29 Things: Week 20

I stayed very focused until Friday.  Then I took lots of naps and ignored all my goals.  😬

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

TINYPROGRESS - I've kept writing but nothing substantial.

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

PROGRESS: I made a little intro video for a course I am teaching!

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

PROGRESS: I did blog post about the Golden Globes.

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

TINYPROGRESS: I signed up for a new webinar.

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

TINYPROGRESS - I've finished another hour 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)

No Progress

11. Change a tire - (Nov) COMPLETE

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

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

I GOT MY PASSPORT IN THE MAIL!!!!! WOOOOOO!

14. Send Christmas cards (Dec)

No Progress. Oops!

15. Get new art framed (Dec)

PROGRESS - I FINALLY have received everything back from the framers!  Now I just gotta make a final decision on where to hang stuff.

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)

TINYPROGRESS - I've been working on this bit by bit.  I started writing a scene because I needed to do something a bit different than just planning. 

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 8/27 Goals and 0/7 Bonus Goals.