Tag: goals
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February Small Goals
I skipped small goals in January. The world was all aflutter with everyone’s new plans and lists of things to do in the new year, and it felt like just too much to add on for the month, too. But I do like the practice of it, and I like how it helps me frame…
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2017 Goals and Plans
I’ll be the first to admit that, especially after last week, the NYE/New Year’s goal/planning appeal is starting to wear off. I wonder how much of that is due to the rapid consumerist marketing cycle of advertising to the next holiday. I saw Valentine’s Day stuff in stores immediately after Christmas. But it’s still the beginning…
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December Goals
Oh wow. I skipped November! I mean, I kind of wish we’d all actually skipped November. It was a pretty brutal month. The election and its aftermath really did me in for a bit, and I also gave three conference talks, was interviewed on a local podcast, and organized an unconference from the first weekend…
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September Small Goals
August went super fast. It started off with me falling down our stairs and injuring my tailbone (on our wedding anniversary, to add insult to injury). From there, we attended an old friend’s beautiful wedding, started getting quotes for a new boiler, road tripped to Pittsburgh to go to Abstractions, and spent a day in…
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April Small Goals
House and moving stuff is going to dominate my April, so I’m hoping that by recording a couple things that I hope to accomplish and checking them off will help me feel on top of things. It’s like when you add something you already did to your list so you can cross it off and…
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100 Days Left in 2015
Chad and I have been reading through the Bible this year. We both use an app with a reading plan that keeps us on track and tells us how many days we’ve completed. That’s how I know that this is day 265 of 2015. We have 100 days left. I had a pretty ambitious list…