I guess everyone's entitled to one holiday/event that they go completely crazy over. For me it's not Christmas, Easter, Halloween or even New Years'. It's kinda Thanksgiving - but probably only because it always falls on my birthday week! Yes, I am one of the birthday people! I start thinking about my birthday and how I want to celebrate months, sometimes even years in advance. I need people to remember the day and come bearing gifts whenever possible. I take a lot of time to think up goals leading up to my birthday. I do whatever I feel I must to get geared up for this new year of my life.
This year has been surprisingly chill though...not entirely sure what that's about. Could it be maturity? Nah! Could it be that I already had a year of great trips and exciting oppurtunities - well, yes. But that never stopped me from acting a complete fool at birthday time, before. Hhhmmm.... Well, I will enjoy these mellow birthday emotions, since I'm not sure another birthday like this will come around soon.
As is my custom, I came up with a list of some Birthday/New Year of My Life goals...
In no particular order...
- Grow closer to, and in my knowledge of, God
- Become a certified yoga and/or pilates instructor
- pH balance my diet
- Develop a stronger, leaner body (without fixating on what I weigh. No one is carrying me anywhere anyway)
- Learn to drive a manual car
- Get married
- Work full-time as a TV reporter/Journalist/Filmmaker
Yes, that read “get married” just wanted to see if you were paying attention.
- The real desire would be to meet and begin dating ‘the one’ marrying him within the year is a stretch. I’m a big believer in ‘seeing him through the seasons’ before marrying him or letting him marry you. (Even though I am following two great blogs by two Mormon girls and one of them met her beau in August - the day she broke up with another guy - and was married to the new guy by Christmas after a 3 day engagement – yikes!) I'm not lying, see for yourself:
http://www.reachelandrew.com/pages/meetcouple/bios.html#DatingTimeline
- Blog, Blog, Blog
- Live in a new city – will settle for a new house or apartment in the same city - if I must
- Go to Oz (Melbourne and Sydney)
- Resume Spanish lessons
- Learn to swim
- Finish shooting and editing my documentary
- Have my lump removed, hernia fixed and sort out my acid reflux…I am waaaaaaaaaay too young for this!
Tentatively:
- Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with a group of close friends, this time next year for my b-day.
Is that’s a lot to squeeze into a year? I’m a lot of things - lacking in ambition is apparently not one of them. Yes, this list is open for editing and rewriting. I’m sure I’m forgetting over half the list mostly because I:
a. Worked on this when I should have been working and
b. Wrote this is one sitting instead of dedicating my usual month (and then some) to this rigorous planning/dreaming process
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