some goals... finally

so its about time that i made some goals for the new year. i couldn't bring myself to do it earlier in the new year, because i hadn't thought about them enough. i didn't want to just throw goals out that i really had no intention of attempting.

here is what i plan to work on this year...

take more pictures.
i realized that i don't take enough pictures... of everyday life, of pretty things, of jeremy and me. it will also help me become a better photographer. you know what they say, "practice makes perfect," or at least better, right? i have a blog in the making that will be dedicated to the "picture a day" challenge to help me with this goal. it shall be revealed... hmmm, sometime soon.


workout.
this one almost didn't make the list, especially when i was contemplating my goals late december/early january. i just didn't want to do it. but then i think of summer and colorful swim suits and i get this drive to look very nice in one. haha. this goal was also prompted by a quote i encountered while reading for my class on sociology of sport: "Socrates met a physically undeveloped youth and promptly rebuked him, '. . . what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable!'" that bold sentence shall be my motivation. i wonder what my body is capable of...


serve others.
i want to help others. i want to do whatever i can to ease others' burdens and see smiles in return. i have decided to go for a more organized approach to help me be diligent in working towards this goal and i am hoping to volunteer the at center for women and children in crisis. i am just waiting for an email back from the guy in charge... maybe a phone call will have to made today instead.


make something once a week.
sometimes school gets me down. i get tired and feel like my brain can't handle anymore theories, exam study guides, and long papers. i have found that if i set time aside to create something (as simple as my heart window) then i am ready to conquer my homework. it is refreshing to create. once a week may be difficult, but hey... goals are designed for us to push ourselves... and i do love to make things.


wear headbands.
this is my fun goal. so it doesn't really matter, but why not? i don't wear headbands very often. i have some... that are kind of cute. but if i were to make some pretty headbands, therefore working on the goal above, then i could totally rock them. i just need to own it, as cousin lindsey would say.

now, my goals are official.