Real Life Resolutions/Goals for 2014 (and 2013 updates!)
Posted: 01 Jan 2014 10:17 am
Hi all!
As we post every year, what are your resolutions/goals for 2014? What did you accomplish in 2013?
Mine from 2013:
1. Become bout-ready at Roller Derby, either with PRD or WARD. I'll miss my WARD friends from 2011 but PRD's venue is about 10 minutes from my house.
Six weeks into the year my wrist guard broke and PRD were really not very nice people. Add to that that I was riding my bike to work every day and, well, I was getting execrise anyway and couldn't stand to have myself feel shitty about myself by going to training. So I quit! But I quit with pride.
2. Be awesome at my job. Go out and make sure people are building lots of bridges, or something. Make sure I have a higher work:slacking ratio. Be more proactive when I'm underworked.
"Awesome" is a bit of a stretch but I improved, I definitely improved. I became friendlier and my most recent 6-month rotation, everyone was really sad to see me go and I kept on having people say I needed to apply for a permanent position there! It was really, really great. I felt really really good about myself. But I'm not sure the actual "work" is what I want to do forever so I am almost definitely applying for a permanent position elsewhere.
3. Attend that French meetup group.
Didn't do; I did actually GO to France though which was awesome, and I had a two hour long conversation on the train to Geneva with a guy who spoke almost no English so I will call that a partial win. At the end of the day the main block in my French was the fact I'm now dating an Italian guy and so I'm directing my lingual attention elsewhere.
4. Properly manage the Perth Atheists meetup group. Ensure that monthly lunches continue to be held.
Done and done.
5. Run for secretary of the Freethought Student Alliance and try and do a good job.
Done and mostly done
6. Keep the house clean.
I give myself 85%.
7. Plan meals every week in order to more efficiently use resources.
Nope, but me and Paul have started taking turns cooking - each cooking for a full week. This has improved my morale.
8. Ride bike to and from work every day.
Yes when I was living 6km from my office. When I was living 12km from my office I only managed once or twice a week, but I still call that a win since, seriously, 12km each way is quite a long ride!
9. Finish unpacking (I, uh, never finished unpacking all the stuff for the house we lived in during 2012. This probably means I could have just thrown everything in the bin. )
YES WE ACTUALLY DID THIS OH MY GOD IT HAPPENED. It took about six months but the room that was full of boxes actually has couches and stuff in it now!!
10. Fall in love with somebody.
Yep! Been dating my new boyfriend since the end of January last year and everything is butterflies and rainbows.
My goals for 2014:
1. Continue to ride my bike to work every day
2. Be awesome at my job. Be more proactive when I'm underworked.
3. Apply for a permanent position, get a permanent position I like
4. Continue studying Italian on Duolingo (anyone want to follow me? I'm "Madgec"!!); hard mode: don't break my streak all year. easy mode: continue with my beeminder goal (see: https://www.beeminder.com/mad/italian ).
5. Continue to manage Perth Atheists and Perth Polyamory meetup groups. Get more donations for PA and pay for a venue and hold a quiz because that would be awesome fun.
6. Continue being a good freethought alliance member, be more proactive, chair meetings so they are shorter
7. Hard mode: have a wedding. Easy mode: set a wedding date and plan wedding
8. Be angry less
As we post every year, what are your resolutions/goals for 2014? What did you accomplish in 2013?
Mine from 2013:
1. Become bout-ready at Roller Derby, either with PRD or WARD. I'll miss my WARD friends from 2011 but PRD's venue is about 10 minutes from my house.
Six weeks into the year my wrist guard broke and PRD were really not very nice people. Add to that that I was riding my bike to work every day and, well, I was getting execrise anyway and couldn't stand to have myself feel shitty about myself by going to training. So I quit! But I quit with pride.
2. Be awesome at my job. Go out and make sure people are building lots of bridges, or something. Make sure I have a higher work:slacking ratio. Be more proactive when I'm underworked.
"Awesome" is a bit of a stretch but I improved, I definitely improved. I became friendlier and my most recent 6-month rotation, everyone was really sad to see me go and I kept on having people say I needed to apply for a permanent position there! It was really, really great. I felt really really good about myself. But I'm not sure the actual "work" is what I want to do forever so I am almost definitely applying for a permanent position elsewhere.
3. Attend that French meetup group.
Didn't do; I did actually GO to France though which was awesome, and I had a two hour long conversation on the train to Geneva with a guy who spoke almost no English so I will call that a partial win. At the end of the day the main block in my French was the fact I'm now dating an Italian guy and so I'm directing my lingual attention elsewhere.
4. Properly manage the Perth Atheists meetup group. Ensure that monthly lunches continue to be held.
Done and done.
5. Run for secretary of the Freethought Student Alliance and try and do a good job.
Done and mostly done
6. Keep the house clean.
I give myself 85%.
7. Plan meals every week in order to more efficiently use resources.
Nope, but me and Paul have started taking turns cooking - each cooking for a full week. This has improved my morale.
8. Ride bike to and from work every day.
Yes when I was living 6km from my office. When I was living 12km from my office I only managed once or twice a week, but I still call that a win since, seriously, 12km each way is quite a long ride!
9. Finish unpacking (I, uh, never finished unpacking all the stuff for the house we lived in during 2012. This probably means I could have just thrown everything in the bin. )
YES WE ACTUALLY DID THIS OH MY GOD IT HAPPENED. It took about six months but the room that was full of boxes actually has couches and stuff in it now!!
10. Fall in love with somebody.
Yep! Been dating my new boyfriend since the end of January last year and everything is butterflies and rainbows.
My goals for 2014:
1. Continue to ride my bike to work every day
2. Be awesome at my job. Be more proactive when I'm underworked.
3. Apply for a permanent position, get a permanent position I like
4. Continue studying Italian on Duolingo (anyone want to follow me? I'm "Madgec"!!); hard mode: don't break my streak all year. easy mode: continue with my beeminder goal (see: https://www.beeminder.com/mad/italian ).
5. Continue to manage Perth Atheists and Perth Polyamory meetup groups. Get more donations for PA and pay for a venue and hold a quiz because that would be awesome fun.
6. Continue being a good freethought alliance member, be more proactive, chair meetings so they are shorter
7. Hard mode: have a wedding. Easy mode: set a wedding date and plan wedding
8. Be angry less