2004 New Year's Resolutions

[jenfer47]

2004 New Year's Resolutions

GOAL-SETTING: Make a Treasure Map of my goals for the new year (Jan. 1).

KARMA: Organize a citizens' lobby for domestic poverty issues based on Results (January 31).
GETTING ORGANIZED:

If I don't do this, the rest won't happen either!

1. File loose papers (by Jan. 1) and make a searchable list of the files and contents (by Jan. 31).
2. Make a list of broken household items (by Jan. 7); have them repaired or give them away.
3. Go through closets and drawers, mend and iron as necessary, and give away stuff I don't use (May 1).
4. Start laying out clothes for the next day on the night before (as soon as I have a job).
5. Start tracking expenditures (Jan. 1) with either computer software or a notebook.
   First actions: Homelessness; BC Welfare cuts.

FINANCIAL:

• Round up a reliable source of income (Jan. 31) and pay off at least half of my bills (by Dec. 31).
• Teach some yoga classes and workshops (by April). Possibly take a refresher teaching certification course.
• Write at least 3 pages a day meant for publication. Submit at least one piece of writing to a professional publication each month. Take at least two writing workshops or classes, or participate in a critique group.
• Move my retirement account from Royal Bank to VanCity (by Feb. 20).
• Enrol in a cheap long-distance package (by Jan. 4).
• Set up an eBay shop to sell stuff I don't need (by May).
• Join LETS (by April).
• To learn more about economics, read all the material on the COMER site (one article a week until done). Order a copy of their video, and hold a home viewing (by August).
• Start working my way through the financial planning notebooks (by September).

HEALTH AND FITNESS:

• Start using my bicycle (by January 7).
• Take some classes in bellydancing (by January 14).
• Give the Zone Diet a solid try for at least six months, with emphasis on more veggies (starting January 1).
• Set up a fitness routine that provides a good workout at least six days a week (by January 1).
• Start using the jacuzzi in my building at least a couple of times a month (by January 1).

SELF-EXPRESSION:

1. Start attending Toastmasters (January 7).
2. Put up a website (by February 15).
3. Make music a part of my life.

• Have my autoharp repaired and start playing it at least twice a week (by March 31).
• Go to Folk Music Society two evenings a month, and prepare three numbers to perform at open mike period (by October 31).
• Prepare CDs of energizing music for morning and calming music for evenings (by January 15).
• Match appropriate songs to household tasks and sing them as I work - such as "Clean, Clean, Clean!" (by January 15).
• Don't let a day go by without singing or chanting.
• Make LiveJournal entries at least weekly.

SPIRITUAL:

• Begin a daily meditation practice (January 1).
• Check out various spiritual communities in Victoria, at least one each month, until we find a place we feel at home: Spiritualists, Church of Truth, Victoria Truth Centre, Quaker House, Buddhists, Unitarians, etc.
• Start working with appropriate affirmations (Jan. 1).

I'm exhausted already! Time for a nap.