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My list — revisited

5 October 2008

Back in August I  made a list of thing I wanted to gain control of my life. It has been a daunting task but let take a look at how I am doing (my comments in bold, strikethroughs are accomplished):

1)       I need to organized my life better

2)       I need to clean my apartment from top to bottom.(been lazy about this) 

3)       Run my finances a little better. (I am well on my way. payed off and Canceled a couple of high interest cards doing a low interest loan to cover the rest of my debt. Building a Budget to control my spending.) 

4)       Be better at my job (will happen since #5 is solved)

5)       Slow my head down some – I think way too fast and I noticed it is causing some problems in concentrating and personal relationships.

6)       Exercise more

·         Train for the half marathon in April then a marathon after that. (doing this but its slower that expected)

·         Do a 5K in the middle or end of October.(doing the frankline pumpkin fest 5K)

·         Run outside more

·         Ride my bike more (use it to get to store and weekend rides)

·         Hike more and plan for a through hike of the Appalachian Trail in the next few years.

7)       Buy a scooter this year.(pushed off a year)

8 )       Buy a smart car next year.(pushed off a year)

9)       Start recycling again. But try to adhere to the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse and then recycle).(slowly doing this)

10)    Reduce my food waste buy using everything I can.(learning How)

11)    Attempt to Compost my food waste in my apartment (vermicomposting)

12)    Eat out a whole lot less. 

13)    Dietary considerations

·         Slowly switch to as much organic foods as I can and in a way that is affordable.(ongoing)

·         Not go totally vegetarian or vegan but reduce my meat intake to 4-5oz per week and only use locally grown grass feed meats and cut back my dairy intake to only locally produced or organic dairy products.

·         Buy as much produce as I can from the farmers market and only in season

·         Reduce my caloric intake to between 1500 to 2000 calories a day and drop to under 220lbs (I’m down for 245 to 225 and dropping)

·         Drink Less alcohol.

·         Completely eliminate High Fructose Corn syrup from my diet

·         Learn to eat as fuel.  

·         Drink more water

·         Eat more seafood

·         Cook more (saving me money cause i have leftovers for lunch the next day)

14)    Dispose of my current household cleaners and transition to more envirofriendly cleaners.(slow change)

15)    Spend more time out side and with my dog

16)    Meet new people and rekindle old friendships (ongoing and actively working onold freindships)

17)    Go back to school for photography hone my skill and start a business (Get paying gigs soon, make cards, start up website, ect)

18)    Shoot more photographs and upgrade my equipment (flash, lens, grip, replace my XT with an XTI till I get a 40D or 20 D)(slow and difficul but happening non the less)

19)    Learn to meditate and look for a Buddhist teacher (number 5 was hindering that)

20)    Read more (now that number 5 is fixed i will read a lot more)

21)    Listen to Music more and get back to going to live shows again (Lollapalooza, my morning jacket, others have been hindered due to financial difficulties latly)

22)    Work on not getting angry anymore at little things (number 5 played a part in this) 

23)    Write more and work on typing and communicating, better formulating ideas.(will happen now that #5 is fixed)

24)    Look to move out west over the next few years (i am flying to Oregon to put this plan in motion)

25)    Pick up apart time job in the winter months DEC  to FEB to pad my savings up to a couple months of pay.

26)    Have at least 2 days of computer less and TV less days.(cancelled my cable and still working on not goign to the computer as much)

27)    Have 4 days a week where I do not spend any money unless completely necessary, one of which is a weekend day (working on that)

28)    Put 10 percent in savings. (5% via stock account 5% in easy to get bank account), put change jar  that gets put into  savings and drop ant 5 dollar bill in there whenever I receive one.

29)    Do Yoga for mental and physical health.(probaly going to stat going to 12 south yoga soon)

30)    Go places that I have never been or have been meaning to go to.(Check off Chicago, check off Seattle next week)

31)    Buy a Guitar and lean to play.

32)    Volunteer

33)    Be Happy all the time, No matter what.(I am doing well with my list and i thing #5 may be a prt of this.. now that its out of the way happiness will come) 

Nothing is easy but if life was easy I would be bored.  My life is entering a very good and exciting time which has been a long long  time coming. I leave you with this quote as I am off to enjoy my day:

When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 Responses to “My list — revisited”

1. Wandering Aimlessly About The Net - Betting Forum - Betting Tips Says:
   October 6th, 2008 at 11:31 am

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2. invisiblepilot Says:
   November 4th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

   This was so interesting to read… half of this stuff is on my (imaginary) list- probably true of most people

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