Let's
recap.
- Car care - I am doing somewhat better about taking care of my car. (I can only say that because I just took it in for maintenance for the first time this year...)
- Gym - I was doing the gym thing pretty regularly for a while, seeing how I wanted to be able to walk without a limp...I have since 100% lapsed in this, though. Must resume rehab so i can stop lying to my therapist.
- Move to Spain - this dream has been transferred to moving to London. Which will not happen in 2009, so this one doesn't even count yet.
- Get paid to write - I don't think I got one thing published this year, much less paid for. (I have started writing a children's novel, though. And by "started" I mean I have thrown away what I've started and am now just thinking about it.)
- Dance lessons - sadly, those didn't last long into 2008 :( Maybe I'll fit them in again once we get those eight-day weeks going!
- Be a better friend - I think the fact that I have gotten better at this in some ways, coupled with the fact that I made a lot more friends in 2008 and had less time to spend with each friend, means that I about broke even this year.
- Raven Rock - STILL haven't gone! wtc?
- Improve cello-ing - given that I actually practiced at home a couple times this year, I'm thinking I did alright.
- Volunteer - hah. Did that, then did that too much, then quit almost completely. "Balance" is my theme for 2009.
- Paint - not enough.
- Grow up - holy crap, I think that happened; I no longer feel like a child! It all started with a haircut..
- Save $ - yes!! wow! Getting a real job for the first time seems to help with that.
- Tattoo - not only did I finally decide on a design, I decided on it in three days and then got it! Still love it, ten months later...a good sign.
- Mountain trip - not once, but twice, heyyyy
- Decrease 3-C dependencies - cereal, chocolate, computers. I succeeded in one of the three! (A hint: I think the foods are a lost cause..) Of course, now I never answer my emails, oops.
- Figure out my book - hah! I forgot about that one. And look, it's happening anyway :) kinda. Well, not so much. Hello, 2009.
- Learn to use my camera - now that I have a camera that I actually like, this is finally in progress.
- Photo shoot - cello + field. Still a no. It WILL happen one day.
So in addition to all the ones above that are still left wanting and therefore are transferable to each new year until finally achieved, here are
Melinda's 2009 Guidelines:- Learn more French. It sounds pretty! (As of now, all I can say in French is, "Paris, I love you. Such is life. Let the good times role. The question is, will you?" Plus I can make propositions to men thanks to Moulin Rouge, but that hardly counts.)
- Learn more guitar. Starting with the Beatles. Mmm.
- Write a real song. Like, the kind that is finished, and not embarrassing.
- Plan the Big UK Trip. Try to exclude fantasies about marrying a Brit uncannily similar to James McAvoy.
- Sing in public. Whatever that means...at least once.
- Be hot AND healthy. I'm convinced it's possible...maybe this is the year!
- Learn to cook non-dessert foods; perhaps even plan a full meal once in a while, geez.
- Keep my bedroom, house and car neat and clean. For more than two days straight.
- Do whatever it takes to be able breathe better. This is probably related to the previous point, unfortunately.
- Live without cable.
- Be a better granddaughter.
- Go on a real date or two. Or heck, go crazy and maybe even more than two. Why not? Oh wait, I know why not ;)
- Visit my MD/VA friends!
- Hang out at a monastery for a week. Since I already have a room reserved, this is like one of those things you add to a to-do list that you've already done, so that you can feel accomplished...
- Play with little kids.
- Clean out all my personal and work email inboxes. Ugh.
- Start writing poetry again.
I should probably stop there...no need to make it
unreasonably impossible. Kinda impossible is good enough, methinks.
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