Friday, January 1, 2010

10 Goals for 2010

I'm usually not one for New Year's resolutions, but this year I thought I might be able to just call them goals and go for it. :) So, I made a list of 10 goals I'd like to accomplish sometime within the next 365 days:

  1. Redecorate my room - this is something I've wanted to do since we got this place back in June. Whenever I move to a new place (which has been pretty often over the past six years!), the first thing I do after unpacking is redecorate. Interior design is something I love and what I would probably be doing if I wasn't in the medical field. Unfortunately, I haven't had time to do much of anything this time around. I'm really excited to start on this one!
  2. Finish a novel - those who know me pretty well know that I've been writing since childhood. To this day, I still have not completed an entire novel from start to finish (aside from the books in the mini-series Katie and I wrote in elementary and middle school ;) ). I've come close a couple of times lately, but something always gets in the way or I can't figure out a part of it, so really all I have are a bunch of beginnings and middles. This year, I'm determined to finally have one that's complete from start to finish!
  3. Read 10 books - I used to read ALL the time. Nowadays, not so much (thanks, college). I felt like 10 was a good number to start at for the year. Now I just need to make a list!
  4. Have a successful May Indy Tweetup - Winter Indy Tweetup went so well and was so much fun (something I really only noticed after it was over, since I was so busy during the actual weekend itself!). I had so much fun planning it with Monica this year that it didn't even feel like work. It was amazing to see everything come together in the end too, and have the response we did. We have a lot of good plans in the making for May, and I think it has the potential to be REALLY great!
  5. Start an Etsy store - something I've wanted to do since I discovered the site early last year. I've always been into attempting my own handmade/craft-y stuff, so I thought it might be fun and challenging to come up with new things and market them.
  6. Volunteer for a cause I really believe in - I have a couple of options that I'm thinking of right now - one is as a counselor/resident nurse at a weekend summer camp for kids who have recently lost a loved one and the other is at the Humane Society of Indianapolis, where I used to volunteer when I was younger. Ideally, I'd do both.
  7. Get a different hairstyle - I've had essentially the same one for the past 6 years, but haven't had the guts to try something new. I now have a friend who is a very talented hair stylist, so one day I'm going to bite the bullet and do something different.
  8. Wear cute pajamas every night - don't laugh. Some things are just fun to do for yourself, even if no one else is even going to notice or care. :)
  9. Go to the gym at least 3 days every week - not for weight loss or anything, just to be more in shape. I started yoga last year and loved it, so I'll hopefully throw in a yoga class this year, too. Thankfully the gym isn't far away and (at this point at least) my schedule makes it seem like this'll be pretty realistic to work in there somewhere.
  10. Write in a journal every day - handwriting is a lost art, even on me and I used to handwrite all of my own novels. So I'm going to give journaling a shot, which will also hopefully be a nice stress relief.
So, I plan on doing all of this, in addition to graduating from nursing school, getting a new job, buying a car, and God knows what else is in store for me this year! And I'm really excited. :)