Goals for 2012!
I’m not really one to make New Year’s resolutions – for some reason, it irks me to think that I NEED to set goals because of some arbitrary date – but lately, I can’t really stop going over and over what I want to do with the rest of the school year. Like, actually over and over – obsessively repeating a list of things I want to accomplish and mentally wondering how to fit it in – to the point of not being able to keep tabs on where I’m headed when I walk or get to sleep at night.
I hate it when that happens!
So, I figure I might as well commit it to paper…er, blog… and hope that by doing something about it, my brain will get from “Elaine, you lazy piece of crap, figure your shit out!” to “Hey, that sounds good, now let’s think about something more fun.”
CONGRATULATORY GOALS
First off, I might as well give myself a pat on the back for doing things last semester that I had pumped myself up for doing. Start this off on a good note and wot wot.
- Participated in class - One of my biggest regrets about my college years was that I never got over being too shy to speak up during classes. Maybe I would’ve paid more attention if I was actually engaged in the conversations… and I wouldn’t have scrambled to find professors that actually remembered me. It took five years, but I somehow found the confidence to put my hand up. A lot.
- Participate in student groups – My second regret about my college years was that I signed up to be included in everything from Habitat for Humanity to the student newspaper… and then didn’t do any of it. That was really dumb of me. I didn’t make the same mistake this time… in fact, I might have overcommitted myself a little too much. But whatever, balancing a hectic schedule is so much more fun than getting fuzzy and depressed at home and needing to take those stupid pills that make me feel nauseous all day long.
- Exercise! – I got a gym membership and actually used it! This is pretty spectacular for me! I am so going to keep this up for the rest of the year. Especially since, while I didn’t seem to lose any weight scale-wise, everything I wear has gotten less tight. It feels awesome.
Yay me. Moving on…
PRETTY ACHIEVABLE AS LONG AS I REMEMBER THEM GOALS
- Keep on Exercising! – Detailed above, but generally, I just want to get down to what I was in sophomore year of college, this time without the drug use.
- Cook More – Since I don’t have a kitchen really, this mostly means being organized enough to arrange going over to other people’s houses to cook. I’ve already done it once, and I was lucky enough to be placed in a study group of someone who has an apartment I’ve cooked in last semester, so there’s really no reason I can’t do this.
- Get More Organized About My Student Activities – I admit I got overwhelmed last semester and maybe didn’t do some things I really ought to have (like scout out venues around Cambridge to host pretty important events). If I’ve been assigned to do something, I WILL do it within the week this year.
- Blog More – I already mentioned this a couple months ago, but I think I need to set a specific post count: like, at least one of these long ones a week.
- Try Harder to Look Good – A part of me wants to stick to the old philosophy that fashion is superficial and it’s of anti-feminist of me to think about it. But while I really believe thinking that helped ground me as a teenager (“If a guy doesn’t like my face without makeup, he’s probably not worth my time”), using it as an excuse to not brush my hair or paint on some mascara in the morning is just me being lazy. Sure, Einstein didn’t care much for dressing up, but let’s face it - I’m not going to discover a new theory of relativity even if my closet consists of only one jumpsuit. In the meantime, I’m 27. It’s about time I took some effort to at least look professional. And figure out how to wear heels and not die.
GOALS I KNOW I WON’T ACHIEVE BUT WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF I DID?
- Do All My Readings – HAHAHAHAHA. Yeah right.
- Practice Japanese enough so that I can once again say I speak it somewhat conversationally - It’s amazing how much vocab you forget when you don’t use a language for years
- Learn Spanish – Hola. Que pasa. Puedo tener empleo?
