50 Goals Update
A third of the year has already come and gone and I realized the other day that I have not “assessed” myself yet on the progress I am making on my 50 goals I set in the beginning of 2012. So, here’s my progress report. I have some work to do…
- Get new countertops. Hopefully within the next month.
- Install a new over-the-stove microwave.
Not yet. - Walk a 5k. May 19th for Team Zebra!
- Run through sprinklers. Not yet, but can’t wait!
- Write letters to people who inspire me. I think they should know. I have done some. I need to continue.
- Start a will. Not yet.
- Have a garage sale. Hopefully this summer. Our basement is ready to be cleaned out!
- Save enough to buy an SLR camera and learn how to use it. I bought it! Now I just need to take the class(es).
- Visit Philly. I’m hoping in June!
- Join Pinterest and create. I’ve joined. Created? Not so much.
- Organize the basement. A teeny weeny bit.
- Choreograph a dance. Not yet. Allie?!
- Landscape. Nope.
- Attend Andy’s Ranger graduation. Hopefully in August.
- Continue weekly date nights. Yup.
- See someone new in concert: Ray LaMontagne, Coldplay, Frog Holler…? Still working on this one.
- Figure out how to balance posting what I want to post on my blog with working and rehab and life in general. Eh, this is a hard one. Trying.
- Hang pictures and art on our walls. They are on our floor ready to be hung!
- Take the 3 credit reading class I need to get my Professional Teaching Certificate. Starting tomorrow. I will feel so good when this one is done.
- Make progress on making my dream of organizing a fundraiser for invisible illnesses come true. Allie and I did it!
- Go to Silver Bells. Have to wait until November.
- Use more coupons. Getting better and better.
- Dama-Herner Vacation. We have a house! Finally! We are going in August. Woot!
- Visit the Cross in the Woods with my mother-in-law. Hopefully in the fall.
- Visit the Grotto at Notre Dame. Yup. It was a memorable, special experience.
- Learn how to make my Dad’s spaghetti sauce. Not yet.
- Take Vitamin D. I’m taking vitamins now, but not a vitamin D. I need to add this.
- Continue to advocate and educate about EDS and POTS (including myself). I’m trying!
- Go on a getaway trip with Brad, just us. Doctor’s trips do not count. Not yet.
- Come to terms that resting “is” doing something. I go in waves on this one. It’s a process.
- Begin juicing again. Nope.
- Work on forgiving myself for the things I cannot control. Trying.
- Be able to continue working. Still teaching my beautiful kids! I’m blessed!
- Continue Mommy-Daughter time on Sunday afternoons. Yup, love Mama time.
- Instead of focusing on just my larger muscles, focus more on strengthening my smaller muscles. Doing better at PT and on my own.
- Give more to our church. Yup.
- Make progress on starting a family. Some I guess.
- Getter better at not wasting the energy I do have on caring what other people think. A work in progress.
- Do something I am afraid of. I guess public speaking would fall into this category since I spoke at the Invisible Illness Benefit. Speaking in front of a ton of people is one of my biggest fears.
- Spend time in my happy places. Like the beach! Hopefully more this summer!
- Track my blood pressure, heart rate changes, and symptoms more regularly. I am getting better at just “knowing” how I am doing, and what I need to do to manage symptoms… if that makes any sense at all.
- Finish all the little odds and ends in the house that need to be completed. Gah! So much to do.
- Take Grandma Midge out to eat. Not yet.
- Continue a disciplined home-rehab program. Could be even more disciplined!
- Go see a play. Not yet.
- Clean out all of our files. Summer project.
- Learn more about personal training and foster care. Not so much.
- Get a credit card (with rewards) for emergencies only. Researching.
- Figure out the best choice for a new car when my lease is up. Researching.
- Pay the kindness forward that has been shown to me. A goal that will never be met, but I try each day.
Tags: Goals, Reflections