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Jan. 1st, 2012 11:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicI don't really do resolutions, but every year for the past (I'm not saying because it's an embarrassingly high number) years, I have told myself "this will be the year I go back to the dentist." Well, I finally did that in 2011. I suppose I could resolve to keep going to the dentist now that I've gotten back on track in that regard...but where's the fun in that?
My goals for 2012, the final full year of my 20's (I haven't figured out if I'm freaked out by this or not), are something like this:
Run a 5K (or longer race) at least once per month.
Play at all the NABCs.
Keep not drinking soda.
Rebuild the savings account.
Stick with WW, get back to goal, stay there.
See new places.
These are basically all resolutions to keep up all the things I'm already doing and enjoying in my life. I ran a 5K in November and December. I didn't play any NABCs this year, but my hiatus is coming to an end and I'm excited to get back to bridge. I haven't had soda since before the Edhead cruise. I only ever drank 0 calorie sodas anyway, so it's not like they were way bad for me, but I do have a feeling they were slowing down my metabolism and also costing more money than water. I'm not necessarily cutting myself off from Diet Dr. Pepper FOREVER, but I think I'd like it to be once-in-a-great-while kind of thing instead of a five-cans-a-day kind of thing. My/our spending habits are fine, it's just that buying the car pretty much drained our savings, and I'd like to have a five-digit figure in there, not including what comes after the decimal point. If all goes well for me professionally (a corollary of this goal), then the account should be back to our comfort zone by the end of the year, if not much sooner. As for WW, I've been consistently losing weight ever since I went back. I'm down 9 pounds in my first four weeks, and I have 11 pounds to go to get back to my goal weight. I gave myself a target date of mid-March to get there, but barring crazy shenanigans in South Africa, I'll reach it much sooner. It's always a goal to travel and see things, and South Africa is a huge deal to me. I also have a 12-hour layover in Frankfurt, so if at all possible, I'll get out of the airport and spend enough time in the city to actually say I've been there. I have a few states left before I reach 50-state bingo:
Alaska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas (been to the Little Rock airport, doesn't count)
Alabama
Mississippi
I'd love to get to all of them, but Alaska and New Mexico are way ahead of the others in terms of priority. As for regions of the globe, I've now been to:
North America, Central America, The Caribbean, Micronesia, and Australia
I will soon add Africa and sort of Europe. I'd love to get continent bingo one day, too, but that's not a before-I-turn-30 goal.
My goals for 2012, the final full year of my 20's (I haven't figured out if I'm freaked out by this or not), are something like this:
Run a 5K (or longer race) at least once per month.
Play at all the NABCs.
Keep not drinking soda.
Rebuild the savings account.
Stick with WW, get back to goal, stay there.
See new places.
These are basically all resolutions to keep up all the things I'm already doing and enjoying in my life. I ran a 5K in November and December. I didn't play any NABCs this year, but my hiatus is coming to an end and I'm excited to get back to bridge. I haven't had soda since before the Edhead cruise. I only ever drank 0 calorie sodas anyway, so it's not like they were way bad for me, but I do have a feeling they were slowing down my metabolism and also costing more money than water. I'm not necessarily cutting myself off from Diet Dr. Pepper FOREVER, but I think I'd like it to be once-in-a-great-while kind of thing instead of a five-cans-a-day kind of thing. My/our spending habits are fine, it's just that buying the car pretty much drained our savings, and I'd like to have a five-digit figure in there, not including what comes after the decimal point. If all goes well for me professionally (a corollary of this goal), then the account should be back to our comfort zone by the end of the year, if not much sooner. As for WW, I've been consistently losing weight ever since I went back. I'm down 9 pounds in my first four weeks, and I have 11 pounds to go to get back to my goal weight. I gave myself a target date of mid-March to get there, but barring crazy shenanigans in South Africa, I'll reach it much sooner. It's always a goal to travel and see things, and South Africa is a huge deal to me. I also have a 12-hour layover in Frankfurt, so if at all possible, I'll get out of the airport and spend enough time in the city to actually say I've been there. I have a few states left before I reach 50-state bingo:
Alaska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas (been to the Little Rock airport, doesn't count)
Alabama
Mississippi
I'd love to get to all of them, but Alaska and New Mexico are way ahead of the others in terms of priority. As for regions of the globe, I've now been to:
North America, Central America, The Caribbean, Micronesia, and Australia
I will soon add Africa and sort of Europe. I'd love to get continent bingo one day, too, but that's not a before-I-turn-30 goal.
