1. Get a new job and move. No progress.
Need to stop procrastinating and do the PR program application!
STEP 4 Do application to PR program
STEP 5: Look for apartment
STEP 5 Keep job searching
STEP 6 keep thinking about what I want to be doing in the next 5 years
2. Make my own postcards. No progress
STEP 1: identify 5 photos I would like to use on the cards
STEP 3: decide on software to use to to design my card (using Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and/or Lightroom) especially the back side
STEP 4: Design the template for the back of the card.
3. Write a script No progress.
STEP 3: identify my major problem areas
STEP 4: Work on those problem areas
STEP 5: Do a complete outline of the plot points.
4. Publish a poem No progress
STEP 1: put together thoughts for second draft
STEP 2: write some more poems
STEP 2: do some research into common ways to get poetry published
STEP 3: identify some places where I would like to submit a poem and qualify
STEP 4: select some poems for submission and fine tune them
5. Track my spending/budget No progress
I need to do my April and May expenses before I lose track.
STEP 9: Track my April expenses
STEP 10: Track my May expenses
STEP 11: Come up with better way of organizing receipts.
6. Apply for a passport **TINY PROGRESS**
I got my passport photo. I need to suck it up and do the paperwork for real now
STEP 3: Figure out how much it will cost.
STEP 4: Gather the forms and documents
STEP 5: Submit the paperwork,
8. Visit Canada No progress
STEP 1: Decide where I would like to visit (area around Lake Ontario, Niagara Falls maybe).
STEP 2: Decide when I would like to visit and how long.
STEP 3: Decide who I would like to come with me.
STEP 4: Plan such an itinerary and route.
9. Alter two items of clothing for myself **PROGRESS**
On a bit of a whim I decided to look up how to hem a dress by hand. After watching two YouTube videos, I decided that it didn't look too hard and chose a dress I wanted to shorten but didn't care that much about--- in case I messed it up horribly. It took more time than I expected, and I had to measure things a bunch of times (because I marked the wrong side of the dress, for one thing). Also my scissors were blunt to the cutting job was not great, but that ended up not mattering much because I left myself a decent amount of fabric for the hem and ended up rolling the jagged/uneven edges under quite easily. I'm a bit surprised by how easy it was compared to how stressed I felt about doing it wrong. I still have to try the dress on since completing it, but I tried it on many many times throughout the process so I'm confident it will look fine.
STEP 2: Talk to my mom about teaching me how to use sewing machine.
STEP 4: Chose another item to alter, preferably not a dress hemming.
10. Get something tailored. No progress
STEP 1: Identify some local tailors, their contact info, and advice from others as to the quality.
STEP 2: Determine how much I am willing to spend.
STEP 3: Select 2-3 things I would like to attempt to get altered.
I suppose this one is actually complete since I took multiple fitness classes starting in the fall! Maybe next year I will step it up by taking a dance class!
STEP 8: Find fitness classes for summer, if it makes sense for my schedule.
12. Read at least 4 of these feminist books: **PROGRESS**
Lean In, Reverence to Rape, A Room of One's Own, The Second Sex, The Beauty Myth,
I am slowly chipping away at The Beauty Myth (a few pages a week) and I started Yes Please. If I finish those two, I will have completed this.
STEP 6: Read The Beauty Myth
STEP 7: Read Yes Please
13. Organize something for Directed By Women. No progress.
STEP 1: Review the guidelines
STEP 2: Brainstorm some ideas.
14. Write those think piece articles No progress.
STEP 1: Outline what I would like to say about one of my article ideas.
STEP 2: Do the relevant research.
STEP 3: Write a first draft.
15. Buy a new laptop No progress.
STEP 1: Identify the main things I will need my laptop to do.
STEP 2: Work out what the specifications are for what I want.
STEP 3: Investigate the price range available for what I want.
STEP 4: Modify expectations or price range.
STEP 5: Choose a vendor.
16. Keep to a blogging schedule **TINY PROGRESS**
I did my post for my other blog, and I continue to work on a blog for work. But I haven't added anything to this blog and I didn't do my progress report from last week. There are BUNCH of posts for my work blog and other blog that I want to sit down and write, but I keep forgetting to schedule the time.
STEP 2: Try to stick to it.
STEP 3: Try pre-writing multiple posts at once and see if that works with staying consistent.
17. Help a friend make her film a reality. No progress.
STEP 3: Research funding sources.
18. Start learning a little web design No progress
STEP 2: Finish my Make a Website lesson on Code Academy.
STEP 3: Complete the HTML/CSS lesson on Code Academy.
19. Finish books I have already started: No Progress
Survival of the Prettiest,
STEP 4: Finish Survival of the Prettiest
STEP 5: Read Story of B
20. Organize a Clothing Swap or Yard Sale No progress.
I should revisit this idea with some friends and maybe plan something for this summer.
STEP 2: Revisit the idea and perhaps plan something for late June or late July.
21. Develop a financial plan for my loans No progress.
STEP 1: Revisit all my loan paperwork so I have a firm grasp of all the aspects.
STEP 2: Find some people I trust and who have expertise that can give me helpful advice.
STEP 3: Get pay off figures and process from one loan.
23. Watch these 10 classic movies that I have never seen No progress
Malcolm X,
STEP 7: Find a copy of Malcolm X
24. Update a YouTube channel at work No progress
STEP 3: Develop timeline for eliminating bad content.
STEP 4: Send follow-up email with marketing department delineating responsibilities.
STEP 5: Develop online log for all new videos that are uploaded.
STEP 6: Follow up with partners on new playlist ideas I have.
25. Complete some family projects: No progress.
- help my sister make a scrapbook for our family reunion
- help my mother create a wedding album for a cousin
- create an anthology of my grandmother's writing--- hopefully with some of her art and painting included.
STEP 1: Look through the wedding photos.
STEP 2: Do some research on what typically goes into a wedding album.
STEP 3: Talk to my mom about what she wants for the wedding album.
STEP 6: Call my aunt about the writing that she has gathered from my grandmother.
26. Private health-related goal. No progress.
Score: Progress on 4 of 23 goals.
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