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Thursday, January 01, 2009

My PLANS for This Year!


Me and Lynn...at the bar...in October. I think we were singing a Prince song. Ha!

Here are my plans for this year. I am documenting this as a way of reminding myself to stick to my goals, no matter how many times I may get distracted by other shit. I am NOT calling them resolutions. That's too much pressure for me. These are simply PLANS:

1.) Find and rent a nice, clean place in this same area. Without Bryan.

2.) Enroll in the Medical Transcription program, which begins in August and takes one year to complete, according to the catalog.

3.) Arrange my schedule and manage my time appropriately so that I may take the maximum number of classes I can and still work at least four days a week.

4.) Completely reorganize my life. I need to go through every nook and cranny of this house and organize all the things I want to keep and toss the things I don't. This will take a while.

5.) Pay my bills on time. This is part of being organized. I know that when I finally live alone, I will be able to get and STAY organized because no one else will be fucking up my stuff.

6.) Make better food choices. Instead of eating out, which is clean and fast but not cheap or good, I plan to cook more at home.

7.) Learn how to cook a wider variety of meals. I am going to take the foods I love and learn how to make healthier dinners with them. For instance, I LOVE grilled chicken, steamed veggies, and seasoned rice but I only know how to make it one way. I'd learn to love how to make curry chicken. I just need more cooking experience, overall.

8.) Take an actual vacation this year. Bryan, Daniel, and I are planning a trip this summer but we're not sure where we will go. We're thinking maybe Vegas. This will be sometime toward the end of summer, before Alexa starts school again and before the holidays so that we can all get the time off of work.

9.) I am going to be more honest with people regarding how I feel about them. Whenever I do that, I find that I feel better about myself as a person.

10.) I will absolutely stay true to the way that I dictate my life. Meaning that I will not adjust my living style or attitude toward things to appease someone else. I am constantly adjusting myself to others so that there is a comfort level, but once I move, I have my OWN space and I will not let anyone else run over me. I will stay true to myself and learn how to love myself again.

11.) Make time for me. I need some time for myself. With this I would like to do a little more exercise. With all the money I'll be saving by not living in this place, I would like to buy a Wii Fit and try that. I would also like to walk, which is my favorite exercise next to swimming. I need to take a few hours a week and try to lose some of this gut and FEEL better.

12.) Write more. With all the extra privacy I'll have, I absolutely intend to do more writing. I have several unfinished works in progress that need some attention. Maybe I'll even be able to get something published! But even if I don't, I will still feel great because I have accomplished that goal.

With those things in mind, I am approaching 2009 not with the usual trepidation and fear but with enthusiasm and excitement. I absolutely cannot wait to see what this year holds for all of us.