Let's Reflect 2010
Before I start talking about 2011... lets have a look back at 2010:
Here were the GOALS for 2010....
1. Find a gym and join it, get back to a normal work out routine. Accomplished: proud member of 24hr fitness and kept a study workout schedule of ~ 1hr workouts 3-5 times a week. Plus 5-9 miles of walking at work....maybe too much (need to reevaluate for 2011)
2. Get back to a healthy eating habit, less crap and more yum (for the body and not for my taste buds) Accomplished: I avoid eating out as much as possible, plus I like making my own breakfast, lunch, and dinner rather than relaying on fast food/instant foods to the rescue. I analyze almost everything that goes into my mouth...sometimes that can be a little stressful... (more on this with 2011 goals)
3. Research different recipes and techniques and play around with them to make them more nutrient dense and delicious at the same time. Accomplished: Lots of new recipes to try: I like to try it according to its original and then change them like instead of using butter, I replace with pumpkin puree. Yum!
4. Bake, bake, bake! =) Accomplished! : No need to really talk too much about this one since I do sell desserts on the side now =)
5. Save for a kitchen aid mixer!! Accomplished! Found a super good deal for a brand new kitchen aid prof 600 series stand mixer for more than 50% off!
6. Be more aware of the news. Accomplished: CNN during workouts should count =)
7. Have fun! Don't lounge around, go places! I suppose I should research that too. Accomplished! List of places/ activities (roughly): parties/events here and there, Wicked in SF, Cirque Du Soleil: OVO, trips to Davis to visit old friends, Garlic Festival, San Diego, rock climbing, kayaking, Russell Peters!, Lake Tahoe, China, and Hong Kong!
8. Move out of my house. It's going to happen! Not accomplished... but I did save up a lot by being at home
9. Save for a flat screen TV for the theater experience ....I can see it now, it'll be awesome! That's only when I get my own place though. Accomplished! I had completely forgotten about this goal until recently and I never had planned it to be accomplished... but here we are! At my company holiday party, I won a 32in flat screen TV! How awesome! ( but because #8 didn't quite happen, I decided to give the TV to my dad. Its in the living room now so I'll have the theater experience there instead)
10. Create new friendships and maybe make old ones stronger. Accomplished! The old ones, we always seem to pull through at the end of the year and make efforts to meet up. New ones, I thought I would never get use to people at work... but we're actually pretty close now despite being in different depts. I was like that episode of Friends when Joey and Ross worked together at the museum and everyone was segregated by the color of their coats...but I always looked past the color of my coat and finally they did too =)
I can't help but to smile. Definitely deserves a pat on the back for me, 9 out of 10 goals met! 90% adherence! That's huge! I hope for 2011, I can keep the same pace! Yay!
Here were the GOALS for 2010....
1. Find a gym and join it, get back to a normal work out routine. Accomplished: proud member of 24hr fitness and kept a study workout schedule of ~ 1hr workouts 3-5 times a week. Plus 5-9 miles of walking at work....maybe too much (need to reevaluate for 2011)
2. Get back to a healthy eating habit, less crap and more yum (for the body and not for my taste buds) Accomplished: I avoid eating out as much as possible, plus I like making my own breakfast, lunch, and dinner rather than relaying on fast food/instant foods to the rescue. I analyze almost everything that goes into my mouth...sometimes that can be a little stressful... (more on this with 2011 goals)
3. Research different recipes and techniques and play around with them to make them more nutrient dense and delicious at the same time. Accomplished: Lots of new recipes to try: I like to try it according to its original and then change them like instead of using butter, I replace with pumpkin puree. Yum!
4. Bake, bake, bake! =) Accomplished! : No need to really talk too much about this one since I do sell desserts on the side now =)
5. Save for a kitchen aid mixer!! Accomplished! Found a super good deal for a brand new kitchen aid prof 600 series stand mixer for more than 50% off!
6. Be more aware of the news. Accomplished: CNN during workouts should count =)
7. Have fun! Don't lounge around, go places! I suppose I should research that too. Accomplished! List of places/ activities (roughly): parties/events here and there, Wicked in SF, Cirque Du Soleil: OVO, trips to Davis to visit old friends, Garlic Festival, San Diego, rock climbing, kayaking, Russell Peters!, Lake Tahoe, China, and Hong Kong!
8. Move out of my house. It's going to happen! Not accomplished... but I did save up a lot by being at home
9. Save for a flat screen TV for the theater experience ....I can see it now, it'll be awesome! That's only when I get my own place though. Accomplished! I had completely forgotten about this goal until recently and I never had planned it to be accomplished... but here we are! At my company holiday party, I won a 32in flat screen TV! How awesome! ( but because #8 didn't quite happen, I decided to give the TV to my dad. Its in the living room now so I'll have the theater experience there instead)
10. Create new friendships and maybe make old ones stronger. Accomplished! The old ones, we always seem to pull through at the end of the year and make efforts to meet up. New ones, I thought I would never get use to people at work... but we're actually pretty close now despite being in different depts. I was like that episode of Friends when Joey and Ross worked together at the museum and everyone was segregated by the color of their coats...but I always looked past the color of my coat and finally they did too =)
I can't help but to smile. Definitely deserves a pat on the back for me, 9 out of 10 goals met! 90% adherence! That's huge! I hope for 2011, I can keep the same pace! Yay!