It's been a while...

I created this list of goals almost three years ago for a project on Livejournal about completing 101 goals in 1001 days. In classic Katie fashion, I've completed 50.5 of them-exactly half. It's funny to think back, though, to where I was and what I was doing when I was 24. Now I'm 27, still living in Columbus, married to Jason ( Read more... )

Either I need to buy a can of compressed air today, or stop using the letter 'd' entirely. Stay tune.

So, Little Miss Productivity here is welcoming a new year. 2009 was the year I realized I needed to redesign my life, 2010 was the year in which I figured out how (and that it is totally possible), and 2011 is going to be the year I friggin' make it ( Read more... )

If I write all this down, and show other people, it's a commitment and I have to do it. Right? Maybe? It's worth a shot. In the past couple of years, I've read 50+ books about goal setting and personal development. Pretty much every single one boils down to "Just DO it." Nike had the right idea all along. So why am I sitting here writing about my ( Read more... )

I hold Paul Simon at least partially responsible for my upbringing. I wonder how he'd feel about that. Next to maybe Elton John or maaaaybe Billy Joel, I heard more Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel tunes growing up than just about anything. Simon's lyrics have provided a sort of background narrative, weaving in and out parallel to my own narrative ( Read more... )

Ingredients for a perfectly nice evening, Katie-style, when one such Katie may or may not have a lot on her mind:

A visit to the chiropractor. It's worth listening to 40 minutes of Christian rock and overhearing a little bit of gossip. After only two adjustments, my posture is way better. It's shocking. I find myself sitting up straight at my desk ( Read more... )

I sat down tonight, windows open, pillows all over the couch, blanket on my lap, ready to pound out a few epic blog entries. I'm realizing, though, that I'm in sort of a rare mood, wherein I'm so satisfied by what's happening in my life that I don't feel compelled to validate it all by going into too much detail, as I so often do. I do want to ( Read more... )

GEEK OUT!

Where to start? I've been super, super busy at work, but busy designing things and being useful, so it's okay. A side effect of this over-exertion, though, has been my coming home and immediately turning into a vegetable (likely a carrot-just sayin'). I don't watch TV, so I've been melting my brain with the Internets and iTunes playlists. ( Read more... )

HEY GUESS WHAT! I'm gonna start a journal comic. Here's why ( Read more... )

Been thinking about stuff. STUFF. I've got it, you've got it; if you're internetting right this very moment and not out on the street, you probably have a lot of it. What's the deal with stuff? I'll admit it right now: I've never been Zen enough to really thoroughly contemplate materialism, consumerism, and whether or not my place in the ( Read more... )

Just as I was beginning to grow frustrated with not having been to many big concerts this year, a whole crop of possibilities have popped up as though from nowhere. Granted, I've seen a lot of decent-to-good little bands recently, but something in me has been missing that beautiful feeling of being gouged by Ticketmaster, paying for parking, ( Read more... )