My birthday party is tomorrow so this is a list of presents you could give me that would help me with my goals:
1. A ticket to Africa
2. Any season of Law and Order between 9 and 20. (I've already seen 1-8.)
3. A CD with Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire on it."
4. Gas.
8. Toilet Paper
10. A Spa gift certificate
11. A Chia pet
12. White cotton crochet thread size 30
13. Van Halen tickets
23. Movie tickets
25. Oil
27. Laundry soap
28. Vegetables
30. Something delicious
It's correlated with my goals list just in case any of you are bored enough to go see what matches.
23 February 2012
20 February 2012
Goals 28 and 30
Goal 28: Eat at least 3 meals per week that contain some sort of nutrient preferably of the plant variety.
I ate one of these salads twice so I'm counting it.
You're just going to have to trust me that I ate something delicious (Goal 30) because I forgot to take a picture.
I ate one of these salads twice so I'm counting it.
You're just going to have to trust me that I ate something delicious (Goal 30) because I forgot to take a picture.
15 February 2012
The Official Kick-Off (for soccer people) or Kickoff (for football people)
So when I was 24, I went to visit my friend in Fargo (North Dakota. And there aren't wood chippers.) for Thanksgiving. Her sister-in-law was turning 30 a few days later and I distinctly remember having this conversation:
Us: "30, huh? How do you feel about that?"
Her: "Fine. I have a husband, kids. I have a house. I graduated from college. I did what I planned to do by this time."
At the time, I thought, "That makes sense."
I turned 29 today and, while I really like my current life, the chances that I will be accomplishing any of that in the next year* are extremely remote. Since I will not be living up to the standards my 24 year old self set, I decided I should accomplish something this year. And it should be something fun.
And so this project was born. I set thirty* goals for myself to accomplish this year. Some are actually commendable and some are just silly but I'm committed to all of them. You can read the whole list in my previous blog post which I placed a link to somewhere over there ->. And because I need the motivation of publicly committing to something and/or because I thoroughly enjoy the narcissistic affirmation offered by social media, I'll share my progress with you all on this blog. You should feel so lucky. Also, I'l fulfill Goal 29: Blog regularly. Or semi-regularly. Or write a book* in case you thought this wasn't all about me. Join me if it sounds amusing to you.
*Except graduating from college. Did that. A couple of times.
*Cause I'm gonna be 30. See? See? It's very clever.
*That's really the official goal. I like not to fail so I gave myself a few options here.
Us: "30, huh? How do you feel about that?"
Her: "Fine. I have a husband, kids. I have a house. I graduated from college. I did what I planned to do by this time."
At the time, I thought, "That makes sense."
I turned 29 today and, while I really like my current life, the chances that I will be accomplishing any of that in the next year* are extremely remote. Since I will not be living up to the standards my 24 year old self set, I decided I should accomplish something this year. And it should be something fun.
And so this project was born. I set thirty* goals for myself to accomplish this year. Some are actually commendable and some are just silly but I'm committed to all of them. You can read the whole list in my previous blog post which I placed a link to somewhere over there ->. And because I need the motivation of publicly committing to something and/or because I thoroughly enjoy the narcissistic affirmation offered by social media, I'll share my progress with you all on this blog. You should feel so lucky. Also, I'l fulfill Goal 29: Blog regularly. Or semi-regularly. Or write a book* in case you thought this wasn't all about me. Join me if it sounds amusing to you.
*Except graduating from college. Did that. A couple of times.
*Cause I'm gonna be 30. See? See? It's very clever.
*That's really the official goal. I like not to fail so I gave myself a few options here.
05 February 2012
The Official List
Goals That Only Have To Be Done Once
3. Memorize "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel.
4. Go on a road trip.
5. Do at least one thing from the Phineas and Ferb theme song.
6. Participate in a craft show.
7.Achieve 30 likes on a Facebook comment of some kind.
8. Responsibly toilet paper a house.
9. Kiss a boy and like it. (This one is courtesy of Marie Rich, Eric Olsen and Brother Johnson)
10. Get a pedicure.
11. Grow a chia pet.
12. Crochet an altar cloth for the Gilbert temple.
13.Go to the Van Halen concert.
14. Redo my kitchen table and paint my chairs.
15. Dye my hair a different color.
16. Go cliff jumping.
17. Have a party celebrating a ridiculous holiday.
18. Do some sort of musical act on Mill Ave with Ami Blamires and Ben Little and see if we get any money.
Goals That Have to Be Done More Than Once To Be Counted
19. Finish typing up my mom and dad's mission journals.
20. Finish at least 3 craft project for which I have had the supplies for more than three years.
21. Figure out my own answer to the question "What's good about men?"
22. Go on some hikes in Arizona.
23. Go to at least5 4 midnight premieres, including at least one where I have no desire whatsoever to see the movie being premiered.
24. Plan two weddings.
Goals That Only Count If I Do Them Regularly
25. Learn to change my own oil and do it regularly.
26. Be a 100% visiting teacher. (Os are for misses, Xs are for completed months.)
Months: O X
27. Regularly do and put away my laundry.
28. Eat at least 3 meals a week that contain some kind of nutrients, preferably those of the plant variety. (Sunday dinner doesn't count.)
29. Blog regularly. Or at least semi regularly. Or write a book.
30. Eat something delicious at least once a week.
1. Go to Africa.
2. Watch at least part of every episode of the original Law and Order. 3. Memorize "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel.
4. Go on a road trip.
5. Do at least one thing from the Phineas and Ferb theme song.
6. Participate in a craft show.
7.
8. Responsibly toilet paper a house.
9. Kiss a boy and like it. (This one is courtesy of Marie Rich, Eric Olsen and Brother Johnson)
10. Get a pedicure.
11. Grow a chia pet.
12. Crochet an altar cloth for the Gilbert temple.
13.
14. Redo my kitchen table and paint my chairs.
15. Dye my hair a different color.
16. Go cliff jumping.
17. Have a party celebrating a ridiculous holiday.
18. Do some sort of musical act on Mill Ave with Ami Blamires and Ben Little and see if we get any money.
Goals That Have to Be Done More Than Once To Be Counted
19. Finish typing up my mom and dad's mission journals.
20. Finish at least 3 craft project for which I have had the supplies for more than three years.
21. Figure out my own answer to the question "What's good about men?"
22. Go on some hikes in Arizona.
23. Go to at least
24. Plan two weddings.
Goals That Only Count If I Do Them Regularly
25. Learn to change my own oil and do it regularly.
26. Be a 100% visiting teacher. (Os are for misses, Xs are for completed months.)
Months: O X
27. Regularly do and put away my laundry.
28. Eat at least 3 meals a week that contain some kind of nutrients, preferably those of the plant variety. (Sunday dinner doesn't count.)
29. Blog regularly. Or at least semi regularly. Or write a book.
30. Eat something delicious at least once a week.
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