1. Get a new job and move. No progress.
STEP 4 Do application to PR program
2. Make my own postcards. No progress
STEP 1: identify 5 photos I would like to use on the cards
STEP 3: decide on the size of the card
STEP 4: design the template for the back of the card
STEP 5: choose a printer or buy paper to print on my own
3. Write a script No progress.
4. Publish a poem No progress
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 **TINY PROGRESS**
I haven't finished tracking my expenses from the past 4 months. BUT I did got through this massive hoard to receipts I've been holding onto for some crazy reason and got rid of 99% of them all! This will make organizing my incoming receipts much easier.
And this weekend I will finished tracking my expenses!!!
STEP 9: Track my April expenses
STEP 10: Track my May expenses
STEP 11: Track my June expenses
STEP 12: Track my July expenses
6. Apply for a passport No progress
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 No Progress
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!
Lean In, Reverence to Rape,
13. Organize something for Directed By Women.**PROGRESS**
I have identified two films I want to try arranging screenings for. I have contacted one organization to see if they are interested in helping me, and they are, so I am searching for low-cost venues.
STEP 3: Choose a venue for one film.
STEP 4: Solicit support and interest in other film to see if we can organize a screening.
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.
I really really want to do this before mid Aug!!
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 **PROGRESS**
I haven't been doing that well on this blog, mostly because I am not sure what I am doing with this one--- but that might be ok. I've written several other posts for my other blog so successfully kept my schedule for that post. I've also been doing well managing a blog for work. I'm more an editor for that, and I don't write too much for it, but I have the content pretty much scheduled and reviewed for the next two months.
17. Help a friend make her film a reality. **PROGRESS**
I did more digging for 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: **PROGRESS**
Survival of the Prettiest,
I am determined to finish Survival of the Prettiest. I'm trying to read 10 pages a day. I only have about 50 pages left!
STEP 4: Finish Survival of the Prettiest
STEP 5: Read Story of B
20. Organize a Clothing Swap or Yard Sale **TINY PROGRESS**
I have a friend who is sort of interested in helping me have a clothing swap on a Friday in Aug. If we can pick a date, I can figure out a place and if people actually show up it should work.
STEP 2: Revisit the idea and perhaps plan something for Aug
21. Develop a financial plan for my loans **TINY PROGRESS**
I've decided that I want to try to pay off one of my other loans by the end of next year. I still have the review the paperwork and develop a plan.
STEP 4: Revisit paperwork for other loans.
STEP 5: Develop payment plan for the timeline I would like.
23. Watch these 10 classic movies that I have never seen **PROGRESS**
I am super proud of this one! I GOT MALCOLM X FROM THE LIBRARY!!! It only took me like three months to do that! I have watched the first disc already so I am halfway done! I really want to complete this goal by mid August, but I'm having trouble finding a copy of Badlands without having to buy it.
Malcolm X,
STEP 7: Finish watching Malcolm X.
STEP 8: Find a copy of Badlands
24. Update a YouTube channel at work No progress
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: **PROGRESS**
I followed up with my aunts and they are sending me stuff to complete my pool of documents for my grandmother's writing.
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 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 8: Follow up with remaining aunt.
STEP 8: Sort through all the documents once I get them
26. Private health-related goal. No Progress
Score: Progress on 9 of 22 goals.
woohooo!
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