{"id":5199,"date":"2017-12-31T17:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T22:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2017-12-31T17:27:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T22:27:36","slug":"2018-goals-a-look-backward-and-a-look-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/2018-goals-a-look-backward-and-a-look-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Goals: A Look Backward and a Look Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last several days, I have been thinking about goals. I didn’t set birthday goals this year because they were starting to feel almost arbitrary, like I was setting the goals out of habit. However, it is absolutely true for me that if I write something down that I am much more likely to get it done…even if I forget that I had written it own. There are lists that I have found this year that prove that to me.<\/p>\n

This year was an interesting one for me personally.  I made some adjustments that I needed to make in the spring and my life took on a different shape. I found myself doing a bunch of things that I wanted to do, but had not been doing. I took myself on a solo trip to Tennessee which is probably one of the most important things that I did this year. I took myself to a concert. I went by myself to the west side of the state to enjoy the lake and enjoy myself. I took in several movies at the theater with only myself as my companion. This year, though I spent considerable time in the company of other people, I made a point to do things by myself in a way that I had never done before. I’m definitely better for it.<\/p>\n

Part of me wants to look back over the year and pull out a list of accomplishments. The rest of me doesn’t. I think that I tend to feel like a collection of achievements and failures, but I don’t want to feel like that anymore.<\/p>\n

Speaking of feeling, in 2017. I think that I did a better job of letting myself feel my feelings than I ever have before, and I think that has been good for me. Feelings come and feelings go…letting myself just go with it made that seem a lot more manageable.<\/p>\n

I lost about 20 lbs this year. Part of me wanted to set a goal to lose 10 more–30 was my original goal–but I just don’t feel like making that a priority. And that’s fine. I might change my mind. And that’ll be fine too. I’ve enjoyed good health, and this body is always down to be physical. I think that’s enough.<\/p>\n

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  1. In 2017, I found myself wishing that I had kept a list of the media that I had consumed. I aim to do that in 2018.<\/li>\n
  2. I began to write for PULP<\/a> this year which was extremely rewarding. Through this, I made a point to pay more attention to what was going on around me and to take advantage of the opportunities that  make this area appealing. I aim to keep this up. <\/li>\n
  3. I started this in 2017, but I have a bazillion t-shirt ideas<\/a>. I want to turn them into reality in 2018.  <\/li>\n
  4. Secret poetry project.<\/li>\n
  5. Get back into Mathematics of A Race Riot<\/a>. To make the goal measurable, I intend to write about 25 riots in 2018.<\/li>\n
  6. Put a fire pit in the back yard!<\/li>\n
  7. Make bao at home.<\/li>\n
  8. Get the bricks on my house taken care of.<\/li>\n
  9. Replace my stove.<\/li>\n
  10. Find a household chore routine that works for me. <\/li>\n
  11. Decorate the big, blank, living room wall.<\/li>\n
  12. Put order to the basement.<\/li>\n
  13. Return the humiliating collection of bottles that reside in the garage.<\/li>\n
  14. Grow some food. <\/li>\n
  15. Try the new workouts that I have been pinning<\/a> over the last few years. <\/li>\n
  16. Successfully make sauerkraut. If at first you don’t succeed….<\/li>\n
  17. Take another solo trip. Maybe camping?<\/li>\n
  18. Private donation #1.<\/li>\n
  19. Private donation #2.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And that’s it. My totally unsexy list of 2018 goals. Who cares if there is an odd number? Not I! That’s how I’m rolling into this new year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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