And though I'm not turning a big round number this year, Zach is, and with lots of life changes coming our way this year, was thinking about life goals and what not. Saw this meme on a few blogs, and thought it would be a good chance to organize my thoughts. And if I aim for 40, then that gives me a good bunch of years still to get some of these done :)
My 40 before 40
These are goals I want to achieve, both large and small, and are listed here in no particular order Red entries are the things that I am actively pursuing right now.
- Earn my master's
- Pay off the student loan (including the master's)
- Buy a house
- Learn to keep my house clean on a consistent basis (no laundry piling up!!)
- Learn new recipes/techniques. Not so much that I am certified chef in the kitchen or anything, but I'd like to go a month or so in the kitchen without repeating recipes or depending too heavily on leftovers or instant meals.
- Make my own jam. This will be easier when we move back somewhere where we can find large amounts of fresh produce :)
- Master the family roll recipe - I'm working on it!
- Take a long Pacific Northwest vacation including Seattle, Portland (again for me, this time with Zach), Crater Lake, and wherever else we can squeeze into the trip
- Visit Hawaii
- Visit New England in the Fall
- Visit Alaska. Yes, this would be in the summer, so Zach doesn't turn into quite such a human icicle
- Visit Mammoth Cave
- Visit Carlsbad Caverns
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Hike the Appalachian Trail (or a substantial part). Maybe whenever we actually move back east?
- Visit Australia. (Seeing a pattern? Yes, I do like to travel!)
- Learn to be more patient with people
- Earn my Master Knitter designation
- Knit a pair of socks (so far, I've only knit one sock, not a pair, and that is now hibernating waiting for some frogging!)
- Knit an afghan (this will definitely happen when little nieces and nephews come along - family tradition on Zach's side of the family!)
- Knit a wedding ring shawl (a lace shawl so fine it can be passed through a ring) because (1) I like lace and (2) as Anne says, I am an effing masochist.
- Knit an adult-size sock yarn blanket, probably queen or king depending on what my sock yarn stash grows into (again, the masochism thing).
- Find a job that I enjoy, whether that's a full career or not, just something that pays the bills, pays for the hobbies, and doesn't bore or stress me out of my mind.
- Run a 5K in under 27 minutes.
- Run a half marathon under 2 hours.
- Run a full marathon under 5 hours (these are in red, because I do try to run regularly, and do enter races, so I consider them in progress!).
- Earn my nidan in Shotokan karate (this one isn't red like the marathon goals, as I'm not regularly training right now - and I know I'm only 1 kyu right now, but figuring I have over a decade before I'm 40, hopefully I'll be able to train enough to earn this? Of course, this all depends on getting to an area where I can train again...)
- Watch all the movies on the AFI Top 100 lists. This would be further along in progress, if I could get through my Netflix queue faster :)
- Learn to be more assertive (i.e. stand up for myself more) at work
- Have a garden (or, more likely, a collection of potted herbs and veggies).
- Actually keep everything in my garden/window boxes alive (so far, not as successful, but I keep trying! Maybe when I get out of the desert?)
- Go sky-diving.
- Learn vertical caving techniques.
- Refresh my SCUBA certification.
- Earn deep-water SCUBA certification.
- Stay on top of my photo albums. Right now, I believe our wedding album is still to be done...
- (Re)learn French
- Learn Spanish
- Manage the clutter in my house.
- Manage my stash and knitting project queue (yes, I do consider that to be separate from the rest of the household clutter).
These are in no particular order, but you can see kinda how the mind works :)
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