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Hello Friends!
Well I totally spaced on doing goal update posts in March and April, but that makes this one all the more exciting right?!I was blog-surfing today, since I have the day (and the next couple of days!!) off, and am procrastinating my cleaning projects. I came across a post at the Lunch Box Diaries about setting goals. I realized I needed to revisit my goals and get some things accomplished this summer!
(See January Update and February Update)
In January, I sat down and made this enormous collage of things I wanted to accomplish this year.
This project was mostly fueled by copious amounts of grandma cookies leftover from Christmas celebrations and while watching hours of 30 Rock on Netflix. The results were quite nice despite the chaos of the season.
(Click for the original post.)
***Warning: If you are one for goal-setting and crossing things off of lists...this is the post for you!
Otherwise...check out my food tab or something else to occupy your time in my corner of the blogosphere. ;-)
Here are my goals for the year:
(I've crossed off for the ones I've accomplished and you can check out the links for the ones I've blogged about.)
Health Goals:
Run 10K{Post: What I Learned at my First 10K Race)- Run half-marathon (signed up for one May 20th) {Post about why I didn't run the first one}
- Run 300 miles in 2012 (I've run 222 miles so far!)
- Try 2 new fitness classes
- Develop 10 healthified goodie/sweets recipes (I should set the goal higher...this is what I love to do!)
- Semi-healthy M&M cookies
Semi-Healthy M&M Cookies - Crazy Brownies
- Lovingly Healthy Cookie Bars
- Homemade Scotchie Granola Bars
- Oatmeal Bites
- Fruits N Nuts Granola Bar
- Banana Chocolate Chip Confetti Bars
- Develop 10 new healthy meals
- Develop 5 new healthy side-dishes
- Start weekly meal-planning (at least 5 meals a week)
- Read one book a month (started in December with Mindy Kaling's fabu book)
- Julie and Julia
- All three of the Hunger Games series...twice
- Treat myself to at least one:
- massage
- manicure
- spa facial
pedicure- Complete Blue Book (foundational values church program I've started with the BF)
- Buy new gym/running shoes (Asics are the best!)
- Update wardrobe (not the most specific goal...)
- Get my own apartment (love the Daddio, love free rent, but I am starting to feel like I've overstayed my welcome)
- Keep track of my cleaning (I'm just going to keep a calendar in my bathroom..I need to clean more..can anyone relate?)
Volunteer somewhere new{Post: Conservation Fusion: Saving Our Earth One Child at a Time}
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| I helped out decorating cupcakes and photographing the event. |
Educational Goals:
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| Graduation Post |
Get Associate's Degree(I don't need one..however I think it will make me feel a little better about spending three years at a community college ;-) )- Job in healthfield
- Take a photography class
- Take a writing class
Blog Goals:
Attend one blogger conference(I am socially awkward and terrified of meeting new people...but gotta step out of my comfort zone right?)- I attended Blend!! (Post)
- This has been one of the bigger events in my blogging life and I'm so glad I did it!
Get business cards(for said conference) <--made them and left em at home!!-
- Submit 5 photos to Food Buzz
Have 5 Guest Bloggers- Tina Reale {Love Yourself February} "The Dream Physique"
- Lindsay Wright {Love Yourself February}
- Adam {Running for Newbies} Planning
- April {Running for Newbies} Fuel
- Andrea {Running for Newbies} Cross-Training
- Brian {Running for Newbies} Race Day Etiquette
- Help one person (remembering that "followers" are real people with feelings and emotions) <--I really hope I've accomplished this one!
- Up my said "followers" (Facebook, Twitter, "Members" on the right of the blog...feel free to help me out friends!) <--I've surpassed and re-set my goals for Facebook and Twitter friends!! Thanks for your support and I'm loving my semi-healthy community! :-)
Develop a weekly link-up or series- Love Yourself February
- Running for Newbies
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| Popular Post: Race Day Etiquette by Brian |
New Additional Blog Goals for this summer (June 1st through mid-August) : (because it's good to challenge yourself right?!)
- Get my Recipage Page completely up-to-date
- Update Pages
- Re-design header (myself or someone else) to really represent what semi-healthy means to me
- Guest post on other blogs (let me know if you're interested!)
- Post 5 times a week this summer
- Have one giveaway a month (of a product I truly love and endorse)
- Bathroom
- Desk/Livingroom (the living room is my office lol)
- Shelves (full of school things and do-dads)
- Basement
- Room
- Get school plan taken care of
- Be more social! (Very vague, but still a goal)
- Volunteer somewhere new
- (Can a goal be to get a ring on my finger? 4 years of dating and 25 years old...I guess I can just cross my fingers!)
- Start to plan an important birthday celebration
- Plan a baby shower
- Sign up for another half-marathon!
Tips on Goal setting:
- Be specific. Your brain won't take you seriously unless you are very specific on your goals.
- Instead of "run a race" change it to "run a half-marathon."
- Get the wording right. Use "I will."
- Instead of "Try to run a half-marathon" change it to "I will run a half-marathon."
- Set a date of accomplishment. If you don't set a date...you really aren't setting a goal.
- Instead of "I will run a half-marathon" change it to "I will run a half-marathon by October 31, 2012."
- Have a reward system (unless crossing things off of a list is enough).
- Non-food rewards:
- Going to a movie
- Taking a trip
- Buying a book or DVD for yourself
Well I'm feeling surprisingly energized...even though I added more on to my to-do list!
I think I will take a walk, which is more planned exercise (all of my jobs are a workout) than I have done the past two weeks with being sick and not able to breathe out of my nose and all.
Have a great day everyone!
*~Amanda aka Semi-Health
Nut~*
Do you have any goals this summer? Or this year?
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