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I was going through journal entries and came across one that I had written about my goals. I wanted to repost it for my own good and refresh my desire to do some of these things. Some of them I have succeeded in, but many have gone by the wayside, so here we go:
I've decided that I need to list out all the things that interest me at the moment and narrow it down to a few that I can focus on right now so that I stop being so damn scattered and actually do something. I'm going to bold the ones that I want to prioritize at the moment.
1. Knitting
- get better at it and figure out how to correct mistakes
2. Ukelele
- buy one, learn to play it
3. Piano
- find a free one off of craigslist and get the boy to help me pick it up
- finish learning the Yann Tiersen song and play more with writing music
4. DJing
- research DJ equipment
- buy DJ equipment
- get someone to show me the ropes
5. Painting
- get paint supplies from parents house
- buy more paint supplies
- paint at least 1x/week
6. Biking
- get necessary bike gear (lights, lock)
- get over being a baby about biking in the streets
7. Salsa
- find a good salsa club and go to lessons/free dance 1x/week
8. Tango
- find a good place to take tango lessons with the boy
9. Pilates
- sign up for a pilates class once school starts back up
10. Accordion/Concertina
- figure out which is better suited to me
- buy, learn to play
11. Sewing
- get sewing machine
- learn how to use it
- learn how to make clothing
12. Selling vintage clothing on Ebay
- set up selling account
- start visiting thrift stores
- get rid of a lot of my own vintage stuff
13. Cooking
- get a simple cookbook
- learn the basics that I don't already know
14. Cleaning
- learn to keep my room clean! good lord.
15. Spanish
- continue to study and increase fluency
16. Volunteering
- follow up on July 17 volunteering opportunity at the OR Food Bank
17. Plants
- um, keeping them alive mainly
- + having lots of them
18. Reading
- cutting back on internet, reading instead
I've been realizing lately that I lack follow through, and as much as I will want to do something, I falter at the thought of not being good enough at it and generally move on to the next thing. and repeat. I often wish that I had started earlier with many things (especially instruments) so that I would be proficient with them at this point. The thing is, if I start now I CAN be good at some things that I've always wanted to do in the future. So that's what I'm going to do.
Steps that I can take towards these goals:
1. Buy a ukelele.
2. Buy necessary bike accessories.
3. Cut internet time to 2hrs/day at the most.
4. Buy a few good books from my list.
5. Start going through the Spanish grammar books that I bought.
6. Clean my damn room.
7. Check CL for pianos. often.
I've decided that I need to list out all the things that interest me at the moment and narrow it down to a few that I can focus on right now so that I stop being so damn scattered and actually do something. I'm going to bold the ones that I want to prioritize at the moment.
1. Knitting
- get better at it and figure out how to correct mistakes
2. Ukelele
- buy one, learn to play it
3. Piano
- find a free one off of craigslist and get the boy to help me pick it up
- finish learning the Yann Tiersen song and play more with writing music
4. DJing
- research DJ equipment
- buy DJ equipment
- get someone to show me the ropes
5. Painting
- get paint supplies from parents house
- buy more paint supplies
- paint at least 1x/week
6. Biking
- get necessary bike gear (lights, lock)
- get over being a baby about biking in the streets
7. Salsa
- find a good salsa club and go to lessons/free dance 1x/week
8. Tango
- find a good place to take tango lessons with the boy
9. Pilates
- sign up for a pilates class once school starts back up
10. Accordion/Concertina
- figure out which is better suited to me
- buy, learn to play
11. Sewing
- get sewing machine
- learn how to use it
- learn how to make clothing
12. Selling vintage clothing on Ebay
- set up selling account
- start visiting thrift stores
- get rid of a lot of my own vintage stuff
13. Cooking
- get a simple cookbook
- learn the basics that I don't already know
14. Cleaning
- learn to keep my room clean! good lord.
15. Spanish
- continue to study and increase fluency
16. Volunteering
- follow up on July 17 volunteering opportunity at the OR Food Bank
17. Plants
- um, keeping them alive mainly
- + having lots of them
18. Reading
- cutting back on internet, reading instead
I've been realizing lately that I lack follow through, and as much as I will want to do something, I falter at the thought of not being good enough at it and generally move on to the next thing. and repeat. I often wish that I had started earlier with many things (especially instruments) so that I would be proficient with them at this point. The thing is, if I start now I CAN be good at some things that I've always wanted to do in the future. So that's what I'm going to do.
Steps that I can take towards these goals:
1. Buy a ukelele.
2. Buy necessary bike accessories.
3. Cut internet time to 2hrs/day at the most.
4. Buy a few good books from my list.
5. Start going through the Spanish grammar books that I bought.
6. Clean my damn room.
7. Check CL for pianos. often.