Goals? Check!

I'm checking off my personal and work goals. I'll start with the non-fun work goals.

1) Found out in December that I'll be losing my job at the end of May. - Check

2) Update resume. - (Have semi-decent draft done) Check

3) Posted resume and/or sent out - Nope - I've been procrastinating on this since December. I was in denial before since I've been with the company for 20 years. Now I think it's just fear of my self worth and trying to find a new job "out there".

Now on to the funner personal goals.

1) Lose 2 dress sizes - Check! It's taken a year with personal training, but finally there! I was at a size 16 pants and now in between a 12 and a 10. YAHOO!

2) Start running - Check About 2 months ago, I started running for 30 second intervals with walking in between. I added 30 seconds of running each week for awhile and then started adding 1 minute. I just surpassed my first goal of running 10 minutes straight (I did 12 min yesterday).

3) Finish Ravelympics project - Pretty much Check - I just have to do the seaming and weaving in ends. I haven't had much knitting mojo and have only been knitting during my Thursday night group.

4) File taxes - Check (after tonight) - I started last night and will have it finished tonight. For some reason, this year and last year I waited until April. I usually have this done at the end of Feb or beginning of March.

Future goals:

1) GET RESUME OUT AND LOOK FOR A JOB! - I've only got a month and a half of work. I'm getting some severence, but I don't want to count on that and unemployment. I'm afraid it may take a year to find a job. God, please prove me wrong.

2) Run 20 minutes straight. Then 30 minutes. Then try a 5K run. We'll see if I can stick with running and accomplish this by the end of summer. If not, I'd like running/walking to be part of my workout routine. Now that I'm done with personal training (last session was tonight), I need to try to keep up with it on my own. I don't want to be a 16 again. My whole life has been yo-yoing up to 16, then back down to 14 (if lucky a 12).

3) Declutter the entire house. I soooo need to get rid of stuff. I have too much clutter. I feel paralyzed in my house surrounded by everything. This will be on my unemployment "to do" list.

4) Break out of self esteem issues. I have negative self esteem. This is not going to help my find a job or a man for that matter. One of the things I gave up for lent was negative self talk. I need to keep that up and move on with my life. This and the exercise thing are my mid-life crisis issues. At least I'm finally working on them!

5) Start secret crochet project and get back to the trim on my never-ending shawl (started in July).

6) Finish log cabin quilt (sewing) and, in general, get back to sewing. I have plenty of fabric (big surprise). I just need to get at it. This will be an unemployment "to do" list too.

7) Keep in touch with friends and get in touch with ones I haven't talked to in so long. I'm absolutely terrible with calling people. This is not a good thing. I feel like I'm letting friendships slide. I should move this up to number one because it could help with all the others!

Comments

[Kathy]

I am Super Queen of Decluttering so if you need any help (or just someone to help keep you on task) I'd be happy to pitch in.

/K

[robin]

Congrats on the weight loss/fitness goals! I love that you gave up negative self-talk for Lent and I'm glad you're going to try to keep that up! I really believe that there's no limit to what you can accomplish if you just get out of your own way. If you want to get together and run (it's more like jogging for me) or knit or even declutter (we could take turns helping each other, as I need help there too) give me a call or shoot me an email.

[monica]

Good luck on the job search. It's scary out there but I'm sending you lots of support. And congrats on the weight loss!

[Sherry Ogg]

Heather,
This is Sherry Ogg from Ga (and your table mate at knit camp). I know how hard all of this must be with the job and all. Rachel and I have been through a trying year as well and she is still doing the job search too (although the negative self talk has only recently appeared on her radar). She is working on positive thinking the past two weeks.
Congratulations on the weight loss. (It's actually not lost - I think I found it right here on my back side) Working out with a trainer is hard work and kudos to you for hanging in there. I hope you find a job that you like even better than where you've been. It's a fresh start. We'll be thinking of you and I hope you will think of us too. Friendship is, like you said, too often put on the back burner. Stay in touch and for sure, let us know if you find a job.
Best regards,
Sherry & Rachel Ogg