29 Things: Week 21

I've spent a bunch of time doing work for a course this past week so I was not very focused on my goals.

1. Work on my poetry (Poetry Journal) - year round

TINYPROGRESS - I've kept writing a little bit, and got some advice from a contact.

2. Lose weight - year long

No Progress.

3. Learn rudimentary Spanish - year long

No progress.

4. Make a video of some kind each month (outside of work) - year long

No progress.

5. Actually do my blog post each month - year long

No progress.  This week I want to make a plan for posts for the next couple of months

6. Do a really good job at my mentoring program! - year long

TINYPROGRESS: I did a webinar, but I still need to follow up with my mentor.

7. Watch These Movies:

No progress.

• The Butler (Sept)
• As Good As You (Oct)
• I Am Not Your Negro (Nov)
• Carol (Dec)
• Daughters of the Dust (Jan)
• Wild (Feb)
• La Dolce Vita (Mar)
• Imitations of Life (April)
• Song of the Sea (May)
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (June)
• Spirited Away (July)
• Patti Cakes (Aug)

8. Read Books That I Own:

PROGRESS!  I was hoping to make it to page 400/516 of Savage Grace, but I'm not quite there (page 383 to be exact). Maybe I will finish it by Feb!  Not sure how I'm going to catch up on this list.

• Girl with a Gun (Sept)
• How to Not Be a Boy (Oct) 
• Savage Grace (Nov)
• Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud (Dec)
• All the Single Ladies (Jan)
• Women In Clothes (Feb)
• The Beauty Myth (April)
• We Were Feminist Once (June)
• Peter Pan (July)
• Swamplandia (Aug)

9. Finish my audiobooks

TINYPROGRESS - I'm continuing to slowly listen to a bit more of The Feminine Mystique.

• The Invention of Nature (Sept)
• Dear Fatty (Oct)
• Ghost, Edith Wharton short stories (Nov)
• Vile Bodies (Jan)
• The Forgotten Room (Dec)
• The Feminine Mystique (Feb)
• Dancing in the Street (June)

10. Set up a scrapbook for the year - (Sept)

PROGRESS! - I hurried up and set up a scrapbook for 2018 before we get too far in the year.  I would still like to pull together one for 2017.

11. Change a tire - (Nov) COMPLETE

12. Go see Spectacular Gems exhibit at Hillwood - (Nov) COMPLETE!

13. Get passport (By Dec) COMPLETE!!!

14. Send Christmas cards (Dec)

No Progress. 😖

15. Get new art framed (Dec)

PROGRESS - I have found places for two of my framed pieces.  I am still not sure where to hand by diplomas.

16. Get something tailored (Jan)

No Progress

17. Have closet clear-out, get rid of stuff!!!! - (Jan)

TINYPROGRESS - I finally packed up a bunch of stuff and loaded up my car so I can take them to shops/donation locations.

18. Learn two of the suits of the minor arcana (one set by Feb, one set by Aug)

No Progress.

19. Get a new doctor (By Feb)

No Progress.

20. Go to the dentist (By March)

No Progress.

21. Cook a roast or chicken/turkey (By May)

No Progress

22. Do a ghost tour in Baltimore (June)

No Progress

23. Finish Grandma’s poetry collection (July)

No Progress.

24. Sort out pension (By July)

No Progress

25. Learn the history of India

No Progress

26. Learn more about starting a business (proprietorships, LLCs, liability & taxes)

No Progress

27. Write a first draft of something creative (Aug)

No Progress

28. Go see Jim Henson exhibit at MoMI

No Progress

29. Go to the theatre 4 times. 1/4

No Progress.

Bonus Goals:

• Get t-shirt quilt made 
• Go on a Have You Met Newark? tour 
• Plan a trip to Newport 
• Visit Paterson, NJ
• See the Lion King
• Reread a classic like The Return of the Native or My Antonia
• Do a sewing project

Total: 

Progress on 7/26 Goals and 0/7 Bonus Goals.