Each year I make a list of goals for the approaching year. I prefer this over resolutions. I make one for each year of my life thus far. These can be small things or very big things. The idea is to keep it fun, realistic, and attainable. I have done this every year since I was 24. Before I begin my new list I look back on the past year to see how things played out. I see it as a great way to take stock of the past year. What worked. What didn’t and plan to improve over the next year!
- Run the OKC Marathon again
- Run 3 full marathons or 50K’s
- Run PHH 50k
- Earn my double agent status at last
- do a personal photography project each month (not just client work, I love my clients and love the work but personal projects allow me to try new things!)
- make one smart addition to my studio equipment
- volunteer at at least 2 trail races. (Love the Trail & Ultra Family!)
- see more of Oklahoma!
- join a gym
- actually go
- keep my vanity clean-er (it tends to be my catch all)
- train Greta to trail run with Ruby and I
- keep my office clean now that it is not the official INPPA storage room!
- continue thinning out what I have acquired – less is more
- get the kayaks to the river a minimum of 6 times this year!
- attend Professional Photographers of Oklahoma Fall Convention
- attend South West Professional Photographers Association Convention
- get the pool open!!!!
- try 5 new to me wines
- try 5 new to me beers
- new tires for the Suburban
- Captain an area at Tulsa Oktoberfest again this year with Colin & Erin!
- Go to the Dr. figure out what is up with my feet.
- Get a jump on holiday shopping
- Get a new family portrait with Greta in it!
- Find that elusive perfect office cabinet!
- Upgrade the boot shelf
- Remove particle board furniture from my life!
- Run 800 miles by the end of the year – I realize this is a fairly small number and hopefully I will double that by the end of the year. I realize I may be injured and not able to accomplish this but I am going to try.
- Get new running shoes. It looks like my faithful Kinvara’s have had a massive overhaul and I will need to visit RunnersWorld Tulsa to be properly fitted and find a new shoe that works for me.
- Run a Marathon in a different state.
- Eat 3 vegetarian meals a week.
- Make an effort to stop avoiding the phone. I don’t know how or why it started but the phone has been my enemy for the past few years.
- Get back in the habit of working in my office. As Philliy was in decline I opted to move to the living room so that a human was near by (and she was stressing me out in my office – too many corners to get stuck in).
- Make an effort to do some more get together’s with friends – maybe quarterly. Life should not be all meetings.
- Find a reason to laugh daily.
Bonus: My good friend Lisa (who inspired this crazy list of goals when I was 24 both of us have changed our online homes over the years so I will not point you to all the old editions) convinced me to add one more.
- Schedule time to face time / video conference with friends and family. This being said I am now scheduling these calls – :-)
