Monday, March 5, 2018

29 Things: Week 27

I spent several days at a film festival, and the list past week I have not felt very good so I have been falling back into many bad habits and not making progress on much of anything!  The weather has also been getting me down; I am really ready for it to get 10 degrees warmer so I can stop having to wear so many layers, but it definitely won't really be getting any warmer for the next 2 weeks.  That really disheartens me.

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

No progress.

2. Lose weight - year long

Progress - I have joined a fitness group for the month of March.  I'm curious if I can come up with a new routine for eating healthier (I ate lots of junk food this week which I think contributed to why I feel lousy) and exercising more.  Hopefully having accountability will help me stick with it for long enough that I stick with it!

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. I've got a plan for this month, I should just sit down and type it out.

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

No progress.

7. Watch These Movies:

Progress! I got the chance to see Patti Cake$ at the Athena Film Festival.  I really loved it! None of the leads were white men (actually almost none of the characters were white dudes).  The film both addressed negative stereotypes and diverse experience while ultimately being a really feel-good, funny film.  I recommend!
  • 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 finished Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud and have moved on to All the Single Ladies (only about 10 pages in though).
  • 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.  Got new stuff to add!

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)

FAIL - NEED A REPLACEMENT GOAL

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.  I have a bag of stuff that I need to take to goodwill and was all set to go on Saturday but something came up and I wasn't able to go.

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

No progress. I really fell off the bandwagon with this over the past several weeks.  I need to get back to practicing.

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. 2/4

Tiny Progress!  I got tickets to see a local production of Faust, and then I am also trying to get tickets to see something in NYC.  Of course when I went to purchase their website was down for maintenance!

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 3/26 Goals and 0/7 Bonus Goals.

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