Like Angelayla, I've always loved the New Year. It reminds me of being frozen at the starting line of a big race, waiting for the gunshot to signal the opportunity for all of last year's "training" to be enacted. In past years, I've gotten a little over-zealous in goal-setting. What usually happens is I compartmentalize my life into spiritual, social, educational, etc... categories, evaluate my progress in each of those areas, set a number of goals for each area, some as vague as "eat less chocolate" or "be more patient" and then step off the plane with vigor and promise in the New Year and semester. I'm frankly not surprised that most of my goals don't come to fruition during the year. Usually I follow through with them for a month (if I'm lucky) and then forget about them in the business of life. I usually accomplish a few of them (the ones I set, knowing I would accomplish them anyway). But this year I'm trying something different.
I still think that evaluating yourself and progress is important and vital to not stagnating your growth/progress or plateauing. But I think my problem has been that I don't evaluate myself often enough. I've decided that my main goal this year is .....(are you excited?)....
To set weekly goals (and daily goals...plan my days) and re-evaluate myself every sunday.
Bam! Apart from a few bigger goals, I think this is more do-able. What do you think?
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Just finished my first week of classes back at the B to the Y to the U.
It has been an interesting week, full of challenges, inspiration, emotional extremes. Good. I finally have my classes all added and my schedule set in stone. My Chinese class looks daunting, to say the least. I left the class balling on the first day because my teacher was so intimidating. I'm still terrified of her, and her expectations, and 1/2 dread going to class everyday. I don't think I've ever heard such a feeling of complete inadequacies in any of my classes. However, I've also heard that she is the best professor in the Chinese department, so yeah. I guess its worth my anxieties?
Girl, you were born for this year!
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Uh, this is Angela and Brian totally claims that you got "BAM" from him. I think my goal this year is to not evaluate myself and to set goals only when I know I can accomplish them. Uh. . .see ya.
BTW: are you going to make "stop saying 'uh see ya' as a eval and goal each week?
So, you didn't fill us in on your first week of goals. What were they? Accomplished? Maybe you could start with plumping up daily, if you know what I mean. I think that would jump start all of the rest of your goals.
ReplyDeleteLindsey, babe, your weekly (and daily) goal setting sounds more intense than a one-time list of goals for the year, but hey, props to you! I have one and only one goal for the year. What does that say about me? Hope your semester is going well...
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