Happy New Year 2011!
I've been feeling like I should set (and document) some new year's resolutions for 2011. For most of my life, I didn't make new year's resolutions, preferring instead to set goals at times that seemed more appropriate and less arbitrary throughout the year. For some reason, the idea of taking stock of my life and resolving to make changes going forward has been more appealing in the last few years.
Last year, I kind of made two resolutions, which I'm not sure were even resolutions as much as a recommitment to previously-set goals.
Resolution #1: One was to apply myself with a vengeance to my last semester of grad school in order to maintain my perfect 4.0 GPA and graduate magna cum laude.
Outcome: I did graduate magna cum laude, but, much to my dismay, I did not leave Georgetown with a perfect 4.0 GPA. I got an A- on my very last paper of the semester, which pushed my grade for that class down from an A to an A-. I know, it's quite a tragedy and I felt it keenly.
Resolution #2: Figure out what to do with my career.
Outcome: Failed completely. Still no idea what to do with my career, though I did manage to get a new job in 2010 that applies my linguistics training. We'll see where it goes. This career-planning thing has been part of my new year's resolutions for a few years running and I've never made much head-way on it. If you have any insights as to what I should be when I grow up, please don't hesitate to share them with me!
Have any of you (my three readers) made resolutions for 2011?
Stay tuned for the next entry, when I (hopefully) record some new year's resolutions for 2011 (once I've thought of them).
2 comments:
My dear "M", of course I have ideas as to what you should do when you 'grow up'! When or if that happens, and if I'm still around, then you must throw all caution to the wind and we must do something completely, irrevocably out of character. Or better, something completely within our hidden heady character. An example? Go live for a summer in a castle on an island off Scotland. Live for an autumn in an isle off the Greek islands. While there, we write every day. One word only. But it must be the perfect word. Or one phrase only - again - it must be the perfect phrase. Only known to the writer. Or any other wonderful idea you may come up with heretofore unexpressed. And if she's nice, your mother can join us if she agrees to abandon all anxiety about how things 'should' be...
As for NYR's, I don't make them. Its a total set up. However, I do enjoy J's blog about such things, and tracking her goals. Do you track her blog? There is a link on mine if you're curious. Or S's blog (s)...wonderful lunchtime observations that are just amazing.
Miss you - your blog popped up just when I was thinking that I should visit again sometime soon, once the weather remembers to be kind. As for now, I've just returned from the DECEMBER 2010 road trip...it was fabulous. I'm off next week for THE event - the arrival of Blueberry.
LOVE YOUR BLOG. Thanks for sharing.
Oh man, I'm still thinking about New Years Resolutions. We're talking about "family" goals for FHE tomorrow so I'm looking at that.
I'd like to add some fun ones- things like "Dye my hair red" and "skydive (though not skydive)" as well as things like loosing some weight, finishing my book, and reading the New Testament again.
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