1. Healthy Mind & Body
- Get out of the grocery store
- go to the farmer's market at least once a month: February, check...at least twice! And I found my favorite grass-fed cheese!!
- Build a chicken coop for the backyard in the spring: The wheels are turning! We went to a seminar last night (put on by Local Food Cleveland and E4S) all about backyard livestock. It was great to do a little networking and learn a bit more about keeping chickens!
- Build a raised bed to expand our garden
- Read more often
- Read at least one book every two months
- Get a library card: check! although, I need to forms of ID with my new address to prove I live in South Euclid - the address on my driver's license is three houses old and I don't get any bills mailed to my new home. Not sure how to get around this one.
- Make more food items that I would normally buy
- Choose four food items to MAKE instead of buy this year: success on my first endeavor - homemade english muffins!
- Learn how to can/preserve foods we've grown
- Visit home more often: visited once this year already!
- Appreciate!
- find out the birthdays of my aunts, uncles, cousins
- Make homemade (+ HANDWRITTEN) birthday cards for everyone: I didn't do this for Tanja's birthday, but I made her scarves instead
- Stay in touch: there haven't been any holidays since I first posted these goals, but I did get to speak with my great-uncle (who is like a Grandfather to me) for about 45 minutes a few weeks ago. That conversation absolutely made my evening!
3. Experience Life and Follow My Passion
- Meet new people: An ongoing goal, for sure. Does meeting people on Twitter count? I participated in the #CLEfit chat and I feel like I got to get to know a lot of other Clevelanders. Oh and the backyard livestock seminar can get counted as well!
- Explore photography
- Do some research on community college classes
- Save up for a dSLR: yep, been putting away money every paycheck!
- Travel, and stand on my head
- Visit two new cities this year
- Go to a new place, store, restaurant, etc. in a city I've already been to: Check, the Pourhouse in Hoboken, NJ. Awesome because they have my favorite beer and bingo for Sunday morning brunch!
- Run one destination race this year, outside of Ohio
4. Simplify
- Create more than consume
- create/make/invent four things this year that I would normally buy at the store: again, Tanja's scarves. I'm still proud of this!
- Keep a "want but don't need list" and do not buy items on that list until they’ve been there for at least a month. Try to make some of these items: I started keeping a list, but I haven't made (or even really wanted to buy) anything on it.
- Don't buy clothing for one year. It's March and I haven't bought myself a single thing. Race shirts from races do not count. I'm not running for the shirt.
- Get rid of "stuff".
- Go through wardrobe (both winter and summer) and donate anything that I haven't worn in 6+ months
- Get rid of unused appliances and any other "things" that do not serve us
5. Be Vulnerable
- Speak up:
- At work, make at least two comments or ask at least two questions at every meeting: I haven't been counting but I think I'm doing well with this.
- Ask questions
- Make eye contact. I'm doing SO much better at this! It's the toughest to do with the people I'm close to (I don't know why) but I'm making a conscious effort.
Alright, that's where I'm at. Thank you all so much for your support and more importantly, for keeping me accountable. I will check back in in a month or two to show you where I've gone from here.
How are you doing with the goals you set for 2011?
Peace, Love & Bagels,
How are you doing with the goals you set for 2011?
Peace, Love & Bagels,
