50 Goals for 2012: The Results Are In
- Get new countertops. Completed
- Install a new over-the-stove microwave.
Completed - Walk a 5k. I did 3!
- Run through sprinklers. Many times this past summer.
- Write letters to people who inspire me. I think they should know. I wrote some. I feel like I could have written a lot more.
- Start a will. Nope.
- Have a garage sale. We took everything to Goodwill instead.
- Save enough to buy an SLR camera and learn how to use it. I bought it, took one class, and still have a lot to learn.
- Visit Philly. Yup, we took a girls trip in June.
- Join Pinterest and create. I joined but create? Not so much.
- Organize the basement. Nope. This summer for sure. No excuses.
- Choreograph a dance. I started but did not finish.
- Landscape. Nope. This summer for sure!
- Attend Andy’s Ranger graduation. This has been hopefully pushed to this spring/early summer.
- Continue weekly date nights. Most weeks.
- See someone new in concert. I saw Madonna in the pit with my cousin, Jen. What an experience.
- Figure out how to balance posting what I want to post on my blog with working and rehab and life in general. Still figuring this one out.
- Hang pictures and art on our walls. Nope. I can’t make up my mind what I want and where I want it.
- Take the 3 credit reading class I need to get my Professional Teaching Certificate. Completed.
- Make progress on making my dream of organizing a fundraiser for invisible illnesses come true. Allie and I made it come true! We raised over $12,000 and are currently planning the next one for April 13, 2013.
- Go to Silver Bells. Nope. I was sick. Next year.
- Use more coupons. Yup.
- Dama-Herner Vacation. We had a beautiful week on Lake Huron.
- Visit the Cross in the Woods with my mother-in-law. Nope. This one will definitely be carried over for 2013.
- Visit the Grotto at Notre Dame. Completed.
- Learn how to make my Dad’s spaghetti sauce. Nope.
- Take Vitamin D. Yes.
- Continue to advocate and educate about EDS and POTS (including myself). I think I did an okay job. There is definitely always room for more education and advocacy.
- Go on a getaway trip with Brad, just us. Doctor’s trips do not count. Nope, just hot dates to prolotherapy treatments.
- Come to terms that resting “is” doing something. I became much better at this. I now recognize that a daily nap is a necessary part of my treatment plan.
- Begin juicing again. Nope.
- Work on forgiving myself for the things I cannot control. I am doing better.
- Be able to continue working. I am still teaching kindergarten and pre-kindergarten half-time.
- Continue Mommy-Daughter time on Sunday afternoons. Yup.
- Instead of focusing on just my larger muscles, focus more on strengthening my smaller muscles. I think the Reformer really helped me work on this goal.
- Give more to our church. Yup.
- Make progress on starting a family. I think we made some progress.
- Getter better at not wasting the energy I do have on caring what other people think. I’m improving.
- Do something I am afraid of. I guess public speaking would fall into this category since I spoke at the Invisible Illness Benefit, and did a whole school awareness talk about EDS and POTS. I also worked out with Dr. Lavallee! I was freaked out I would not make it through…and I did. Recently, I spoke my mind about something I felt strongly was in the best interest of my students and families, even though it was not the most popular decision…a year ago I would have not felt brave enough to do so. I also flew on airplanes, and if you know me, you know that I hate to fly.
- Spend time in my happy places. I definitely did…at the beach, with family and friends, with my students, working out, at concerts, and working on Life as a Zebra.
- Track my blood pressure, heart rate changes, and symptoms more regularly. I didn’t feel a big need to do this as this year went on. I continue to get better at just “knowing” how I am doing, and what I need to do to manage symptoms.
- Finish all the little odds and ends in the house that need to be completed. Is this ever done?
- Take Grandma Midge out to eat. We celebrated her 90th as a family, but we still need to take her out to eat.
- Continue a disciplined home-rehab program. I did pretty well. Some weeks were definitely more disciplined than others.
- Go see a play. Nope.
- Clean out all of our files. Nope. I need a new shredder. A heavy duty one.
- Learn more about personal training and foster care. Things change and I chose to use my energy for other causes and interests, although they both still remain interests for me.
- Get a credit card (with rewards) for emergencies only. Not yet.
- Figure out the best choice for a new car when my lease is up. I got the new Escape and I love it.
- Pay the kindness forward that has been shown to me. This is a goal that will never be met, but I continue to try each day.
Tags: Goals, Reflections