Resolutions
I'm excited for 2009, it's going to be a good year. Last year, I resolved for change. I wanted to throw pretty much everything out, make life different.
And I did, at least enough. 2009 I want to keep and improve what I have. Sure, personal growth and goals, but at the end of next year I want the same boy, the same job, (at minimum) the same friends, and the same apartment. This is something of a first for me, I plan to enjoy it.
Solid goals for 2009
Things I should be able to check off at the end of the year.
No cardboard boxes.
I’m not going to move and I’m not going to live like I’m moving. There’s a grace period for January, because we’re still getting Tyler moved in and settled, but after that no boxes. This includes decorating the place, too. No, wait, this includes getting Tyler to decorate the place. But living like it’s permanent, that’s the thing.
Get a bike. Ride it.
This can wait ‘til March or April; I am not hardcore. But I gotta do it. Save up a little so I can get a nice-ish one. Get a U lock and a rack. Make plans with other people. Get off my ass. Feel the wind in my hair.
Do at least two Baltimore things a month.
Baltimore has so much to offer; I don’t want to stop getting to know this city. At least every other week I’m going to make a point to do something either new or particularly Baltimore-typical. New restaurants or clubs or tourist attractions, picnics in parks I haven’t been to. Museum trips, local band shows, etc. Get out.
Driver’s license.
No, really.
Get an extra-curricular.
Something semi-organized outside of work, friends, boyfriend. (D&D does not count.) A volunteer gig, a project, a performance, a team, a class, something.
Update my wardrobe
Throw out the clothes I don’t wear and the ones that don’t fit. Buy clothes I will wear. Invest in work clothes. Be frivolous and cheap and fabulous with non-work clothes. By then end of the year I’d like to feel like my clothes fit my life. It should be easy to get dressed every morning and easy to feel pretty and easy to keep everything clean and put away.
Stay on top of birth control.
No letting prescriptions lapse, no forgetting to keep track of things, no avoiding doctor’s visits. Use the calendar. Just keep it from being an issue.
Get good at this job.
I’m not bad at my job, but I still feel really new to it. I was going to say something about finding new ways to take initiative and gain responsibility, but I think with Where going quarterly, the recent expansion of job duties, and Baltimore cutting down to a two-person office I’ve probably got enough on my plate. Like I said, I’m still new at everything, and there’s suddenly more of it to go around. If I can have a really solid year, and at the end of it feel like I’ve ceased to be new and become good at my job I’ll be pleased with that.
Make Sunday a down day.
Life goes better if I spend Sunday being domestic and getting ready for the workweek. Getting home at midnight on Sunday started a lot of weeks badly for me in 2008. Doing laundry, taking stock, cleaning, getting to bed early. Cooking things that can be done in advance. Not necessarily all day: I can still do things on Sundays, but unless there’s something special going on (camping, concerts, road trips) Sunday should be a pretty low-key day and an early night.
Less tangible goals, the ongoing stuff.
Things I feel like I was pretty good at in 2008 but would like to continue or get better at in 2009. Reminders of what keeps me healthy.
Continue to be financially responsible
I feel like I was good with money in 2008, but the move up to Baltimore shot a lot of that, and now I need to get back on track.
- Get back to a regular savings plan.
- Make an extra loan payment. (I saw again this year how useful being able to take a month off is.)
- Pay all my bills on time.
- Pay more than the required amount on my small loan every month.
Continue to cook/eat/move healthy
- Keep being adventurous with vegetables, keep adding new ones to the regular repertoire.
- Find a farmers market that’s convenient. (This is also probably an April thing)
- Incorporate a little more meat into my diet and cooking skills.
- Shop with a week worth of meals in mind.
- Take excuses to be active.
Be good to Tyler
- Let him know how much I like having him around.
- Pull off a good, low-key Birthday celebration.
- Take at least one long weekend trip just the two of us.
- Bug him about practicing music and calling his family.
- Make us healthy food. Make sure he takes leftovers for lunch.
- Never leave without a goodbye kiss, even when he’s asleep.
- Appreciate and make good use of the time we’re apart.
- Warn him when I’m insanely hormonal.
- Go on dates.
- Be honest when something isn’t working for me.
- Trust him that nothing’s wrong.
- Take care of myself so I’m easy to be with.
Be good to myself
- Read
- Take walks alone
- Bead
- Buy myself flowers and good wine
- Don’t stress out
Happy New Year!
And I did, at least enough. 2009 I want to keep and improve what I have. Sure, personal growth and goals, but at the end of next year I want the same boy, the same job, (at minimum) the same friends, and the same apartment. This is something of a first for me, I plan to enjoy it.
Solid goals for 2009
Things I should be able to check off at the end of the year.
No cardboard boxes.
I’m not going to move and I’m not going to live like I’m moving. There’s a grace period for January, because we’re still getting Tyler moved in and settled, but after that no boxes. This includes decorating the place, too. No, wait, this includes getting Tyler to decorate the place. But living like it’s permanent, that’s the thing.
Get a bike. Ride it.
This can wait ‘til March or April; I am not hardcore. But I gotta do it. Save up a little so I can get a nice-ish one. Get a U lock and a rack. Make plans with other people. Get off my ass. Feel the wind in my hair.
Do at least two Baltimore things a month.
Baltimore has so much to offer; I don’t want to stop getting to know this city. At least every other week I’m going to make a point to do something either new or particularly Baltimore-typical. New restaurants or clubs or tourist attractions, picnics in parks I haven’t been to. Museum trips, local band shows, etc. Get out.
Driver’s license.
No, really.
Get an extra-curricular.
Something semi-organized outside of work, friends, boyfriend. (D&D does not count.) A volunteer gig, a project, a performance, a team, a class, something.
Update my wardrobe
Throw out the clothes I don’t wear and the ones that don’t fit. Buy clothes I will wear. Invest in work clothes. Be frivolous and cheap and fabulous with non-work clothes. By then end of the year I’d like to feel like my clothes fit my life. It should be easy to get dressed every morning and easy to feel pretty and easy to keep everything clean and put away.
Stay on top of birth control.
No letting prescriptions lapse, no forgetting to keep track of things, no avoiding doctor’s visits. Use the calendar. Just keep it from being an issue.
Get good at this job.
I’m not bad at my job, but I still feel really new to it. I was going to say something about finding new ways to take initiative and gain responsibility, but I think with Where going quarterly, the recent expansion of job duties, and Baltimore cutting down to a two-person office I’ve probably got enough on my plate. Like I said, I’m still new at everything, and there’s suddenly more of it to go around. If I can have a really solid year, and at the end of it feel like I’ve ceased to be new and become good at my job I’ll be pleased with that.
Make Sunday a down day.
Life goes better if I spend Sunday being domestic and getting ready for the workweek. Getting home at midnight on Sunday started a lot of weeks badly for me in 2008. Doing laundry, taking stock, cleaning, getting to bed early. Cooking things that can be done in advance. Not necessarily all day: I can still do things on Sundays, but unless there’s something special going on (camping, concerts, road trips) Sunday should be a pretty low-key day and an early night.
Less tangible goals, the ongoing stuff.
Things I feel like I was pretty good at in 2008 but would like to continue or get better at in 2009. Reminders of what keeps me healthy.
Continue to be financially responsible
I feel like I was good with money in 2008, but the move up to Baltimore shot a lot of that, and now I need to get back on track.
- Get back to a regular savings plan.
- Make an extra loan payment. (I saw again this year how useful being able to take a month off is.)
- Pay all my bills on time.
- Pay more than the required amount on my small loan every month.
Continue to cook/eat/move healthy
- Keep being adventurous with vegetables, keep adding new ones to the regular repertoire.
- Find a farmers market that’s convenient. (This is also probably an April thing)
- Incorporate a little more meat into my diet and cooking skills.
- Shop with a week worth of meals in mind.
- Take excuses to be active.
Be good to Tyler
- Let him know how much I like having him around.
- Pull off a good, low-key Birthday celebration.
- Take at least one long weekend trip just the two of us.
- Bug him about practicing music and calling his family.
- Make us healthy food. Make sure he takes leftovers for lunch.
- Never leave without a goodbye kiss, even when he’s asleep.
- Appreciate and make good use of the time we’re apart.
- Warn him when I’m insanely hormonal.
- Go on dates.
- Be honest when something isn’t working for me.
- Trust him that nothing’s wrong.
- Take care of myself so I’m easy to be with.
Be good to myself
- Read
- Take walks alone
- Bead
- Buy myself flowers and good wine
- Don’t stress out
Happy New Year!