A Year's Accomplishments

Time does fly. I just realized that it has been about a year since I made that comprehensive list of things to change. Here's an update for those who might care. Here's that list and what has happened since:


• Listen to more music. Check.

• Clean and organize everything I didn't during school. Check. I moved into a new apartment and got rid of everything!

• Compile and finish my unfinished projects from last term (the constructivist in particular). I decided to paint and take a break from school for a year. Now I am thinking of keeping art as my hobby and being a paralegal.

• Fix my bike's flat (blew a tube before a notable ride the other day). Well, My bike got stripped outside my work. Some jerk had a hex wrench and an allen wrench and decided it would be cool to steal my front rim, and my seat/seat post. Awesome. Still trying to replace those at this point.

• start cooking/eating better food again (been living off taco bell, etc.). Well, I don't live off of taco bell anymore, I live off coffee and salads from new seasons... and whatever is in my fridge. I am not really in a cooking mood right now.

• Get a platform bed. Got one! My dear friend Sonja moved and gave me her Ikea frame. Miss you Sonj!

• Communicate better with family/people I care about. Things are good, I talk to everyone weekly. I'm open with my parents and we have resolved some things, I think they see me as more of an adult now. I am talking to my little sister too, she is getting married this December. And I have started talking to mum's fiance. Big step.

• Find my paints/brushes. Check. I started painting again two weeks ago. Nothing pretty, just the act of painting is doing me good at this point. We'll get to the fancy stuff later.

• Stop smoking the occasional american spirit. This was a lie. I was smoking half a pack a day. I'm down to about two a day and almost ready to just call it quits. I'm pretty proud. It is harder than I thought.

• Meet more friends in the 'hood. Done, I have met many great people; Liz, Kelsey, Andy, Dan, Virginia and loads of other people at my new work. Couldn't be happier. And a friend from Vancouver moved into the hood. Does that count???

• Wake up early and start my days right. Well, I work at a bar and I will always be a night owl. I'm doing better. 8 am is pretty good for me.

• Read more of what I want to read/obtain practical knowledge. I've read about 12 books in the past year-that's more than I had in years past. I devoured three in the past week! It is great to have the time to read for pleasure again.

• Convert to cash—it doesn't go as fast as card. I use my tips sparingly and don't overdraft. I use the card for bills and am better at managing my finances that way.

• Contain my feelings when upset by injustice towards females in a male dominant workplace. I forgot about this one. It was situational--I had a corporate boss who was a douche. I feel pretty respected most of the time in my workplace--even if it is a bar.

• Present a 'truer' representation of who I really am to those I meet. It gets "truer" every day... :D

• Go to a dentist for fun. It wasn't fun, but I went.

• Plant things in the garden. I moved so I had a couple potted plants--rosemary and basil. The basil has recently given up.

• Keep a child-like innocence about things in life, a curiosity perhaps. No--let's be honest. I will always be somewhat of a sarcastic know-it-all... :D

• Ride to work (there's a huge hill... it's daunting). I got a new job half a mile away. No hill. I rode my bike to work and walked before my bike got stripped.

• Practice my lettering. I'm taking a break from this.

• Wait for someone special to come along. I will wait for them to come along--but I realize that it's a two way street. If I don't show interest, who's to say anything would ever come of it? I like more reserved guys and that means that I have to be more outgoing sometimes.

• Be self disciplined in my art. I'm painting again after a year break. Give me a break.

• Rediscover/solidify my spirituality/belief system. I am a christian. I think. This is an ongoing thing--it will be my entire life probably. I will never give up searching for a better understanding of God.

• Get out of bed everyday—sometimes I just want to be so lazy! I get out of bed everyday. Sometimes its at noon...

• Plan a weekend with my little sister who is all grown up. Done!

• Do my best at everything I do. Done--I always do.

• Get my OLCC. Got it! And have been a bartender for about 6 months.

• Find a new job serving. Got one.

• Move on. Truthfully I think I have. I'm finally not hung up on anyone and I think I am free to do as I please. Thank goodness. It's been a while!

So there you have it--a good year's progress. Until I looked at this, I had no idea I had accomplished so much.