2009 may not have ended well {and the five-month period I spent looking for jobs was a little rough}, but there were some definite highlights that keep me from declaring it a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year:
- in the beginning of the year, I was living and playing in New York City;
- I received my Master's in Social Work from Columbia University;
- I got a job where I'm actually using my education and internship experience {gasp!} and moved to Washington, DC {or, more accurately, Arlington, VA}...
And thus:
Goals for the New Year
- Run a 5K. My expectations are low. I don't care if it takes me 2.53 hours to finish; I just want to cross that finish line.
Game Plan: I've begun preparations for this goal, albeit unexpectedly: I won a gift card to Famous Footwear from the lovely Anna at Around the Way Girl, and I think I'm going to be practical and purchase New Balances with it. And! I've bookmarked the Couch to 5K Running Plan! I don't care what you say; that's progress.
- Learn a new language. I want to learn a lot of languages, actually, but as it stands now, I can speak English and Banglish {an atrocious mix of Bangla/Bengali and English, of course}, can order a taco in Spanish, and can say "un ananas ne parle pas. ce n'est pas possible!" in French. Very useful.
Game Plan: Register for Arabic via Rosetta Stone... which is available to me at no cost via my job {how awesome is that?!}. I will go to Egypt and ride a camel yet! {Long story.} - Read 12 books. What did I say about low expectations? Last year I read a total of 8 non-graduate school-related books {I KNOW}, though I started {and bought} about 5x that many books. This year, I have a TV. Disaster waiting to happen.
Game Plan: Read? - Take a trip to India. {Or maybe Egypt? I can use my newly-acquired Arabic skills!} I really want to see the Taj Mahal. Maybe I'll take my mom. {My dad has already been twice, the bugger.}
Game Plan: Work like mad, don't take any vacation or sick days, and then buy a ticket {or two}! - Do something unexpected {for me} every once in a while. Go camping {"I hate outside!"}. Make a quiche. Take a dance class. Paint something for my room. ...Run a 5K. :)
happy new year, friends!it's going to be a good one. i can feel it.
9 comments:
Camping sounds like a horrible idea, but everything else sounds like a great idea!
If you want to read more, I know of a book club you could participate in. ;)
you got to live in new york *sigh*
now that i think about it, i probably read less than 8 books too :/
Ugh, I agree about the camping.
India, though, now that would be awesome. You might have to amend that to say only take one sick or vacation day for when I come visit, though!
ps. Thank you for finally updating your blog you lazy bum :).
Sounds like an awesome, yet very do-able list! Good luck!
I normally feel the same way about camping, but there's an REI commercial that gets me pumped up about it {for, like, 2 seconds} every time I see it. I am a marketer's DREAM.
Katie-- Believe it or not, I was in that book club last year! I started One Hundred Years and then promptly stopped. {Not that I hated it; I was just too lazy!}
I'm really keen to pick up another language as well :)
A great list - wishing you a fabulous 2010!
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I am planning on running a 5K (and a 10K later) too! I am on the hunt for some good running shoes!
Have you started your training?
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I have a really good feeling about 2010 too! '09 can suck it. Do you ever go to Jay's Saloon. It was my favorite Arlington dive when I lived in DC!
I haven't been there yet, but I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the tip, Kristin!
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