Resolving resolutions, part deux
This time last year, I reviewed my resolutions from New Years '05 and made up my ones for the new year. While I'm not quite ready to make my 07 resolutions, I wanted to review last year's to see how well (or badly) I've done. So, let's see:
1. Lose (and keep off) that annoying last 10 pounds. This year, I'm adding a deadline for the loss for April 1st, our trip to AC. Not because that date really matters for weight loss, but because I am a girl who loves her deadlines. This one was a huge success. I actually lost more than 20 pounds since I wrote this. Not bad, since I've also kept it off for the past 4 months.
2. Get even better at leaving the past in the past. Well, I'm still not great at this, but the person to whom this referred and I are doing well. We are back to being semi-normal friends with each other and are dealing with each other as if we are normal human beings.
3. Finish the *&^%*! scarf. Just because I said I'd put it here. Oh well. No luck on this one.
4. Take a participation cooking class. Again, no luck. I need to review these earlier in the year so that I can get done the things that aren't done.
5. Buy our house -- this is really #1 because if I am still in the apartment at this time next year it will only be because someone has tied me to a chair and not let me leave. Well, I accomplished this one, but less than a year later, I'm now selling it. Which means I accomplished one thing and created another.
6. Apply to, be accepted to, and start my doctoral program. Retaking the GREs was yesterday, so first step is underway on this one. Oh well. Life got in the way on this one. I did find several programs in which I'm interested and I'm working on figuring out what is right for me. I have to do it soon, because I am now at a point where I have to either get the degree or accept that I am not moving any further up. I'm not sure that I want to move up, but I also don't want to make it so that I can't.
7. Get a handle on my job. I'm new, so sometime in the next year, I'd like to feel like I have a clue what I'm doing. Got this one. I got a kick ass review. Of course, I also feel like now that I understand my job, I want to kill people on a daily basis. But at least I know why.
8. Work on being comfortable in my own skin. As it is right now, some days I feel fabulous. Other days, I'm wondering why anyone hangs around me. So, by this time next year I'm hoping to have more of the former and fewer of the latter. I'm getting better. Admittedly, I still have my "14 year old girl" days (some times quite a few right in a row) but I'm doing better at believing the people who think I'm great.
Stay tuned for the 07 resolutions in a few weeks!
1. Lose (and keep off) that annoying last 10 pounds. This year, I'm adding a deadline for the loss for April 1st, our trip to AC. Not because that date really matters for weight loss, but because I am a girl who loves her deadlines. This one was a huge success. I actually lost more than 20 pounds since I wrote this. Not bad, since I've also kept it off for the past 4 months.
2. Get even better at leaving the past in the past. Well, I'm still not great at this, but the person to whom this referred and I are doing well. We are back to being semi-normal friends with each other and are dealing with each other as if we are normal human beings.
3. Finish the *&^%*! scarf. Just because I said I'd put it here. Oh well. No luck on this one.
4. Take a participation cooking class. Again, no luck. I need to review these earlier in the year so that I can get done the things that aren't done.
5. Buy our house -- this is really #1 because if I am still in the apartment at this time next year it will only be because someone has tied me to a chair and not let me leave. Well, I accomplished this one, but less than a year later, I'm now selling it. Which means I accomplished one thing and created another.
6. Apply to, be accepted to, and start my doctoral program. Retaking the GREs was yesterday, so first step is underway on this one. Oh well. Life got in the way on this one. I did find several programs in which I'm interested and I'm working on figuring out what is right for me. I have to do it soon, because I am now at a point where I have to either get the degree or accept that I am not moving any further up. I'm not sure that I want to move up, but I also don't want to make it so that I can't.
7. Get a handle on my job. I'm new, so sometime in the next year, I'd like to feel like I have a clue what I'm doing. Got this one. I got a kick ass review. Of course, I also feel like now that I understand my job, I want to kill people on a daily basis. But at least I know why.
8. Work on being comfortable in my own skin. As it is right now, some days I feel fabulous. Other days, I'm wondering why anyone hangs around me. So, by this time next year I'm hoping to have more of the former and fewer of the latter. I'm getting better. Admittedly, I still have my "14 year old girl" days (some times quite a few right in a row) but I'm doing better at believing the people who think I'm great.
Stay tuned for the 07 resolutions in a few weeks!
