in the New York Institute of Photography! It’s time to invest in my photography skills and give it a real go.
By 2009 I hope to have finally completed at least one novel (which is looking to be promising thanks to Nano)
Posting on my website more often and fixing some general bugs which looks like I need to set up a new blogging software.
My goal for 2010? Move out of my parents house completly. No more relying on them.
I am planning and getting my things together to move to NYC, yay!
I’ve already got a few things figured out [make-up school in March! super excited!!!] and parental acceptance. [really BIG step]
now i am just looking for a place to live and talk to my job about moving me to NYC. Anyone have good tips to finding good apartments, what to do and where to search?
I am starting off at craigslist.
oh and getting my art work and websites up and running. :)
hope everyone’s satisfied with what they’ve done this year!
by the end of 2008 i want to own & know how to play a ukulele, have my first short film drafted & shot, make one new friend and get at least 2 A’s in uni.
I would like to have a new job by the end of the year, but honestly I think I may have to wait until next year to even start looking, as there don’t seem to be many around at the moment!
I think my main goal for the end of the year is to have a clear plan of how 2009 is going to go, and for once, it will be one I can stick to! I’d also like to get my fashion blog up and running – I had an idea for a really niche one a while ago that’s had a really favourable response so I need to run with it!
Oh wow…I haven’t even thought about that. My gosh!
I think I’d like to become more confident and I think that I want to release my sweet, flower loving, dark fearing, hair obsessed self to the public rather than hiding behind a cherade of insanity.
Have friends in France, mainly. I’m really lonely at the moment and it would mean so much to me to know I can, essentially, live in another country and another language. I’m tired of feeling like the one who’s always lagging behind, who hasn’t “got it” yet. It was my resolution for the year to feel better about myself and in some ways I have changed, but there’s a long way to go and it often feels overwhelming, like there’s no way round it all. But fingers crossed, eh?
Wow, I haven’t even thought about it yet! My main goal is to start writing again. I start a new creative writing class in January and I recently started up my blog Luscious Letters again. However right now most of it is hypocritical because though my blog is focused on creative writing, I don’t do it. So I plan on starting to constantly be working on new creative projects.
By the way, I just reread your article “How To Set Amazing Goals” and it was amazing, I really loved it. I especially love your advice to start living as if your goal already happened.
I will bring one of the ideas floating around in my head for a story to fruition. I may not finish it, but there’s no excuse not to start.
By 2009, I need to be done applying to graduate schools. And I will have written a short story.
Have the guts to ask a guy I like to coffee
By 2009 I will be able to have a declared a “drama free” 55days. Avoiding gossip, other people’s lives and try not to care what people think of me.
Get married Dec 6th
Leave for Europe Dec 10th
Have an amazing time with my husband!
I want to help my mum realise how beautiful she is and maybe organize a date for her with a nice young man (!) in the new year. :)
I want to get decent grades on both of my final-year classes, finish applying to Work America and find a job in California for the summer, enjoy Christmas with my family and post-Christmas with my boyfriend & his family.
PERFECT timing! I just started on my list for goals of 2009, that I didn’t even think about finishing up 2008. So, ahem:
-Organize a SCHOOLWIDE pump jump (jumping in the air with a pelvic thrust) in the quad with as many students as possible, with merch (shirts and whatnot) as memories and photographic proof.
-Go to at leaaast ONE more rock show.
-Make myself over.
:)
Thank you Gala! Eeee I am so excited!
To stop smoking pot.
Sad but true.
I want to save money and start working on my book.
There are also a couple of things I would like to cross off my list 101 things in 1001 days.
I’d like to get my septum piercing before the end of the year :)
I did it today – I quit my job to pursue my passion!!!
i HAVE to finish all my college apps this month, they’re due DEC 1!
wake up an hour early go to the Y and exercise, make it a habit instead of a rare yet dreaded task
improve my spanish
I hope I can get some sort of schooling next year, or find a better way to make money other than my crappy minimum wage job. Also to make exercise a regular thing, rather than an irregular thing. I also hope that my boyfriend and I can finally save up money to move out of our disastrous apartment and to travel.
To get my paws into more freelance writing gigs and to get my online beauty biz rip roarin’ and going.
I’d also like to do this to someone’s car, haha
www.saynotocrack.com/index.php…
Sonnet that is absolutely amazing! I did that to a friends window once, but that is way better.
I want to finish writing my book and make sure that it’s fabulous and the best it can be.
By next year…I wnat to have decided where I need ot move to pursue my photography. Basically, I need to find where I need to be.
That is my first goal of 2009 and hope to be moved by at least March.
I want to pick up a side income of some sort (or a roommate which is sort of side income because of the reduced rent).
I also have a rather simple goal—create my first piece of clothing that I have knitted or sewn myself. And no, scarves do not count!
By 2009 I want to come out as genderqueer and be comfortable with myself.
get a tattoo or a few :D
clean out my closet
and decide my new style.
cut my bangs
dye my hair an awesome color
i’m thinking magenta or a nice green.
organize my room.
finally fill my journal…if i can find it
start seriously saving.
be organized period
First of all if you don’t have any ideas yet you should read all the comments of the people above because they are inspiring and motivating!
I want to keep on getting my ITC-goals going. On 31st december i WILL look back to a year of a rollercoaster full ups and downs but with proud in my heart that me and my intuition has survived. I want and i will celebrate that moment in a fabulous place that i have yet to book for! (somewhere hopefully that will make a stamp in my passport)
I would like to cure my writers block then write the next great novel!
I’m not sure as yet what my goals for the rest of the year are – although I have started thinking about New Years resolutions – but I have to say that I am so inspired by what everyone else has written! If you all stay as positive as possible and if you REALLY want to reach your goal, then I have no doubt that you will. You are all super cool, awesome people who can do anything you put your minds to.
Gala, your goal is great, I’m so excited for you!!
Much love xxx
I need to take some time to think about this, but I really like the idea of setting a goal for the rest of the calendar year. I haven’t been doing enough goal setting lately, and it makes me so much more productive when I do…
I’m considering getting a tantric massage, but without the … “yoni” massage at the end, haha.
I’ve done most of the things that are posible or that I want to… the rest is like an errand list. I’m considering getting an uneven eyebrow tattoed into evenness so I don’t have to draw it in for the rest of my life. might add another piercing to right ear. My goal in life is just to be really relaxed and to shut off the world, as much as it freaks out others.
* start my new job but only work to live *enjoy this summer with plenty of beautiful meals and wonderful ppl *learn how to driveeeee! *excessive amount of live music!!!
I would like to write more of my short stories/novel chapters. I would like to finish all 6 Dawson’s Creek Seasons on DVD and see the new Scrubs. Buy a pretty dress for a hot Christmas day. Get good summer togs. Happily enjoy my holidays until my second wonderful year of teaching begins. Oh and find someone super fine to pash on NYE..
I wish to pay off all my expenses.
Lose all the weight (plus more) that I managed to lose in july/august, and then put back on in september/october.
And see if I can help my endlessly confused and amazingly amazing bisexual/gay/screwed up friend figure out his sexuality because I am desperately in love with him and wish to make him happy and non-confused! However if this doesn’t happen I will have to deal with it. You can’t change people just because you want them to be a certain way. =)
my goals (in no particular conscious order):
- perform well in the rest of my year 12 exams and get accepted into cambridge university for architecture (definitely my priority) – dye my hair pink once exams are over! – find a job and start saving for a medium format camera (probably wont save enough money within the span of 1 month though)
there are a few other little random ones, but i think those three alone will keep me occupied for long enough =P i have a few questions for you though, gala. what type of pink hair dye do you use? i did a little research and it seems as though pink hair dyes are always only semi-permanent so wash out within a month. does that make it terribly painstaking to maintain? and another rather personal question…how are you managing to afford the new york lifestyle? as in, if you have found a stable job already, how did you do it all so fast? i’m simply very impressed and jealous by how carefree yet fabulous your life seems to be!
Gala, you legend!
I read this post, and then read a few of the other posts that were tagged…
To cut a long story short, I now have a big A3 sheet stuck to the side of my wardrobe. My goals aren’t for the rest of 2008…they are a bit longer term. Here they are!
-Eat what I want
-Save £2800 (£70 a week)
-Finish my degree in animation
-Spend a year traveling.
I recently recovered from anorexia and so the first goal is really just a reminder to love myself and BE myself and stop freaking out about food. :)
Love your website. You are stupendous! An inspiration!
xxx
Before 2009 I plan to do some thing fantastic for my boyfriend’s 18th birthday, start painting for pleasure (rather than under the pressure of the class room which i have now left forever!!... Until universtiy I guess.), establish contact details with all the fabulous people from school, get a job and start saving money so I can travel in the 2009!
Before 2009 I will have put together a printed photography portfolio and applied (and tried as hard as I could) to be chief photographer for my college newspaper. I am going to get this dream on track in small ways…. for now!
I want to make more of my hand crafted necklaces, so that I can get a page on etsy!!!
Before 2007 is out i’d like to; *Finish unpacking & tidying & decorating my living space. *Pick a health insurance provider & start on my treatment plan. *Do a detox *Get my 2nd tattoo *Start work on the 3rd (can’t afford it right now, but i wanna start the design process & decide exactly where i’m gonna put it…) *Keep ‘volunteer’ work shopping & decide which real-time volunteer work suits me & can become a regular thing *Go on a short holiday outside of my city (preferably a cabin in the wilderness or by the beach) *Dye my hair (never done it before beyond those ‘rinses’ and i want purdy purple streaks) *Get over my perfectionism and start using my sewing machine to customise 2nd hand clothes & make new clothes with eco & vegan fabrics *Go to the beach at least twice *Finally drink some of the absinthe that’s been sitting in my cupboard for over a year!! *Begin a daily/semi-daily yoga & meditation practice *Write out my goals in the short, medium and long term and really start doing what i need to do to reach them *Re-start my herb garden (re-pot the plants who have managed to survive & start caring for & spending time with them & a few new’uns *Apply for my British passport *Finally write those letters to my long neglected pen-pals (on recycled paper of course ;)) & stay up to date with all my correspondence generally And i’ll stop there – there are only 55 days left after all!!
after all!!
I am already living my dream! I’m in Ireland for this semester, and it is amazing! I’m hoping to go visit friends in Norway before I go back to the US for christmas, though, so my goal for now is to finish all my exam papers before study week so I can take off and have a ridiculously fun time traveling. wheeeee!
I know I might not have much control over this goal, but retain sanity and composure WITHOUT medication… I’m convinced that it must be at least partially a matter of will, because I can tell sometimes when what I’m experiencing would not be shared by others. But perhaps this is simply an irrational belief and yet another symptom of my condition. Oh dear.
I also intend to read at least 5 more books before the end of the year.
And I’m going to work hard in school, turn in quality work on time, and wedge myself back into discussions in order to carry out a successful fall term and get into colleges. Oh right, and DRASTICALLY IMPROVE MY GRADE IN MATH! That’s a biggie.
Finally, I need to write more frequently, because I am too often sacrificing creative time for matters of stress or exhaustion or pure laziness. Not cool!
So many thoughts and hopes and worries…
If I manage to finish my thesis, I should be getting my MA* in Public Relations in March ’09…and that’s one thing…I’m so, so, so afraid I will end up working on something that is not degree-related at all though…
Actually the thing I’d love to do the most would be getting more envelopes and sending out all those pictures that I printed to any music magazine in the UK hoping to get* whatever* job*, even unpaid! :-P
This doesn’t mean I need to start saving as well…Gosh it’s complicated!
Sept. ’09 I’d really want to start a MA in Photography* in Edinburgh so I can finally live in the same city as my boyfriend and stop polluting the planet by taking another flight every couple of weeks like I’ve been doing in the past 3 years…
If I don’t give my passion a chance now I will never find the time and the guts to do it later.
So, love + master + part-time job + photography = happy :-)
My biggest goal is to secure an internship for Summer ’09 preferably with a newspaper or magazine.
And Gala, I heard you are going to Missouri on Monday, the state I hail from. Are you going to Saint Louis? If so, here’s a couple of suggestions for fun:
-Central West End. It’s an area by Forest Park and Saint Louis University and it has an amazing movie theater, The Chase Park Plaza. Revolving doors, a full bar, piano music.
-THE LOOP. You must go here, I cannot stress it enough, it is the most awesome area! Near Washington University, the Loop has amazing vintage shopping (Ragarama, a furniture store called Pizazz (sp?) that sells truly unique home furnishings), an awesome movie theater the Tivoli that plays midnight cult films and art house flicks, and great restaurants (Blueberry Hill is my personal choice).
-Forest Park. The zoo is free, the art museum is free, take advantage of the freebies of life!
-Clayton. An upscale area by Brentwood, this was my favorite place to go to people watch, go to cafes, and shop at.
-The Arch. Because Saint Louis just isn’t Saint Louis without it.
*Downsize as much as possible: In July I’m moving from NYC to Chicago, so I want to get rid of as much as possible. I need to rip dvd’s to my computer, throw out old clothes, get rid of beauty products I don’t use anymore that are cluttering the bathroom….all of that stuff
*Get my eating/exercise back on pattern: I was being extremly healthy for awhile, and the winter weather moing in shook me up. I’m getting back to where I was, but by the end of the year, I not only want to be back, but better
*Grow my hair out: I’m getting pseudo married in February, and want my hair and costume to be as green, long and ridiculous as possible
*Fix my beauty routine: Get up earlier and do it at home, instead of on the N train…
I want to lose 2 more kg. That way I will have hit my New Year’s resolution of losing 1 size.
I want to keep on being really good at my MA classes and start attending the History of the language ones.
wow everyone’s sounding so motivated! made me happy :)
all i really want right now is for everything to go back to normal with my boyfriend but FIRSTLY, i need to finish exams (Bio and Modern History left!)and actually put some effort in coz i MUST get into Psychology at university!!!! MUST MUST MUST.
anywho when exams are over the pressure will be off and our relationship will (rightfully) be my number one priority!
oh gosh, this is going to be the first summer when i have a boyfriend AND the first summer that i have my drivers license.
best summer ever!
:D
Wow! Only 55 days! Oh my gawd!
I want to submit and pass the first stage of the application process to be a fire fighter! I went to a women’s awareness raising session today where we tried out all of the fitness test and it was AMAZING! I am so psyched & I hope I go all the way :o)
Good luck with the visa – a friend of mine is also on the visa merry-go-round trying to get a visa to stay in NYC.
It’s true; New York City has my heart like no other place in this world! I’m so excited for you, best of luck with the visa!
xxx
Hello Gala, I don’t know if this is really the most appropriate place, but as a runner-up in the LouLou Loves You competition, I just wanted to let you know that I recieved my bow this morning and I couldn’t be happier!
Thank you so SO much for bringing LouLou’s gorgeous designs to my attention and thank you even more for the interview you did with her that inspired it all. Not only do I have a gorgeous bow to wear into lectures and make everyone jealous, but I also have a renewed faith in the fact that I can do ANYTHING I want to as long as I work hard for it, just as LouLou has. THANK YOU GALA!
x x x
1. make my bedroom look like i’ve always wanted- and get rid of the extraneous stuff lying around! thus making it simpler to move out next year.
2. make a scholarship/admissions binder for uni time in the spring
3. go to a fantabulous new year’s eve party. or throw one!
Gala just like you love NY, I have a love for San Francisco and this year I have been working hard to get myself to that city. I have been interviewing most of the year and for one reason or another it hasn’t happened but that doesn’t mean that I am giving up. I am in the interview process with another prospect and I am hoping that it is meant to be for me. If it is, then I will officially have SAN FRANCISCO as part of my address starting in 2009. So exciting!
One thing that I must do is renew my passport because I am going on vacation the last two weeks of the year.
Thanks for the links!
I want to get a new job or have my own business up and running by the 1st Jan!
& take a foodsafe course
& apply to work at the vancouver aquarium
& getting everything ready so i can move to vancouver in january
& taking more portraits for my photography book i’m putting together
& ...possibly make a move on the boy i’m into.
The one thing that I really want to do before the end of 2008 is to start to take care of myself for a change. I want to start getting rid of my jealous ways because it’s starting to ruin my relationship. I want to get into the selected photography course at University. I want to get a new job. I want to finally love myself.
I want to eat healthier and make exercise part of my daily routine. Also I want to start to appreciate my life and the people who love me alot more. Just life life to the fullest!
I’m pondering that sequinned hoodie you bought. I love it and am wondering whether an almost 40 year old could wear it? I’ve been told I don’t look that old…and it would make a great birthday pressie to myself (the day itself is in December). Hmmm…
Start simplifying my life. Throw out everything that I no longer need. This is in preparation for when I move next year.
Get myself a university to go to. No saying I’m doing then not doing anything about it. Though I’m off to an Uni opening day on Wednesday, so that’s a start.
Make a concerted effort to continue writing my book.
I’d like to start looking at other streams of income. I want something that I can take with me at work at anywhere. I have some ideas and some pieces put in place but it’s finding the courage to actually do something about it. Though if everyone else here can follow their dreams…
Eventually work for myself full-time.
Sort out my passport and provisional driving licence so that they have my new name on ‘em.
I will do my homework at /home/ not during lunch or in study hall or who knows where.
I will hit my doctor’s goal weight for me. Just 5 pounds but it’s soooo hard to get there.
Walk my doggy everyday.
Be more energetic in my life.
Excercise and ENJOY it.
Reclaim my Sundays and stop spending them hungover in bed.
Stop eating fast food when I’m drunk – I never remember it and it means I can’t eat it when I’m sober.
Drink more water – I’m dehydrated.
Prepare for my seminars more.
Cut my hair off again.
Book and pass a driving test.
I want to figure out what my next steps are going to be on my way to becoming a health counsellor and natural health advocate.
Get a boyish haircut…I’ve always wanted to walk the androgynous line, but felt my figure was too feminine. To hell with it! It may come out looking like a toddler, but my hair shall please me.
I also will have decided on which boy I want to go on a date with, AND DO IT! ...actually…I already know which one I want. Huh. I will have stopped being such a weenie about flirting with him by 2009 :P
after the tons of interesting stuff that’s happened to me (inside & outside) during 2008, figuring out my next steps in work & life is my main goal. together with making lovely Christmas cards for my family & friends with my newly-acquired calligraphy skills!;)AND eat healthierrrr!!
figure out what i’m doing next semester.
1. Get rid of this cold, and then stay healthy for the rest of the year! Colds seriously cut into study time!
2. Get on top of my uni work in a big way. I need to get my days more organised: starting tomorrow, I am going to be much improved. I’ve been slumping around and although I haven’t been slacking off, I haven’t been pushing myself, I’ve just been getting by okay. But I need to PUSH!
3. Read major amounts of books, which feeds into the above but I need to not only make my goal of 56 books read this year but exceed it really. So much to do, so little time.
And I should be reading and getting rid of this cold so that I can talk again and dictate all my handwritten notes to the computer.
I am getting back on my program! Yay! Ok excuse the embarrassing link here but the guy that does the fitness stuff on the tv show Extreme Makeover – has the most amazing program! It’s mostly the eating plan that is brilliantly designed & fits with what our bodies should do- eat realllllly regularly, eat light, eat green (vegetarian or meatlovers!). So! I am starting again! YAY! 54 days to go!
i will grow my hair out to eventually be long & stop constantly cutting it, i will clean out my room & my life, i will continue to focus on the positive.
I want to/am going to completely clean out my room, cull my wardrobe & start 2009 without any excess clutter!
before 2008 ends i will
.bake chocolate biscotti and send them to my brother
.make my boyfriend smile again
.save at least a couple of hundred dollars
.go through a detox
.lose 6 pounds
Oooo I don’t know!
Survive? Haha, I’m going through a rough patch, so I guess I just want to get through all my courses and come out with decent grades. Looking forward to Christmas break! I am determined to recharge, sleep and work out a ton, get a nice new haircut, read for fun, hang out with friends and family and my dog and the horses, go shopping, and maybe try to get my life more organized.
By the end of this year I want to: *have at least $1000 in my savings for my Europe trip *Clean out the wardrobe *Select my study plan for next year *Sell/give away old clothes and get some stuff looked at *Get my passport sorted for Europe ($250 for an Aussie…eeek!)
In 2009 I want to: *Do the creative writing paper on offer at Massey *Move out of this flat, and get a place for my boy and I to call our own *Plan my Europe trip (once I know how much I will have!! Haha) *Acquire a cat, depending on where we are living (I miss living with 4 cats) *Make more of an effort with my family gatherings *Same as above for my friends *After Europe, plan an Aussie road trip =D
Squeee :):):) ’09 should be a goodie!
please god can I have passed my med school exam
1. GET A JOB!!
2. maintain my exercise routine (shouldn’t be too hard…its rather fun)
3. sleep better…
that’s all i can think of at the moment
o1. become more confident; work on emotional demons, addiction to food, and lose weight
o2. ask out Mr Perfect
o3. Spend new years NOT with my parents.
o4. Tell smug-bastard that I’m not in love with him and that he’s being a manipulative jerk.
It’s going to be a long 52 days..
1. Exercise 5-6times a week, no more excuses or laziness!
2. Hopefully drop a dress size through increased exercise and improved diet!
3. Read five of the books that are sitting on my bedside table waiting to be consumed.
4. Save at at least half of my pay each fortnight- if not more.
I love the fact that you love New York as much as I do, i’ve always wanted to live there since I was a child, and seeing that you, one of my inspirations are doing so, makes me even more happy and confident with my choice.
:)
I want to hurry up and have this baby. I’m tired of waddling everywhere I go. 2 more weeks (an early Christmas present).
omg, New Year’s Eve already…checked on my goal..and I’ve accomplished it! :)