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aeditimi

Goals and Year in Review

Jan 01, 2008 20:54

I never do 'resolutions' for a new year, and I've never done that year in review meme, but it seemed like a good time to do it toady for some reason.

My list of goals began when I signed up at 43Things, a website that recommends a person try to accomplish up to 43 long-term (or short term goals) at a given time. Some goals are big and some are ( Read more... )

x goal- ordination, memes, goal- spanish, ewan, husband, goal- debt free, goal- secret ambition, lark, goal- love body, goal- delegate work, goal- doctorate, littleone, goal- green, x goal- will, parenthood, goal- poverty history, goal- poetry, politics, goal- jerusalem, x goal- atlas shrugged, ministry, health, goal- glbt church, goal- nondiscrimination, goal- posture, goal- healthy pregnancy, harry potter, x goal- 50 books per calendar year, x goal- mission trip, books, x goal- return to ecuador, goal- general conf, goal- pottytraining, gay rights, goal- healthy weight, goal- publish book, family, goal- work for peace, goal- live abroad, x goal- make a difference, seasons, goal- nobel peace, ecuador, goals- update, goal- painting

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General Conference Goal anonymous January 2 2008, 14:38:20 UTC

I can totally help you accomplish the General Conference goal....need housing? volunteer opportunities? secret revolutionary missions??

Tiffany

Re: General Conference Goal aeditimi January 2 2008, 15:31:32 UTC

hehe. what I really need is someone to watch my kid for ten days.

Reduce My Environmental Footprint ext_66785 January 2 2008, 15:19:54 UTC

I didn't note this on your goal list last year -- can I ask what inspired it? If you'd like resources or ideas, I can share some of the blogs I follow for you.

Love,
Liss

Re: Reduce My Environmental Footprint aeditimi January 2 2008, 15:31:13 UTC

do you recieve notification when I reply to your openid comments?

Anyway, it was on the list, but further down. It's always been a goal, but I hope to move forward with it a bit. I use having a toddler as an excuse for generating mass amounts of waste, but No Impact Man demonstrates that this is no excuse whatsoever.

Re: Reduce My Environmental Footprint ext_66785 January 2 2008, 18:24:03 UTC

I don't receive notification, but I have a little notepad (of reused scrap paper) on my desk which I use to keep track of comment-conversations in progress -- then I go back and check on the ones that may not be finished.

Very cool goal, anyway. And very true that toddlers aren't excuses for mass amounts of waste (as Colin and Isabella demo over and over again -- with an insane ability to make me feel about two inches tall), but there are some wastes that are different.

If you want a place to start with a different kind of activity, I just put together a GoogleDocs file to track my energy use, pulling info off of my monthly electric/gas statements. I can share the file with you if you want to create one yourself and begin to track where your usage has peaks and valleys?

Re: Reduce My Environmental Footprint aeditimi January 2 2008, 19:08:49 UTC

great use for the backs of your page-a-day calendar...

a good suggestion to track energy use, but sadly, I don't actually see my energy bills because I don't pay them.

Actually, my first (and perhaps most difficult) task is to sell B on the goal, because he's constantly throwing away things that could be recycled. I really want to have a garden, but that's the part that I can't find time for. I have so much space that it would be perfect, but it's labor intensive (especially the size I'd like to do), and toddler-parenting (and possibly infant parenting by next spring) make that tough. I think that has to wait for my next house.

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