Goals
Talking to my sister Becca tonight made me think of some of the things I wanted. Here are some:
Run/Walk more.
Starting tomorrow, I’ve decided I’m going to hit some of those hidden trails this year. Maybe snap some pictures, catch some fresh air and get my mind off of things (since no activity courses will be offered because of the budget cuts >.>).
Read a book.
Yup havent read a book for fun in a while. My challenge? Twilight. Yes, the one story I always disliked, the one I bowed never to read. Oh well, I’m reading it to finally discuss it with my sister.
Take an extra class.
I’ve been meaning to take a foreign language class for a long time, Italian. Oh the beautiful language that Andrea Bocelli sings. Yes, I’m signing up this week even if that means having three, two-hour classes back to back twice a week.
Write more.
Oh my wonderful blogs have been so un-updated. How I miss you so! The only reason for my flunky creative expressions. (not really) But oh how I will write more posts this year.
Procrastinate less.
Definitely seems like the most challenging one but seeing as how I’m adding another class to my workload, I have no other choice.
100 Movies.
Another goal for another year. If possible I would like to have watched more than 100 like last year. So far as of today I have 6 down and 94 to go. Not bad huh? One is thanks to an anonymous reader =) People are so kind!
Take up a relationship.
I got a lucky bamboo for Christmas. It will be my new relationship to care for and nurture that plant. Gotta start small you know?
Spend more time with the monsters.
They look up to me for many things. From what I do to what I like, they want to do a lot of what I do. Spending time with them is great for both of us, I learn a lot from them and they get to learn about gravity!
Personal well being.
As you can see most of these things are for me. I want to control my emotions better this year, I learned a lot about this last year. Learned to think more logically than to just go with the first emotional response, which let me tell you saved me from doing a lot of bad things. Maybe get therapy, and finally talk to someone.
These are just a few of my ideas, I have others still in progress. As you can see I want to do something great for my family and I this year. A good change to all the craziness around me lately. I want to be a good role model for the monsters, I want to be a better sister, a better daughter, a better friend and classmate. I can tell you right now that it is already starting to look like a great year.
Winter Qtr ‘10
I have to admit that I was the first to wish school started again two weeks ago. Now that school starts again tomorrow I’m not so sure I want to go back just yet. Don’t get me wrong I’m excited but I’m not thrilled, I have so many things on my mind and I wish I had a little more time to get organized. It’s alright I guess, I work well under pressure this shouldn’t be a problem.
Three classes, one my last math class or should I call it “math”? I’ll be taking statistics which for me is like Psychology to all other Sciences. Hey I’m being truthful I don’t see much science in Pych but thats just my opinion. Anyhow that’s not the point of this post. The point is that tomorrow is a fresh start, a new chance to give it my all.
You see last quarter I applied my philosophy of “not gonna worry my life away” a bit too much. As a matter of fact it wasn’t just a philosophy but more of a way of life. I’ll tell you something its a bit dangerous, you start slacking off and you pretend that nothing bad will happen. Thankfully nothing bad happened but I did learn a lesson in the whole thing. I’m not going to worry my life away but I am going to be responsible. I have people that look up to me in one way or another, they are my nieces and nephews. After seeing my nephew last month go up on stage to get his Student of the Month award I felt an incredible feeling. Even more so when we got home and he told me he looked up to me and he wanted to be like me. It’s not pressure, nor a burden, its an honor that someone so little is looking up to you as their guide. I hope many of you get to feel that too one day.
It is for them that I have a purpose, I have a way, I have solutions and I have plans. It is for them that I want to try harder than before. I want to show them something great, I want them to do better, I want them to one day reach their goals as I am trying to reach mine. Tomorrow is a new start, a new challenge is about to unfold and I’m ready.
20 Favorite Memories of 2009
- Reading comments from my personal blog.
- Taking my nephew on a movie trip and running down the street.
- Going to the park with Yesenia and falling off the monkey bars and eating teddy bear cookies.
- Having a “24 hr Movie Marathon” with my sisters Rebecca and Cookie witch turned out to only be 3 movies and a whole day of just laughs and catching up.
- Having a really long talk with my brother and sister about life.
- Watching the Champions League final, oh the sweet taste of victory.
- Watching my whole family be together in one room.
- Baking with and for the monsters, and watching them stuff their faces with snacks.
- Actually stopping to think and to calm down when I found out my monsters had mixed my puzzle pieces. I learned that I can be very patient.
- Going to math class and cheering every time the professor walked into the classroom.
- Solving a puzzle from Google.
- Seeing some shooting stars and making some wishes.
- Watching my nephew play sports, watching my nieces and nephews get awards for being great kids.
- Hiking up that one hill in school to help paint the CPP letters.
- Going to the beach with Cookie and Erik.
- Laughing.
- Waving at Harold from the other side of the street.
- Getting to know my neighbors a little more this year, they even know when I’m running late to school.
- Being able to be more free and honest to people, oh and finally getting to say exactly how I feel and what I think without feeling flunky.
- Watching everyone else smile =)
133 Movies in 2009
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