29 Things Progress Report: Week 32

My life is slowly crawling out of chaos, so I don't think I've made much progress but I feel myself getting back into the swing.  I finally got my haircut after 3-4 months and I am feeling human again. I also did my taxes which I always think I'm going to do in February.

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

TINY PROGRESS - I have been struggling with writing, my brain has either been too preoccupied with other things or having trouble focusing or feeling open.  But I manage to actually draft a poem about a squirrel climbing a tree this week.

2. Lose weight - year long

Not progress. I've completely fall out of sync with my workout plan and was totally PMSing and pigged out on some junk food.

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.

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

No progress.

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:

No progress.

• 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

No progress.

• 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)

No Progress.

11. Change a tire - (Nov) COMPLETE

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

13. Get passport (By Dec) COMPLETE!!!

14. Try Using a Sewing Machine to make something simple (June)

No Progress.

15. Get new art framed (Dec) COMPLETE

16. Get something tailored (Jan)

No Progress

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

No Progress.

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. 3/4

No progress.

Bonus Goals:

• Get t-shirt quilt made - PROGRESS - Fabric was not in stock so had to be ordered do this might take longer.  But that's ok! I have picked a quilting design.
• 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 1/26 Goals and 1/7 Bonus Goals.