Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts

Thursday, December 26, 2013

5 year plan

So, my health coach (yes, I'm occasionally seeing a health coach) suggested I do a re-start with my goals by doing a 5 year plan of sorts. Specifically she asked me to write down a description or list of where and what I'd like to be in 5 years. It made me think a lot about how the last few years are a blur and how I don't want the next few years to be a blur as well. I made a specific list of goals I'd like to have completed in the next 5 years to give myself some focus.

Here's my list (in no particular order):
  1. Reach my UGW
  2. Start running
  3. Run a 5k
  4. Exercise/gym regularly (3x week minimum)
  5. Achieve a 90% vegan diet (consistent)
  6. Start yoga (again)
  7. Master basic yoga moves
  8. See P!nk live in concert
  9. Get tickets for Blue Man Group (for Joe)
  10. *personal* -relating to relationship with Joe
  11. Take a real vacation with Joe
  12. Go to Silver Dollar City with Mom
  13. Build and maintain an emergency savings fund
  14. Be actively paying on all debts
  15. Start and catch up with Zoe’s scrapbook
  16. Watch AFI’s 100 films/100 years list
  17. Read The Power of Now until I understand it
  18. Read list of “great books” I will compile
  19. Read at least 100 books total
  20. Get a tattoo
  21. Get pink highlights or allover pink hair at salon
  22. Learn to meditate
  23. Practice meditation at least 3x week
  24. Learn to use sewing machine
  25. Get through my Photoshop Elements instruction book
  26. Learn to crochet
  27. Crochet full size blanket
  28. Blog at least 2x week
  29. Reach 500 blog followers
  30. Learn how to take awesome photos
  31. Quit my diet coke habit
  32. Journal at least 3x week
  33. Set up and use a planner daily
  34. Achieve and maintain recovery from my ED
  35. Make and follow a basic meal plan
  36. Try at least 50 new recipes
  37. Put together my own ‘cookbook’ of fave recipes
  38. Achieve and maintain a clean and uncluttered home
  39. Make/do 50 pinterest projects and blog on them
  40.  Have an awesome 40th birthday party





Wednesday, October 17, 2012

What I need to work on (a.k.a. everything about myself)

So maybe this post title is a bit dramatic. I really do feel like I need vast improvement in basically every area of my life though. Here's "the list" of everything I feel that needs work in my life:
1.) I need to recover from my binge eating disorder. This includes:
     a.) eating a healthy amount of calories (1200-1500) daily for my height, frame size and activity level
     b.) finding new coping skills
     c.) developing new habits to replace my highly ingrained ones
2.) I need to adopt as close to a completely vegan diet as possible. This may not be a necessary improvement as far as many people are concerned, but considering how I feel about animals and our current food system it is for me. Plus this diet will fairly easily be super healthy which would surely be a good thing for anyone.
3.) I need to adopt a more active lifestyle. This includes not only going to the gym and traditional workouts but also being more active in my general daily routines.
4.) I need to achieve and maintain a consistent healthy sleep schedule.
5.) I need to live within my means and work towards paying back all my debt.
6.) I need to work on my relationships. This includes refraining from isolating myself and reaching out more.
7.) I need to get organized in my home, my schedule, my time, and my mind! Everything right now feels like chaos.
8.) I need to work on my career. I need to start saving to one day go back to school. In the meantime I need to work at my arts and crafts. If I can support myself as an artist I won't need to go back to school!
If I can achieve these top 8 goals I believe that not only losing 100 lbs but also getting rid of (or at least getting under control) my anxiety and depression would be automatic.
This was a set I put together on polyvore of my New Year's resolutions for 2012.

Pretty much nothing has changed. I think I'm ready to get off my butt and make it change. The only thing giving me motivation is that I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired.