1. Lose Weight: Yes. I've shed 35 pounds since June, and I have another 25 to go.2. Manage Debt: Yes. Six years ago I was granted a divorce after eleven stormy years of marriage. In the settlement, I got stuck with $58K in debt. In 2009, I will have completely paid it off. Yay me!
3. Save Money: Yes. This will be a lot easier once my debt is paid off.
4. Get a Better Job: No. I accomplished this objective in 2008.
5. Get Fit: Yes. This goes hand-in-hand with #1. This is the year I will get shapely, sculpted arms.
6. Eat Right: Yes, but I do this anyway.
7. Get a Better Education: No. I'm as educated as I'll ever be.
8. Drink Less Alcohol: Not applicable. I don't drink all that much because I suck at drinking.
9. Quit Smoking Now: Not applicable. I don't smoke. I took up cigars in 2007, but gave them up after a few months.
10. Reduce Stress Overall: Yes. This is a tough one, as my stress is mostly Amanda-related and a bit beyond my control.
11. Reduce Stress at Work: No. I'm in a good employment situation now (I work from home) and my stress has been greatly reduced.
12. Take a Trip: Yes. 2009 will feature a trip to Portland. There will be the usual trips to PA and AR to visit family, along with weekends in DC and camping all over VA.
13. Volunteer to Help Others: Yes. I will do much more of this in 2009, mostly through my church. I'll continue to do once-a-month meal preparation at the men's shelter. Court and I are East Jesus organizers for Join The Impact. And in January, we are launching Spectrum Cafe, a gay-friendly coffeehouse every second Saturday.
So there you have it: my resolutions for 2009. What about you? Got any resolutions for 2009?
8 comments:
How fabulous about the weight loss, good for you! Picture time?!!
I don't really make resolutions, I just do. But, my biggest goal is to continue my grad school 100% average, 4.0 GPA. I plan to apply to a very competitive CAGS program (basically a higher level Master's) after this for school admin., and want to ensure I get accepted to it. I'm also toying with the idea of getting my Ed.D after that.
Tell us more about Spectrum Cafe!
Yea for #12.
WTG Sassy -- and thinking of going for the Ed.D... you are brave!!
Spectrum Cafe! *squeal* You may be sorry you asked. lol Spectrum was primarily my brain-child, with lots of input (and listening to my thoughts from Kim, born out of a single comment at one of our November welcoming congregation meetings. Here is the about section of our flier:
"A café-style hangout where you will be welcome regardless of age, gender, race, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation, national origin, familial status, or political beliefs. Hot/cold drinks and light refreshments provided. Movies, games, books, musical instruments, kids' space, community happenings list, and conversation corner all available. If you have other interests, please let us know, and we will accommodate if possible."
We've got Kids Cafe with art supplies, playdough, board games, movies, and legos for kids of all ages. Then we've got The Teen Scene with board games, movies, and tabletop games (eventually: foosball, pool, air hockey, and ping pong)... I feel like we need something more for this area, but I really don't know what.
Then we have the Viewing Room with movies on a big TV (the kid and teen area are using a portable dvd player), in a separate, dark, quiet area with popcorn. The Book Nook with be a more comfy, hopefully quieter, place to veg out with books and magazines -- which will also be available for check out.
The Open Mic will be our jammin' area. For now, we will have karaoke, keyboard, guitar, and songbooks. We will encourage others to bring their instruments as well. We will have a reception area set up for those that want to be entertained and some mood lighting. The Coffee Klatch will be our just general chit-chat area, lots of chairs, everyone can sit and talk awhile.
It will run for ~5 hours (5:00 - ~11:00 pm) once a month, at first. We would love to build up to the point that we are open more than that.
I'm a little excited. Not that you could tell or anything...
I'm not much into resolutions, but starting Jan. 2 I will be doing #6, eating healthy. I did this about a year and a half ago and lost a lot of weight, so hopefully that will lead to #1.
It's not a resolution, but I'm also doing #7. In January I will start classes for my second masters.
Good luck on all your resolutions!
And good luck with the cafe. It sounds great!
A cafe? Details!!! That sound so ambitious and cool!
The cafe sounds like SUCH a great idea! Our church does dinner and movie night once a month, but the movies they pick are weird, so we don't go.
Portland, OREGON? Shout out! Also, come in the summer and you will never want to return to East Jesus.
Portland...anywhere else? Meh! Oregon, baby!
The Spectrum Cafe sounds awesome. Yay to you for getting it up and going.
Kudos on the rest of the resolutions. Maybe I should make a few of my own after the First Big Thing happens this year.
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