Well, friends, as we approach the end of the year and look back on 2011, I feel simultaneous elation and frustration.
On the one hand, I had a really great year. Among the many reasons it was awesome:
- Spent a lot of time with friends doing fun things.
- Took jazz dance classes (do it — it’s fun!) and made a new friend.
- Celebrated my third wedding anniversary and had an amazing belated honeymoon in Ireland.
- Made myself some really awesome clothes. And some really awful ones that I’d like to classify as ‘learning experiences.’
- Started taking yoga classes on a regular basis and made some excellent progress.
- Started seeing a chiropractor and saw huge improvements to my posture and pain level.
- Attended 3 weddings, including my brother’s and Dan’s aunt’s.
- Finally went to Ravinia.
- Took a long weekend in Philadelphia on my own.
- Told two stories at the Moth.
- Won a Moth StorySLAM.
- Went apple picking.
On the frustrating end, I did almost nothing I set as a goal/resolution for 2011.
I think I still win this year.
But next year, I’ve decided I’m not going to do any sewing or knitting related goals, aside from just doing the sewing and the knitting. I also started a calendar journal (but mine is just in a regular blank book journal), and I’m really looking forward to keeping up with that over the next year and seeing how things have (or haven’t) changed come this time next year.
So I’m looking forward to fun projects, but not with any real quantified goals to go along with them. These are things I do for enjoyment and that’s the only thing I want to get out of it this year.
What about you? What interesting/challenging/crazy/I-say-I’ll-do-this-every-year/ambitious/fun goals are you chasing in 2012?
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Tags: 2011, 2012, resolutions, retrospective
You had a great year!
I posted a few of my goals this morning and am waiting to see how many I ACTUALLY get done!
Happy 2012!
Those are some serious goals — good luck!