Birthday Resolutions
A friend of mine told me she does birthday resolutions instead of New Year’s resolutions, and I loved the idea so I’m stealing it (my birthday was at the beginning of the month). I also feel like have all these boxes to check off before the completely arbitrary deadline of turning 30 next year OMG. I think my resolutions in the past have been a little vague so I’m trying to make these easier to follow and track (kind of like 6 Changes, which didn’t go so well).
Age 29 Resolutions
1. Go to bed by 11PM every day.
2. Exercise/physical activity every day.
3. Spend time outside at least once a week.
4. Bird at least twice a month.
5. Blog at least once a month (this includes reading friends’ blogs and catching up on comments).
6. Unclutter at least one day a month.
7. Learn or practice a new photography-related concept or skill every month.
8. Learn Portuguese.
9. Make money at photography.
10. Set up wills already.
So how am I doing for November so far?
1. Not so hot, really.
2. Also not good but I will change!!
3. I’m surprised to recall that I spent several hours outside every weekend this month. Awesome!
4. Hawk Mountain was once, so I better bird at the Cottage this weekend. ← Quantifiable goals in action! Instead of resolving “I should bird more” and then every weekend saying “I’ll do it next weekend,” now I see that I haven’t met my numerical goal so I better step it up.
5. This is the second post this month!
6. I can’t remember if I’ve uncluttered this month specifically but in the past few I’ve done a lot. I’ve gotten good at identifying things I don’t want or need, but the problem seems to lie in actually getting this stuff out of the house.
7. Not done. I guess I could try some HDR stuff at the Cottage?
8. Ugh ok. Portuguese is HARD. None of the letters are pronounced the way you expect. For some sounds I have to consciously think “Ok put your tongue there and your teeth there and don’t do that with your lips” etc etc. Half of the syllables aren’t even pronounced. Carlos taught me a few obscenities but he laughs at my accent. Too bad it’s time to suck it up! I have Rosetta Stone and I make Carlos talk to me only in Portuguese so it’s an immersion program. PLUS my new LOTR Blu-rays have a Portuguese audio track - since I have those movies memorized, I won’t even need a translator!
9. Hah no. This is like a mondo beyondo goal- something I really don’t believe I can do but will push myself toward anyway. Obviously this goal is a little vague but I’ll work out some steps to reach this. Maybe my November goal could be to come up with the steps to do this?
10. Really needs to be done to prevent custody battles over our sweet Loki - I’m sure everyone would want him if we both died!
I’ll do a status post in a few months and we’ll see how this goes. You can yell at me if I fail!
Age 29 Resolutions
1. Go to bed by 11PM every day.
2. Exercise/physical activity every day.
3. Spend time outside at least once a week.
4. Bird at least twice a month.
5. Blog at least once a month (this includes reading friends’ blogs and catching up on comments).
6. Unclutter at least one day a month.
7. Learn or practice a new photography-related concept or skill every month.
8. Learn Portuguese.
9. Make money at photography.
10. Set up wills already.
So how am I doing for November so far?
1. Not so hot, really.
2. Also not good but I will change!!
3. I’m surprised to recall that I spent several hours outside every weekend this month. Awesome!
4. Hawk Mountain was once, so I better bird at the Cottage this weekend. ← Quantifiable goals in action! Instead of resolving “I should bird more” and then every weekend saying “I’ll do it next weekend,” now I see that I haven’t met my numerical goal so I better step it up.
5. This is the second post this month!
6. I can’t remember if I’ve uncluttered this month specifically but in the past few I’ve done a lot. I’ve gotten good at identifying things I don’t want or need, but the problem seems to lie in actually getting this stuff out of the house.
7. Not done. I guess I could try some HDR stuff at the Cottage?
8. Ugh ok. Portuguese is HARD. None of the letters are pronounced the way you expect. For some sounds I have to consciously think “Ok put your tongue there and your teeth there and don’t do that with your lips” etc etc. Half of the syllables aren’t even pronounced. Carlos taught me a few obscenities but he laughs at my accent. Too bad it’s time to suck it up! I have Rosetta Stone and I make Carlos talk to me only in Portuguese so it’s an immersion program. PLUS my new LOTR Blu-rays have a Portuguese audio track - since I have those movies memorized, I won’t even need a translator!
9. Hah no. This is like a mondo beyondo goal- something I really don’t believe I can do but will push myself toward anyway. Obviously this goal is a little vague but I’ll work out some steps to reach this. Maybe my November goal could be to come up with the steps to do this?
10. Really needs to be done to prevent custody battles over our sweet Loki - I’m sure everyone would want him if we both died!
I’ll do a status post in a few months and we’ll see how this goes. You can yell at me if I fail!