Updates on Goals ‘n’ Stuff

It’s October.  Where has 2010 gone?  I am enjoying the first turning of leaves here in the Northeast, and the cool evenings, but the impending long winter makes me queazy.  At least I have a month in tropical SE Asia to look forward to.  I hope Maine gets dumped on while I’m gone and then [...]

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September Resolution

I went back today and read the post I did at the beginning of August on my monthly resolution (to adhere to my values).  I’ll admit – I kinda lost track of time this month, and while I don’t think I did anything specifically AGAINST my values, I also wasn’t super on top of things.  [...]

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July Monthly Challenge Wrap-Up and August!

Well, July has somehow come and gone.  I can’t believe it.  It seems like just yesterday that I boarded a flight to Salt Lake City for a fun road trip vacation with my little sis and mom.  On the flip side, since I’ve been home I’ve been struggling through an intensive summer business school class [...]

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Photo Class – It’s all Manual

In photo class last weekend we went manual. For real.  No more auto settings (and my camera has about ten, including one for pet portraits).  It’s fun to decide how I want a picture to look and then just override the camera’s tiny pea-sized brain, but it also takes a lot of time.  You need [...]

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Monthly Challenge Update – Have More Fun!

In July I’m working on having more fun.  I’ve realized that as I get older, friends aren’t always just available when I want to do something, and planning for fun is becoming more important.  It took me a while to realize the shrinking of free time because I never view my own schedule as that [...]

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July Monthly Challenge – Have More Fun!

Ok, quick background.  This year I’ve been really into e-courses.  They’ve been mostly about dreaming big, making your big dreams come true, and living life to the fullest.  I find them fun to participate in, and it’s also good to keep reminding myself to do those things I want to do.  My Life List came [...]

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June Monthly Challenge Wrap-Up

I’m working on my own personal Happiness Project.  You can read about my conquests so far Here and Here.  In June, I decided to work on my marriage.  The normal stuff – be nice, don’t nag, plan date night, etc.  I didn’t keep track of my progress every day (see yesterday’s post about my complete [...]

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Mid-Year Goal Update

This post is a shout out to Matt P.  He thinks my Excel goal tracking is as crazy as I do.  But I think he also kinda wishes he had thought of it.  Just kidding, Matt. Ok, so to recap from my similar post at the end of March, each year I create a list of [...]

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May Wrap-up and June Happiness Project

It’s June.  At the beginning of every month I am brought back to one of my favorite quotes – “The days are long but the years are short.”  Ain’t that the truth?!?!  Some days seem to drag on for a week but without fail, as one month wraps up, I look around with awe.  How [...]

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Update – May Monthly Challenge and Happiness Project

This month, I’ve started my own Happiness Project and kicked off the year with a month focused on Health and Physical Well-Being.  For this month, I set several goals, all related to Health.  Today, on the 15th of the month, I’m evaluating how I’ve done so far.  By the way, in order to keep track [...]

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