Objectives 2010
I have been a right grumpy cow the last few days, but today has restored my mood through the power of lazy Saturday morning lie-ins and weekend quickies :-)
I have been mulling over doing some new year's resolutions but in my mind resolutions always seem focussed on not doing things or giving up things, and I don't want to go down this road. So instead I am setting myself some objectives for 2010. These are things I keep thinking that I'd really like to do - well this is year the year I will make them happen.
Objectives
1. Do some form of extra-curricular study
My job really isn't stretching my mind in the way I'd like, and I've been thinking for a while now that I'd like to explore a different academic area. Am drawn to something in the maths or science vibe, but equally would be interested in learning a new language or expanding my knowledge of politics. Basically I just want to learn.
2. Join a choir or theatre group
Singing and acting were two things I did constantly as a child and teenager, and then I started college, discovered boys in a major way, and stopped doing both. Then for years I worked shifts that meant I couldn't commit to anything regular, but always missed the buzz of performing. Well now I can commit to it so it's high time I started back up again. I've already enquired about joining the choir at work, which is very scary but exciting too!
3. Wear heels more often
Somewhere along the line I stopped doing this, and became afraid of heels. Then recently I needed warm ankle boots and could only find nice ones that had small heels. And surprisingly they were no problem at all and I love wearing them. So I want to explore what other heels I can wear comfortably.
4. Learn to cook risotto
Because I love it and it's the perfect meal for using stuff up, but I've never made it myself. So I shall do so.
5. Go geocaching
I joined the website, I bought the app, I found one cache close to home and it was so exciting! It taps into a whole treasure hunting, clue solving vibe that I've always loved. But I never went again for some reason, so I shall drag the husband out to find some more.
6. Read some G H Hardy
Always loved mathematics, never read G H Hardy. Something isn't right there. He seems to be referenced by so many authors I read, so I shall seek him out this year.
7. Learn how to do cryptic crosswords
I watched a programme about them on iplayer not long ago, and it made them sound far less impossible than they always seem to me. So I'll give them a try.
8. Go away somewhere I've never been before
Haven't had a holiday since Cornwall 18 months ago, haven't been abroad since Oslo almost two years ago. The honeymoon doesn't count because it was spent somewhere I know so well. So this year I want to go away somewhere new.
9. Reread Enid Blyton
Of all the children's books I've read, Enid Blyton's books always came out on top for sheer enjoyment and imagination. And I haven't read any for years, and all my old ones are up in my mum's loft. So I will be seeking out very cheap old copies and reliving my childhood.
10. Write in my LJ regularly
Too long have I neglected writing, thinking that I didn't have anything to talk about because my life was so boring compared to my exciting early 20s when this journal really thrived. But now I have all these objectives so I will have lots to write about!
I have been mulling over doing some new year's resolutions but in my mind resolutions always seem focussed on not doing things or giving up things, and I don't want to go down this road. So instead I am setting myself some objectives for 2010. These are things I keep thinking that I'd really like to do - well this is year the year I will make them happen.
Objectives
1. Do some form of extra-curricular study
My job really isn't stretching my mind in the way I'd like, and I've been thinking for a while now that I'd like to explore a different academic area. Am drawn to something in the maths or science vibe, but equally would be interested in learning a new language or expanding my knowledge of politics. Basically I just want to learn.
2. Join a choir or theatre group
Singing and acting were two things I did constantly as a child and teenager, and then I started college, discovered boys in a major way, and stopped doing both. Then for years I worked shifts that meant I couldn't commit to anything regular, but always missed the buzz of performing. Well now I can commit to it so it's high time I started back up again. I've already enquired about joining the choir at work, which is very scary but exciting too!
3. Wear heels more often
Somewhere along the line I stopped doing this, and became afraid of heels. Then recently I needed warm ankle boots and could only find nice ones that had small heels. And surprisingly they were no problem at all and I love wearing them. So I want to explore what other heels I can wear comfortably.
4. Learn to cook risotto
Because I love it and it's the perfect meal for using stuff up, but I've never made it myself. So I shall do so.
5. Go geocaching
I joined the website, I bought the app, I found one cache close to home and it was so exciting! It taps into a whole treasure hunting, clue solving vibe that I've always loved. But I never went again for some reason, so I shall drag the husband out to find some more.
6. Read some G H Hardy
Always loved mathematics, never read G H Hardy. Something isn't right there. He seems to be referenced by so many authors I read, so I shall seek him out this year.
7. Learn how to do cryptic crosswords
I watched a programme about them on iplayer not long ago, and it made them sound far less impossible than they always seem to me. So I'll give them a try.
8. Go away somewhere I've never been before
Haven't had a holiday since Cornwall 18 months ago, haven't been abroad since Oslo almost two years ago. The honeymoon doesn't count because it was spent somewhere I know so well. So this year I want to go away somewhere new.
9. Reread Enid Blyton
Of all the children's books I've read, Enid Blyton's books always came out on top for sheer enjoyment and imagination. And I haven't read any for years, and all my old ones are up in my mum's loft. So I will be seeking out very cheap old copies and reliving my childhood.
10. Write in my LJ regularly
Too long have I neglected writing, thinking that I didn't have anything to talk about because my life was so boring compared to my exciting early 20s when this journal really thrived. But now I have all these objectives so I will have lots to write about!