I have this friend here in NC who likes to create themes for every year. I especially liked her 2010 theme: Year of Yay. I decided that I wanted a theme for 2012. One thing I have been trying to focus on for the past couple years has been to live more in the now. I have a tenancy to be overly goal oriented and tend to forget to enjoying the journey along the way. The level to which I do this varies, but I still think there is room for improvement. This year already holds a lot of change and new experiences in store. Africa for two months, graduating from b-school, and starting a job with The Hershey Company (woot!). I'm committing right now to focus on finding the beauty in the every day and not letting the inner-taskmaster rule my life. It is a little cheesy, but I like it. Let 2012 be beautiful.
That said, "beauty" is totally unmeasurable and I still want to create my regular annual goals. Last year's goals got a little out of hand (aka required an excel sheet to track). I'm reverting back to my previous methods of setting one measurable/tangible goal for each area of my life.
- Physical: Run a dirty dash. These races look so fun (seriously, check them out) and I am itching to try one.
- Social: Once I move to Hershey, I want to join at least one social/volunteer group at attend twice before the end of the year. I haven't decided yet...but I'm thinking some type of city sport league, book club, or community organization. I'll see what exists when I get there.
- Spiritual: Actually do my visiting teaching every month. I'm not naturally motivated to do this, but I find it really rewarding once I force myself to do it. One visit a month...bring it on.
- Financial: Be free of debt (minus student loans, that would be impossible) by the end of the year.
- Learning: Graduate from b-school. I feel like this is sort of a cheater goal since I'm already 75% done with it. But I think graduating is still a good accomplishment.
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You go my beautiful girl!
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