So the moon will be entering its second full moon stage on Saturday—which is also Halloween. So, hopefully the temperatures will be nice, and after doing quite a bit of yard work throughout the day—I will sit outside in the backyard with the dogs for a while basking under the light of the moon. But before one can start looking towards the next full moon, one should reflect on the goals that they had set for the previous one.
Therefore, I need to look at the goals that I set for the Aries full moon and see how I did with each of them.
The goals that I had set for the Aries full moon included:
Review, edit, and reassemble my 150+ goals to accomplish in 2002 days. I know that there are some things that I can probably remove from the list—I won’t be changing the time period, I will just be changing out goals—seeing what has been accomplished, what needs to go, and possibly what can be added.
Figure out what other ‘notes’ to post around the computer to help in time management. I’ve currently been telling myself when I can check my email and get on social media—it is slowly helping in managing my time.
Continue with personal/professional development. This will include working through e-courses, reading, and journaling (especially taking prompts from different books and/or e-courses).
Draft a ‘master plan’ that includes the blog, the transition (remote, freelance, contract), personal/professional development, hobbies, and life in general.
So how did I do with each of them?
In terms of the 150+ goal list—I did remove one goal (totally finishing the dream job hack program), I also removed the ‘number of days’ that I was going to be pushing play in terms of working out.
I removed the number of days and instead just stated that I was planning on trying to complete each of the following programs at least once.
I also then updated the rest in terms of how I was doing with each area—some I haven’t done much in, others I’ve done a bit more in. I’ve also decided that I would probably look at the list every 100 days or so and decide if the goals were still working or if I need to remove/add any goals.
In terms of the ‘notes’—the first two only lasted about a week and a half. I’m thinking of actually trying to find the programs to block access to various sites (or at least remove the bookmarks for certain sites). I’m getting a little better at time management, but not to the standard I really need to be at, especially if I’m thinking of starting up a freelance/consulting/remote/contract work.
I managed to get a couple of books read during the month, and slowly started working through another e-course (I’m about halfway through the medical writers organization). This is something that will always be on the list of things to accomplish—personal and professional development should be a never ending path that we travel on.
Still working on the ‘master plan’ for my life. Even though I have some ideas, I usually break out in an anxiety attack when I start writing them down as goals (since I haven’t though of how to break them down in to smaller goals). Now I’m just going to refer to things as going on my ‘to-be-accomplished’ list instead of a to-do list. The first has a much more positive spin on things.
So progress is being made—in terms of ideas of the direction(s) I would like to go with my career (just need to work on various courses along with two very important transferable skills—time and project management. I’m reading more (though at times it is more fiction, than non-fiction—but I’m working on trying to balance that out).
I realize that no matter how next week turns out—I’m in the driver seat of my career and life and therefore I need to determine the best direction(s) for me (and the pets) to be going in.
The following quotes are one of the things I keep coming back to as I work through various things: Progress over Perfection; You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one; and not caring what other people think is the best choice you will ever make.
So I’m 100 days into this challenge, and there are sixty-six days left in 2020. We’re also just about a week away from the presidential election as well (fingers crossed it goes the way I’m hoping).
I decided a couple of weeks ago, that I should probably look at the list again, and see if there were any goals that I wanted to remove (for whatever reason), and possibly any goals I wanted to add—but also to see where I was in terms of the different goals.
There is still the pandemic going on—which means that the travel plans are still on hold, and I’m still sheltering in place. I will probably continue to shelter in place at least until March of 2021 (when hopefully a possible vaccine is available). I’m still working on trying to figure out what my ‘new normal’ is going to be looking like.
As I stated in a previous post, I’m also thinking of replacing the list on the odds and end bucket list with this list—so that change may be occurring soon as well.
So how are things progressing?
Professional development and career: On-going
1. Transition into an industry position (probably remote/online or freelancing at this point to start); there will be several posts on this goal
2. Learn a programming language (python or R—ties in with #6)—going to go with python to begin with.
3. Finish various e-courses that I’ve bought, but in particular:
4. Dream Job Hack Removed, currently going through the modules but trying to tailor to my needs (program is best for those wanting to get into high level manager type roles—not the greatest for someone switching from research to industry and who also hasn’t been in a manager type role).
5. Medical Writers Organization
6. Data Scientist Syndicate—Finished September 3rd 2020
7. Project Management Consortium
8. Management Consulting Firm
9. All other courses—see additional lists in the journal.
10. More interacting on Linkedin—Hard to score these, I’m doing the best with #11; though I have started doing my own posts—mainly photographs and quotes; need to start working more on the other 2 (especially the giving/asking for recommendations).
11. Sharing articles from various biotech pages, and other science pages
12. Commenting on posts
13. Giving/Asking for recommendations
14. Start writing my own posts
15. Creating monthly/weekly/daily calendars for above goals—trying to get better at the editorial or to-do-list calendars.
16. Renew professional memberships—Need to pick just one or two currently to renew; can’t do all at once.
Both Personal and Professional Development—still working on all of these
17. Become fluent in Spanish
18. Become fluent in German
19. Become proficient in French, Norwegian, or Swedish
20. Read at least 300 personal/professional development books; this will include books from my previous attempts at 1001-day challenges as well. I have over 300 books on the list, and I would like to get through at least 100 of them before I keep adding to the list.
21. Finish the books on scientific writing
22. Start building up a portfolio of work (writing/data analysis/plus other ideas)
23. Develop a daily writing habit (tied with several goals below)
24. Write a letter to my future self
Personal development and hobbies—started a few, but need to also start in on others as well
25. Paint and frame at least one original painting
26. More photography—Have been doing this; started a new challenge (though I haven’t been totally consistent with daily postings) and updating/adding pages
27. 365-Day Challenge (aim for 365 different pictures)
28. Update photography pages on blog
29. Make my own jewelry
30. Learn to cross-stitch
31. Get a new sewing machine—On hold; seems getting a sewing machine there is a 50/50 risk that the machine will have problems winding the bobbin
32. Make a new quilt (or this may wait until I move)
33. Make a set of drapes for the bedroom (for backdrop for any zoom calls)
34. Start a new afghan (write a post on finishing the other)—need to figure out how to patch the other afghans
35. Show case crafts on blog (possibly a weekly update?)
36. Start writing a book
37. Learn Photoshop
38. Write in journal daily (answer questions/prompts from journaling books and free thought)
39. Create my own coffee-table photography book
40. Learn basic sign language
41. Start a virtual book club
Finances—still working on these, since I’m taking time off there isn’t a steady paycheck coming in yet.
42. Create monthly budgets—currently this is just paying off the bills.
43. Credit card debts down and hopefully paid off monthly—some are high, but that is due to buying a couple of personal/professional development courses that were rather expensive.
44. Declutter the house (way of earning extra cash)
45. Savings account up another 20K (hopefully)—this will be tied in with #44, #46, and any other ways of trying to earn a little extra cash.
46. Talk with financial person about short-term investment possibilities
47. Continue doing the small surveys as a way of earning a little extra cash
48. Finish the various financial e-courses, and decide when/how to start investing
Fitness & Health—On going
49. Get into the best shape of my life
50. Multivitamin and supplements daily
51. Manage to make it through the following Beachbody workouts
52. Morning Meltdown 100 (will probably do this 2-3 times, as I’m currently doing this program right now—07/19/2020)—Finished my first round on 9/15/2020
53. Yoga Booty Ballet—Abs & Butt (should be done mid-Nov)
54. 10 Rounds—Will be starting this mid-Nov & done by Christmas.
55. Barre Blend
56. Insanity Max 30
57. LIIFT4 (have already done this program once); 2nd round will be done mid-Nov (combined this with Yoga Booty Ballet—Abs & Butt)
58. 22-Minute Hard Corps
59. T20
60. Insanity
61. Insanity: Asylum 1
62. Insanity: Asylum 2
63. 4 weeks of Prep
64. 6 weeks of the work
65. T25 (have already done this program once)
66. Brazil Butt Lift
67. 21-Day Fix (Already done this program once)
68. 21-Day Fix Extreme (Already done this program once)
69. Country Heat (already done this program once)
70. CIZE
71. Muscle Burns Fat
72. Muscle Burns Fat Advanced
73. 30-Day Breakaway (this is a maybe—it’s running based)
74. 9-week control freak
75. Shawn Week
76. 80-Day Obsession
77. Brazil Butt Lift: Carnivale
78. Shift Shop: Proving Grounds
79. P90
Plus any other possible Beachbody program that is coming out that I may want to add.
80. Manage 5 push-ups on my toes
81. Manage 10 push-ups on my toes
82. Hold a two-minute forearm plank
83. Hold a 90 second plank
84. Meditate nightly
85. Start jogging (as another way to try to keep my mental health up)—may tie this in with #73
86. 60-80 oz of water a day
87. Stretch daily
88. Go one weekend a month with no social media (no scrolling through social media pages; may still post on the sites)
89. Get at least 10,010,000 steps (breaks down to 5K/day)—on my way; I’ve managed to hit all month goals (and surpass slightly).
Blog and Social Media–Ongoing
90. Finish YouTube for bosses course
91. Finish YouTube course creation for bosses course
92. Finish blog to biz course
93. Launch a YouTube channel
94. Launch an online course
95. Get blog traffic to 500+ views a day
96. Rebrand myself (?)
97. Get Instagram followers to constant 800+
98. Get pintrest followers to constant 400+
99. Get twitter followers to constant 1000+
100. Publish at least two blog series
101. Editorial calendars (monthly/weekly/daily)
102. Blog
103. Instagram
104. Facebook pages
105. Twitter
106. Pintrest
107. Get Fit with Jessi to 1000+ likes/follows
108. Get becomingJessi (or new name if I change) to 1000+ likes/follows
109. Various top 10 author lists
110. Various top 10 book series lists
111. Launch a podcast
Spirituality–Ongoing
112. Full/New Moon Goals
113. Create my own altar (wicca/pagan)
114. Weekly (or daily) tarot/oracle card readings
115. 15 minutes outdoors in the morning (coffee only) weather permitting; probably on hold now until spring—fall/winter mornings are usually somewhere between the 30s and 50s (if it’s closer to the higher end—maybe).
Others–ongoing
116. Keep at least 3 plants alive
117. Design a science based board game
118. Create and update digital vision board
119. Reorganize my storage unit
120. Put in at least one flower garden around the house (backyard, and/or front yard)
121. Help put up partial privacy fence in backyard
122. Start downsizing clothes and creating different “minimum” wardrobes (work/professional/casual; home/casual/working out)
123. Develop at least 10 different 100-day challenges
One challenge will be 100 days of iPhone Photography.
124. Start downsizing rest of my things./ as well—would like to probably be able to live comfortably in a smallish size apartment (or house) wherever I move for the next job.
TV shows to binge watch—Haven’t felt like sitting and watching anything lately
125. Hawaii 5-0 (latest remake)
126. Grimm
127. The Librarians
128. Once Upon A Time
129. Blacklist
130. Numbers
131. Agents of SHIELD
Goals on hold due to the global coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak (either because they require traveling, going into a large store, and/or being around large groups of people):
132. Re-pierce my ears
133. Go to at least 1 scientific conference
134. Present at a scientific conference
135. Go to at least 2 professional networking events
136. Move to a new (or maybe not new) city for job
137. Visit at least 3 new countries
138. Visit at least one new national and/or state park
139. Visit at least one new national and/or state monument
140. Visit at least one new zoo
141. Visit at least one new aquarium
142. Fly out and/or land at 3 new (to me) airports
143. Visit at least one new city
144. Visit at least one new state
145. See the northern lights
146. Attend at least one blogging conference
147. Attend at least one author-reader conference
148. Swim with whale sharks
149. Parasailing
150. Run a 5K (connects back to goals #73 & #85)
Once I move:
151. Get fabric and foam and make new cushions for chairs
152. New couch & chair for living room
153. New dresser for bedroom
154. New mattress & box spring for bed and/or a new bed set
155. New TV & stand
156. New desk/craft workstation
So in terms of the goals:
So I’ve removed one goal (finish the Dream Job Hack program), though I’m still going to work through a little that I think is relevant to what I need to be doing. I did find the program helpful, but it is geared more towards people who have been (or are in) management type positions—while I would like to get there, I know that I probably need to start a step or two below.
I’m making some headway with others—I’ve finished the data science syndicate program from the Cheeky Scientist Association (will be writing a post on late shortly), and am looking forward to trying to learn python and then start building a data science portfolio.
I’m working my way through the medical writers organization (another advanced Cheeky Scientist program), and am hoping to have that finished by mid-November, and again start working on building up a writing portfolio.
Currently I’m thinking of going in the freelance/online/remote direction for work (namely because of the pandemic and not really wanting to figure out the whole headache of trying to move two animals, all of my stuff, and myself to a different state currently). So in that case, I’m also thinking of possibly rebranding the blog (I have a couple of different names bouncing around, a decision will be made probably early next year sometime).
I’m still working on developing an editorial calendar/to-be accomplished list hybrid that works for me. I’ve realized that I swing between two extremes: I get over-ambitious and try to cram way to stuff in everyday, or I don’t get anything really accomplished.
I’m trying to work on that by possibly going to larger bullet journals that I can paperclip in my to-be-accomplished lists (which would then be discarded once everything as accomplished) instead of having to write out the lists constantly.
I’m also working on a schedule that will let me bounce back and forth between different things. I just finished reading “ How to be everything: A guide for those who (still) don’t know what they want to be when they grow up” by Emilie Wapnick.
I will be posting a review on the book soon (hopefully this week)—but it was nice to see that I’m not the only one who has felt drawn in different directions and not having a clue how to handle things. I was pleased to find that I’m a mixed-style multipotentialite—someone who goes between having quite a few different projects going on at once to only having one or two projects going on at once.
So that has definitely been a major breakthrough during the last few weeks—now it is a matter of me fully embracing that aspect of myself and figuring how the best ways of working that way—without triggering massive anxiety attacks (stay tuned).
I also removed the “number” of workouts from my fitness goals—the main reason I was starting to get tired. Everyone needs a rest day, and I’ve shown myself that I can still push play on Monday morning even if I take the weekend off (as told by the workout schedule).
So I am slowly making progress on the first ~124 (or I guess 123) goals; the last twenty-odd goals still require the pandemic to be brought under control and for me then to be willing to slowly start leaving the house and going to places that will actually have other people present as well.
So I am going to be finishing up with my first round of morning meltdown-100 next week (specifically on Sept 15th), and then moving right into a combo/hybrid workout of another two programs—LIIFT4 (which will be my second time going through the program) and Yoga Booty Ballet (specifically using their abs & butt makeover calendar).
I’m combining these two programs for the following reasons: 1) I want to continue doing weight training, and I really enjoyed doing LIIFT 4; 2) I’ve always enjoyed the Yoga Booty Ballet program (and actually this was the first program I bought from Beachbody years ago); and 3) I think they will complement each other nicely.
The workouts in each program are between 30 and 45 minutes—which is basically the current amount of time I want to spend working out (especially in the mornings), and while the yoga booty ballet workouts aren’t ‘live’—I don’t mind doing them on repeat for the next eight and a half weeks.
One goal for this combination is to see if by the end of the program am I lifting heavier than I did at the end of the first round of LIIFT4?? I’m hoping with coming off of morning meltdown 100, I will be lifting a little heavier for some of the exercises (though I also know that there are several that I’ll still be lifting “light” on for quite a while as well). So we will have to see mid-November how much heavier I’m lifting on some of the exercises.
Well I realized that since we’re over half way through July—that means there are less than six months left in 2020. I’ve come to the conclusion that trying to complete the 101 goals in 1001 days wasn’t going to work. For me it is due to the fact that I will only open the word document every so often—which makes it difficult to figure out which goal(s) I’m doing well on and which ones I’m not doing so well on meeting. Therefore, I am thinking of stretching out the time frame for this project and increasing the total number of goals to 150-200. There are numerous goals that are on hold (traveling), and will be at the bottom of the list. There are two reasons why the traveling goals are going to be at the bottom of the list: 1) we’re still in the middle of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. Cases aren’t going down really in the US (though there are some states, where they are decreasing—OK isn’t one of them) and 2) several countries (namely the EU) have banned travelers from the US—in other words if you try to fly into any EU country, you may be put right back on a plane for the US, since they’re flattening their curves—they don’t want potential virus carriers showing up and spiking cases.
So the world has been in the grasp of the SARS-CoV2 virus for seven months (probably a little longer than that for the countries that are neighboring China), and we’re still learning about the virus each day. While there are several vaccines that are being pushed into various clinical trial phases—a real contender may still not be ready for another 6 to 18 months. Vaccine development is a slow and tedious process that the world is currently rushing because everyone wants to get back to ‘normal’. Hate to break it to everyone but the ‘old normal’ needs to be left in the past and we all need to work together to develop a ‘new normal’.
Truthfully, even if there is a vaccine out by the end of the year—I will probably still continue to shelter in place and wait at least an additional 8 to 12 months before I’m willing to get the vaccine (just to see how efficient the vaccine(s) are). Though based on the current news, we could end up with needing seasonal shots, as it has been shown that with people who “recover” from SARS-CoV2 the antibodies against the virus slowly disappear over time.
So I’ve been self-reflecting over the past six months (though maybe not that much during April—I was too pissed at the world for how bad the pandemic was getting, and now that we’re into July, I can say I’m still pissed but trying to get back into a routine of doing other things that I can control the outcomes of)) and have decided a few things:
Try to organize the challenge list into categories
If needing to restart (and I am)—any day of the week can become day 1 again
Balance is needed
I want to balance using my strengths (learner, intellection, input, achiever, deliberative/ideation/arranger) with working on my weaknesses (communication, self-regulation, bravery, zest, love)
The only person I should be competing with is who I was yesterday
Always strive for progress over perfection
So below are my goals—but broken up into different categories (such as professional development/career, personal development, both personal/professional development, travel, health & fitness to name a few categories). I’m going to extend the time frame to 2002 days (which is not quite 5 ½ years—but considering 2020 has started the decade off with a global pandemic—this a good time frame).
I’ve also decided that since I’m basically restarting the challenge (instead of just extending it), that some of the things I’ve accomplished so far this year probably shouldn’t count towards it (such as reading 12 personal/professional development books, and the fact that I would be on day 42 of Morning Meltdown 100, tomorrow—the last 59 days of the workout would count towards my 2000 days of Beachbody workouts-just not the first 41 days).
More goals may be added over the years as I re-evaluate this list and see what may need to be removed, what has been finished, and where I think I could possibly push myself more.
Professional development and career:
1. Transition into an industry position (probably remote/online or freelancing at this point to start); there will be several posts on this goal
2. Learn a programming language (python or R—ties in with #6)
3. Finish various e-courses that I’ve bought, but in particular:
4. Dream Job Hack
5. Medical Writers Organization
6. Data Scientist Syndicate
7. Project Management Consortium
8. Management Consulting Firm
9. All other courses—see additional lists in the journal.
10. More interacting on Linkedin
11. Sharing articles from various biotech pages, and other science pages
12. Commenting on posts
13. Giving/Asking for recommendations
14. Start writing my own posts
15. Creating monthly/weekly/daily calendars for above goals
16. Renew professional memberships
Both Personal and Professional Development
17. Become fluent in Spanish
18. Become fluent in German
19. Become proficient in French, Norwegian, or Swedish
20. Read at least 300 personal/professional development books
21. Finish the books on scientific writing
22. Start building up a portfolio of work (writing/data analysis/plus other ideas)
23. Develop a daily writing habit (tied with several goals below)
24. Write a letter to my future self
Personal development and hobbies
25. Paint and frame at least one original painting
26. More photography
27. 365-Day Challenge (aim for 365 different pictures)
28. Update photography pages on blog
29. Make my own jewelry
30. Learn to cross-stitch
31. Get a new sewing machine
32. Make a new quilt (or this may wait until I move)
33. Make a set of drapes for the bedroom (for backdrop for any zoom calls)
34. Start a new afghan (write a post on finishing the other)
35. Show case crafts on blog (possibly a weekly update?)
36. Start writing a book
37. Learn Photoshop
38. Write in journal daily (answer questions/prompts from journaling books and free thought)
39. Create my own coffee-table photography book
40. Learn basic sign language
41. Start a virtual book club
Finances
42. Create monthly budgets
43. Credit card debts down and hopefully paid off monthly
44. Declutter the house (way of earning extra cash)
45. Savings account up another 20K (hopefully)
46. Talk with financial person about short-term investment possibilities
47. Continue doing the small surveys as a way of earning a little extra cash
48. Finish the various financial e-courses, and decide when/how to start investing
Fitness & Health
49. Get into the best shape of my life
50. Multivitamin and supplements daily
51. Manage at least 2000 days of Beachbody workouts
Finish the following programs (some will probably be more than 1 or 2 times)
52. Morning Meltdown 100 (will probably do this 2-3 times, as I’m currently doing this program right now—07/19/2020)
53. Yoga Booty Ballet—Abs & Butt
54. 10 Rounds
55. Barre Blend
56. Insanity Max 30
57. LIIFT4–all three phases (have already done this program once)
58. 22 Minute Hard Corps
59. T20
60. Insanity
61. Insanity: Asylum 1
62. Insanity: Asylum 2
63. 4 weeks of Prep
64. 6 weeks of the work
65. T25 (have already done this program once)
66. Brazil Butt Lift
67. 21-Day Fix (Already done this program once)
68. 21-Day Fix Extreme (Already done this program once)
69. Country Heat (already done this program once)
70. CIZE
71. Muscle Burns Fat
72. Muscle Burns Fat Advanced
73. 30-Day Breakaway (this is a maybe—it’s running based)
74. 9-week control freak
75. Shawn Week
Plus any other possible Beachbody program that is coming out that I may want to add.
76. Manage 5 push-ups on my toes
77. Manage 10 push-ups on my toes
78. Hold a two-minute forearm plank
79. Hold a 90 second plank
80. Meditate nightly
81. Start jogging (as another way to try to keep my mental health up)—may tie this in with #73
82. 60-80 oz of water a day
83. Stretch daily
84. Go one weekend a month with no social media (no scrolling through social media pages; may still post on the sites)
85. Get at least 10,010,000 steps (breaks down to 5K/day)
Blog and Social Media
86. Finish YouTube for bosses course
87. Finish YouTube course creation for bosses course
88. Finish blog to biz course
89. Launch a YouTube channel
90. Launch an online course
91. Get blog traffic to 500+ views a day
92. Rebrand myself (?)
93. Get Instagram followers to constant 800+
94. Get pintrest followers to constant 400+
95. Get twitter followers to constant 1000+
96. Publish at least two blog series
97. Editorial calendars (monthly/weekly/daily)
98. Blog
99. Instagram
100. Facebook pages
101. Twitter
102. Get Fit with Jessi to 1000+ likes/follows
103. Get becomingJessi (or new name if I change) to 1000+ likes/follows
104. Various top 10 author lists
105. Various top 10 book series lists
106. Launch a podcast
Spirituality
107. Full/New Moon Goals
108. Create my own altar (wicca/pagan)
109. Weekly (or daily) tarot/oracle card readings
110. 15 minutes outdoors in the morning (coffee only) weather permitting
Others
111. Keep at least 3 plants alive
112. Design a science based board game
113. Create and update digital vision board
114. Reorganize my storage unit
115. Put in at least one flower garden around the house (backyard, and/or front yard)
116. Help put up partial privacy fence in backyard
117. Start downsizing clothes and creating different “minimum” wardrobes (work/professional/casual; home/casual/working out)
118. Develop at least 10 different 100-day challenges
119. Start downsizing rest of my belongs as well—would like to probably be able to live comfortably in a smallish size apartment (or house) where ever I move for the next job.
TV shows to binge watch
120. Hawaii 5-0 (latest remake)
121. Grimm
122. The Librarians
123. Once Upon A Time
124. Blacklist
125. Numbers
Goals on hold due to the global coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak (either because they require traveling, going into a large store, and/or being around large groups of people):
126. Re-pierce my ears
127. Go to at least 1 scientific conference
128. Present at a scientific conference
129. Go to at least 2 professional networking events
130. Move to a new (or maybe not new) city for job
131. Visit at least 3 new countries
132. Visit at least one new national and/or state park
133. Visit at least one new national and/or state monument
134. Visit at least one new zoo
135. Visit at least one new aquarium
136. Fly out and/or land at 3 new (to me) airports
137. Visit at least one new city
138. Visit at least one new state
139. See the northern lights
140. Attend at least one blogging conference
141. Attend at least one author-reader conference
142. Swim with whale sharks
143. Parasailing
144. Run a 5K (connects back to goals #73 & #81)
Once I move:
145. Get fabric and foam and make new cushions for chairs
146. New couch & chair for living room
147. New dresser for bedroom
148. New mattress & box spring for bed and/or a new bed set
149. New TV & stand
150. New desk/craft workstation
So I now have roughly 150 goals to accomplish in 2002 days. Some of the goals may be accomplished well before the 2002 days are up—others may be up to the end (namely the fitness workouts and steps). So how will I accomplish these 150 goals??? Well, there are 25 goals that are “on-hold” until the virus is under control (goals #126-150)—so these may not be looked at for the first 500+ days (though I will probably be checking the stats on the pandemic more often).
In terms of the other 125 goals—I already have some ‘habits’ in place—I have set up monthly calendar/check-ins for my steps, daily workouts, and spending, plus I do a monthly money check-in when I set up payments for various bills. So what I’m going to be doing is adding in additional trackers (e-courses, photography, tarot/oracle card readings) and seeing tracking that ways helps me move through things better. Also in terms of the e-courses, I’m going to be trying to take better notes so that I can post little recaps on the blog as well (all of this will also help me possibly finally design and keep up with editorial calendars as well).
But above else, I need to remember the following phrases: Aim for progress and not perfection, work hard in silence, let your success by your noise, and make it happen, shock everyone.
So I’m about a month into my reboot break, and am still
trying to figure out the best routine. One thing I’ve noticed after going
through notes that I’ve taken over the past couple of years—I need to try to
find (or actually rediscover) my “voice” or who I am. I’ve realized that I’ve
spent the past couple of years just drifting along, and when it comes to trying
to answer personal/professional development questions such as “who are you” or
“what is the difference between you and someone else for this role”—I can
almost generically answer the first one, but can’t come up with answers of what
makes me unique for roles. I realize that I’ve spent years blending in with my
surroundings and trying to stay in the background unnoticed. This all comes
from childhood and being a victim of bullying—not of which was physical, and I
learned it was better to pretend to be invisible and blend into the background
than draw attention to the situation.
While it is nice that I’ve identified the problem (my
unconscious moves to blend into the background), now I need to work on breaking
those patterns. I need to rediscover things that I enjoy doing (things that
make me uniquely me), and then determine the best ways of weaving those hobbies
into “transferable skills” for job interviews. I would say that I’m fairly
confident that I should move R&D scientist down the list on interesting job
titles (as it is more or less my comfort zone), and start trying to step
outside of what I’m use to doing to see what grabs my interest in terms of the
other possible job titles.
I’m thinking that the list is going to now look something
like this:
Health Economist
Market Research Analyst
Scientific/Medical Writer
Market Communications Specialist
Clinical Data Analyst/Manager
Quantitative Analyst
Patent Analyst
R&D scientist (up to R&D
manager)
Though the top seven are more or less fluid (I just
rearranged a few from how I’ve previously listed them).
So this week is going to be spent getting back into a
workout routine, spending some time practicing photography, puppy training (I
adopted a puppy just before Christmas), reading, working a rough draft of
everything that I would like to accomplish this year, and looking more into the
above roles.
Once I remember (or better yet remind myself) of things I
like to do, that aren’t related to work, I will be that much further on my path
to finding the optimal industry position to transition into this year.
So in one of my many self reflection periods this past
month, I realized that I hadn’t been looking at my 101 goal list and seeing how
close I was to any of the goals (with the exception of my step goal). I also
realized looking at the list, it was all jumbled together and that made it hard
to see which goals could “feed” off of each other in terms of the
daily/weekly/monthly goals that I should be setting to reach them.
Therefore, I took the time and rewrote my list—this time
grouping things into different categories. I’m going to be hitting restart on
the time, to where if I start on November 2, 2019—I should then be finishing up
around July 29, 2022.
So below are my goals—but broken up into different
categories (such as professional development/career, personal development, both
personal/professional development, travel, health & fitness to name a few
categories).
Professional development and career:
1.
Transition into an industry position (tied to latest self reflections post);
there will be several posts on this goal
2. Learn a
programming language
3. Finish
various e-courses that I’ve bought, but in particular:
4.
Dream Job Hack
5.
Medical Writers Organization
6. More
interacting on Linkedin
7.
Sharing articles from various biotech pages, and other science pages
8.
Commenting on posts
9.
Giving/Asking for recommendations
10.
Creating monthly/weekly/daily calendars for above goals
11. Go to
at least 1 scientific conference
12.
Present at a scientific conference
13. Go to
at least 2 professional networking events
14. Renew
professional memberships
15. Move to
a new (or maybe not new) city for job
Both Personal and Professional Development
16. Become
fluent in Spanish
17. Become
fluent in German (or maybe French)
18. Read at
least 100 personal/professional development books
19. Finish
the books on scientific writing
Personal development and hobbies
20. Paint
and frame at least one original painting
21. More
photography
22.
365-Day Challenge (aim for 365 different pictures)
23.
Update photography pages on blog
24. Make my
own jewelry
25. Learn
to cross-stitch
26. Finish
my latest afghan
27. Show
case crafts on blog (possibly a weekly update?)
28. Start
writing a book
29. Learn
Photoshop
30. Write
in journal daily (answer questions/prompts from journaling books and free
thought)
31. Create
my own coffee-table photography book
32. Learn
basic sign language
Finances
33. Create
monthly budgets
34. Credit
card debts down and hopefully paid off monthly
35.
Declutter the house (way of earning extra cash)
36. Savings
account up another 20K (hopefully)
37. Talk
with financial person about short-term investment possibilities
Travel
38. Visit
at least 3 new countries
39. Visit
at least one new national and/or state park
40. Visit
at least one new national and/or state monument
41. Visit
at least one new zoo
42. Visit
at least one new aquarium
43. Fly out
and/or land at 3 new (to me) airports
44. Visit
at least one new city
45. Visit
at least one new state
46. See the
northern lights
47. Attend
at least one blogging conference
48. Attend
at least one author-reader conference
49. Attend Beachbody
Coach Summit 2020
Fitness & Health
50. Get
into the best shape of my life
51.
Multivitamin and supplements daily
52. Manage
at least 250 days of Beachbody workouts
53. Manage
5 push-ups on my toes
54. Manage
10 push-ups on my toes
55. Hold a two-minute forearm plank
56. Hold a 90 second plank
57. Meditate nightly
58. 30-day Zumba challenge
59. 60-80 oz of water a day
60. Stretch daily
61. Go one
weekend a month with no social media (no scrolling through social media pages;
may still post on the sites)
62. Get at
least 14,014,000 steps (breaks down to 14K/day)
Blog and Social Media
63. Finish YouTube for bosses course
64. Finish YouTube course creation for bosses
course
65. Finish blog to biz course
66. Launch a YouTube channel
67. Launch
an online course
68. Get
blog traffic to 500+ views a day
69. Rebrand
myself (?)
70. Get
Instagram followers to constant 800+
71. Get
pintrest followers to constant 400+
72. Get
twitter followers to constant 1000+
73. Publish
at least two blog series
74. Editorial calendars (monthly/weekly/daily)
75.
Blog
76.
Instagram
77.
Facebook pages
78. Get Fit
with Jessi to 1000+ likes/follows
79. Get
becomingJessi (or new name if I change) to 1000+ likes/follows
80. Various
top 10 author lists
81. Various
top 10 book series lists
Spirituality
82.
Full/New Moon Goals
83. Create my own altar (wicca/pagan)
84. Weekly
tarot/oracle card readings
Others
85. Keep at
least 3 plants alive
86. Design
a science based board game
87. Create and update a digital vision board
88. Re-pierce
my ears
89. Reorganize
my storage unit
Once I move:
90. Get a
new sewing machine
91.
Make a new quilt
92.
Get fabric and foam and make new cushions for chairs
93. New
couch & chair for living room
94. New
dresser for bedroom
95. New
mattress & box spring for bed
96. New TV
& stand
TV shows to binge watch
97. Hawaii
5-0 (latest remake)
98. Grimm
99. The
Librarians
100. Once
Upon A Time
101.
Blacklist
So that is my update and “organized” 101 goals in 1001 days.
This time I’m trying to balance things out—personal and professional
development, career and then just odds and ends. Hopefully with it being
organized, I will be better at tracking how close I am to completing certain
items and which items when completed will flow into another one being started.
So we’re officially a little over halfway through 2019, which means that there are 815 days left in this challenge (as today is July 5th 2019). So I decided that I should probably do a check-in on the goals and see where I’m at with them. Updates are in bold.
The dates for my 101 goal challenges are:
So my original start and finish dates were:
Start Date: January 1 2018
Finish Date: September 28 2020
My new start and finish dates:
Start Date: January 1, 2019
Finish Date: September 28, 2021
Here are my 101 goals for the next 1001 days
(random and non-grouped):
Transition into a biotech or
biopharma company as a research scientist
Become fluent in Spanish
Become fluent in German
Learn to program (R and maybe
python)
Visit at least three new
countries (0/3)
Finish the various other e-course
bundles that I bought (list out later)
Move to a new(ish) city for #1
Make it through at least 250 days
of beachbody workouts (share on twitter?) (0/250) *Luckily it doesn’t have to be consecutive days (though I would like
that)—I haven’t done a Beachbody workout in awhile (I also can’t remember how
many I’d done before I hit my slump).
Paint & frame at least one
original painting (0/1)
Finish the Dream Job Hack program
Finish the Youtube for bosses course
Finish the Youtube course creation for bosses course
Launch a youtube channel
Launch a online course
Get blog traffic to 500+ views/day
Publish 5-10 scientific blog posts (0/10)
Practice more photography (1-2 posts a week) I’ve managed to stick with the photography challenge so far, so at
least on the blog there have been new pictures post on a semi-constant basis
(at least for the past three-four months).
Get instagram followers to 800+
Showcase crafts on blog (afghans, artwork, jewelry)
Learn to make my own jewelry
Re-pierce my ears
Finish at least 200 personal/professional development books (and
post reviews) (35/200) *So out of
the 274 books I have on my book reading list for both personal and professional
development (and this number is growing)—I’ve read 20 in 2018, and 15 so far in
2019—that means I only have another 238 books to read to finish the list (and
that is only if I don’t add anymore books to the list).
Interact more on Linkedin (actually network with connections) (at
least 4 a week) (0/140)
Reach at least 14,014,000 steps (0/14,014,000); though if I add in
the steps from 2018—this could actually be closer to 20,000,000 steps
(goal—19,124,000 by Sept 28 2021 (as of yesterday (07/04/19) 8,047,645/19,124,000).
Visit at least one new national (or state) park (0/1)
Visit at least one new national (or state) monument (0/1)
5 pushups on toes (0/5)
10 pushups on toes (0/10)
Fly/land at least 3 new airports
Visit one new city & state (US) (0/1; 0/1)
Go to one or more scientific conferences (0/1)
Go to a blogging conference (0/1)
See the Northern Lights
Present at a scientific conference (0/1)
Post free monthly challenges in facebook groups
Write (or start) a book
Complete a 365 day photography challenge (137/365) I started the
challenge a little late this year, or more accurately it took me awhile to
build momentum to continue posting a daily picture.
Learn to cross-stitch
Reach 400+ followers on pintrest
Reach 1000+ followers on twitter
Publish at least two blog series (0/2)
Mediate at least 5 minutes a day (0/1001)
This one has been an off and on success—there have been at least one or two
weeks when I didn’t feel like meditating nightly, and therefore I didn’t—but
I’m slowly getting back into the routine.
No extra snacks at work (i.e. no hitting the coffee shop for cookies
in the morning) This one is a work in
progress, there are some days when I’m really good at not getting extra snacks
at work, and there are other days when I cave and get chocolate.
Declutter the movies in the house
Create an editorial calendar for blog (0/33) Well I’m slowly starting to try creating editorial calendars, but have
only been really good at posting certain topics (new/full moon goals &
updates, monthly updates & photography challenge). This is something I
still need to work on.
Credit card debt down to less than $500 a month (and getting paid
off monthly in full) This is almost
happening—I do have my debt at a level that I can pay off monthly, though some
bills get a little higher than planned.
Monthly budget (plus list of monthly recurring charges on credit
cards) (0/33) I’ve been doing this,
though not listing the recurring charges on my credit cards.
Learn to give mani/pedi and give myself one a month (0/33)This one is off the
list—because I have yet to do it, and while I might in the future I don’t see
me doing it quite yet.
Get a new sewing machine and make a new quilt for bed. This one is on hold until I move and then
I’ll be buying a new sewing machine.
Make my new moon & full moon goals (0/66) I’ve been keeping up with this one. Though I may not hit all the goals
for both the new moon & the full moon—I’m at least putting my intentions
out there for the universe to hear.
Buy a new couch and chair for my living room. This one and #s 52-54 are dependent on success with #1 & #7
Buy a new dresser for my bedroom
Buy a new mattress & box-spring for my bed
Buy a new TV & stand for living room
Reorganize my storage unit
Buy fabric & foam and make new cushions for rocking chair
Create a posting schedule (editorial calendar) for facebook pages
(0/66) I’m behind on this.
Generate at least three months of memes for facebook pages (0/3)
Create posting schedule (editorial calendar) for instagram (0/33) Behind on this.
Learn to use photoshop for memes & posts
Make a 30-day Zumba schedule & stick with it (0/30) Haven’t done this yet.
Visit one or more new zoos (0/1)
Visit one or more new aquariums (0/1)
Make a top 10 favorite author list (for different genera; romance,
fantasy/sci-fi, mystery/thriller, non-fiction) for blog
Write and share at least two posts on linkedin every two months (0/32) Behind on this as well.
Ask for endorsements from 6 well known connections on linkedin
(0/6) Behind on this well.
Endorse 3 to 5 people on linkedin every four months (0/40) Behind on this.
Renew professional memberships (0/6) Need to do this soon.
Get into the “best shape” of my life. This is one of the things I’m going to try to focus on more, and maybe
should be moved higher in the list.
Finish reading books on scientific writing (review and post) (0/7)
Take a multivitamin & supplements daily (0/1001). There have been several days (going on to
a week) that I’ve missed taking my multivitamin & supplements.
Design a logo for my blog/website
Finish 3 hidden object games without using hints, or the strategy
guide
Go to a author-reader conference and meet authors
Write in journal daily (0/1001). There have been several weeks that I didn’t do this (mainly due to my
current mood—even though I know when I’m feeling down or in a funk that is
actually a good time to journal).
Complete my book of Sudoku puzzles (minus the ones crossed out)
Drink 70 oz of water a day (0/1001). There have been quite a few days when this hasn’t happened.
Color in two coloring books (0/2) (pictures on blog/instagram)
Knit another afghan (diamond pattern) This has been started, and hopefully will be finished this coming
winter.
Watch all the episodes of Hawaii 5-0
Go to at least 2 professional networking events (0/2)
Update Linkedin profile (0/2)
Watch all the episodes of Grimm
Design a science based board game
Hold a two minute plank (on forearms)
Hold a 90 second plank (full)
Go at least one weekend a month without social media (0/33) This hasn’t happened yet, though with the
way the world is going I might start doing it.
Create (and update) a vision board. I’ve created and updated a digital vision board, and will probably
try to update it at least every two to three months.
Get an additional external hard drive to back up the laptop &
external DVD drive for installing printer program on laptop
Create my own coffee table photography book
Touch base with friends that I haven’t talked to lately
Savings up another 20K (0/20K)
Get at least three plants and keep them alive (0/3)
Stretch daily (0/1001)
Watch all the episodes of The Librarians
Watch all the episodes of Once Upon A Time
Get Fit with Jessi to 1000+ likes
Get BecomingJessi to 1000+ likes
I’ve only removed one goal from the
list—giving myself a mani/pedi monthly. I’ve never been the type to fuss with
their nails (though I know with job searching, I do need to start taking better
care of my nails, and this does include painting them every so often). I’ve
realized that I have fallen behind on some of the daily goals (taking my
multivitamins, drinking a certain amount of water a day, and writing in my
journal every day)—but at least I do start back up, even if it tampers off, and
then starts again.
I also know that there are goals that I
haven’t started on, and others that require another goal to be accomplished
before they are looked at. I know where I need to try to focus for the next few
months (personal care—mental and physical health, and slowly figuring out my
career objectives), and once these are on track, I think the others will follow
suit.
So I had posted earlier this week that I was in the process
of developing a new 12 month plan that encompassed several different areas:
health and fitness, career, finances, and spirituality. These areas were picked
because they can more or less feed off of each other and once you have some of
these areas under control everything else can then hopefully fall into place.
So I know that starting out I probably won’t reach 100% on each area, and that there will be some weeks when I subconsciously focus on one more than the others. The purpose here is to keep moving forward (even if it seems to be at a snail’s pace).
I decided that each week I’d set two to three goals per area, and then on Saturday and Sunday review how I did the previous week and then adjust the goals accordingly for the following week. Today’s review/check-in will cover my goals for health and fitness, and finances. Tomorrow will be career and spirituality/personal development.
Since my main fitness goal is to get into the best shape of my life.
So my goals for fitness and nutrition this week were:
Set up a
new workout schedule for the week.
No sweets
at work.
Hitting my
step goal daily.
So how did I do with each one?
My workout schedule for the week was to do the following
workouts:
Monday—LIIFT4: Chest & Triceps
Tuesday—LIIFT4: Back & Biceps
Wednesday—Country Heat: Country Swing
Thursday—LIIFT4: Shoulders
Friday—LIIFT4: Legs
Saturday—Country Heat: Giddy Up
So today I will be probably doing a double workout (as long
as the internet/wifi behaves) of Country Heat: Giddy Up followed by LIIFT4:
Legs as I took yesterday off as a rest day. Also for full disclosure,
Wednesday’s workout was only 20 minutes of the 30-minute workout (because the
wifi in the house blinked out and then reset itself—and I wasn’t in the mood to
do the entire program again or try to get it back to where it was). But I have
managed to do a workout basically daily—which is a lot better than what I’ve
managed to get done the past couple of weeks. I’m also starting back a little
light on the weights and hopefully working my way back up to where I was when I
finished my first round of LIIFT4—my NSV goal is to be able to do bicep curls
with 14-20 pound weights.
In terms of no sweets at work—I managed to go three out of five days (60%) of not getting any sweets at work. I had bought coffee and breakfast on Thursday (which included a candy bar—that I ate with my lunch on Friday), and I guess I bought some candy Tuesday afternoon as well (though I had forgotten about that candy splurge). While it short of my goal of five days it is a lot better than what I’d been doing the previous couple of weeks.
In terms of hitting my step goal daily—yesterday was the day
that I fell short of the goal of a minimum of 14,000 steps (I finished with
11,518; which was 82% of my daily step goal). But every other day this week I
managed to get at least 14,000 steps; so even though I didn’t hit yesterday—I’m
still close to my weekly goal of 98,000 (Sunday-Saturday).
So I managed to hit the goals 75% of the time—rest days are
important so I’m not going to beat myself up on the fact that I took one
yesterday instead of doing my workout. I also know that stress/anxiety and
having a bad night sleep are usually the culprits for me going to look for
sugar fix on campus during the week. Know what the triggers are is helpful—but
now I need to find a different way of reacting that doesn’t include sweets or
spending money.
I am also trying to get back into the routine of writing down what I eat daily (usually at the end of the day; though sometimes I remember to start my daily food journal at lunch). This is just so that I can maybe start trying to determine if certain foods are also making me feel uncomfortable and then adjust what I eat accordingly.
So my goals for the coming week in terms of fitness and
nutrition, are going to be more or less the same (as I’m happy with being at
about 75% for all three):
Set up the workout calendar again (LIIFT4 with either
Country Heat or Yoga Booty Ballet)
Trying to avoid buying sweets on campus (this also helps
with the no spend challenges)
Hitting the step goal daily (this way I can work towards my
monthly and yearly step goals).
In terms of my finances—I realize that I’m going to be 39 this year, which means that I should be thinking about making sure that I have enough money when I retire (in basically 25-30 years; or possibly sooner if I can swing it). Currently my finances are okay (mainly because I’m living at home and have very few monthly expenses).
Finance goals–broad, but currently better than not having any.
I have managed to get
my credit debt back to down to basically zero from the astronomically high
amount that I owed when I moved back home six years ago. I probably could have
had it paid off sooner, but I was also trying to build my savings account back
up at the same time.
By the end of twelve months I would like to hopefully have
my savings up another 10-15K (or at least steady—which means having saved
hopefully an additional 6-8K to cover any moving expenses for when I get an new
job and have to move out of Oklahoma). I always want to start getting my
retirement account a little higher (which means having some money set aside
that I can put into another type of retirement account that is separate from my
current one).
My goals for this week were:
Fill in my money log for the first part of the month (I know
that I’d spent money during the first part of the month—but I didn’t fill in
the sheets; so I need to have gotten that done).
No spending money at work.
Check all credit card accounts and readjust my monthly
budget accordingly.
So how did I do with each one?
I filled in my monthly money tracker. This was more of
trying to keep track of money spent on campus—so there were one or two things
that I had forgotten to put on it (like the e-book that I bought or the two
journals that I’d bought for note taking).
I did spend a little money on campus this week—two out of
the five days (but that is one day better than the week before where I spent
money three out of five days).
I’ve done my credit check, and my monthly budget that I set
up is looking like it is still good—I’ll probably readjust it after the next
biweekly paycheck comes in so that I can set up for my May budget.
One thing that I will be doing is making a list of monthly
re-occurring fees and looking to see which ones I might cancel. I know that I
do support a couple of non-profits via monthly donations that I charge to a
credit card; plus I have several other things that come in monthly that are
charged to a credit card as well. My goal is to try to have a monthly sum (via
all credit cards) of less than $750 dollars—that way it can also get paid off
monthly as well (and there will be no interest charged). So we will have to see
how this goes.
My goals for the coming week in terms of my finances are:
No spending any money at work (keep money log up to date).
Transfer about half a paycheck to the savings account.
Resubmit the declutter order and sell quite a few DVDs back
for a little bit of money.
So overall I’m pleased with the first week’s progress for
both my fitness and nutrition journey and getting my finances back on track. I
realize that there may be weeks that I have a set back in both areas—but I need
to remember that small setbacks are okay (and even expected)—I just need to
keep moving forward and not allow them to derail me like I have in the past.
So one of my goals from my 101-goal list is to make it
through at least 250 days of Beachbody workouts. Now this doesn’t mean that
it’s all going to be back-to-back (because you do need rest days in addition to
workouts), but that I’d make sure that I’ve done at least 250 days of exercise
over the next 1001 days. Yes, this does seem small when you compare the
days—but if you also add in rest days, walking, and possibly biking and/or
hiking come late spring & summer—you get the 1001 days. Plus, the 250 days is
just the minimum, I will probably go over the total by the end of the time
period.
I’ve also decided that it needs to be 250 different workouts—so it will probably
be done in more than 250 days. Because if we look at what I’ve done in January—I’ve
done a workout I’d say 20 out of the past 30 days—but I’ve only done 3 programs
(most of my workouts have been country heat, one LIIFT4 workout & 1 combat
workout). So I’d only count all that as doing 7 different workouts (as I’ve
been doing all 5 of the country heat workouts). I’ve also realized that while
it’s good to try to go all in on a workout—when it’s been a year or so since
you’ve done the workout, you should probably dial back the intensity just a
little.
Basically, on Monday I did combat 30 for the first time in probably a year or so—I love the program, but have never made it all the way through (mainly because the later two workouts are 45 minutes & an hour long—and sometimes I don’t have that amount of time during the week to do a workout; 45 minutes I can almost squeak in—the full hour workout not so much). I slept really well Monday night, and didn’t feel all that sore for most of the day—but around 3 or so yesterday afternoon, my back and legs decided to remind me exactly what I did on Monday. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been this stiff and sore (I’m hoping the acupuncture mat helped relieve some of the stiffness, but I still took today as a “rest” day–though I walked a good 45+ minutes on campus today), and I’ve realize that I’m going to have to start a little slower than I want—but since it’s been about two or three months since my last consistent workout schedule, I really shouldn’t be surprised.
So I think that I’m going to have work in some Pilates or yoga for awhile to help stretch out the muscles before I jump back into any hard core cardio. One goal is to see if I can make it through all of the workouts that I have on DVD from Beachbody before starting on the ones that are solely available via the online streaming platform. Also for the programs that are pushing the hour time limit–they will be done on the weekends, when I have that time to spare.
So I’ve decided that since the past couple of months haven’t
been the best (and that is an understatement especially for the month of
October), that I’d revise my 101 goals list and slightly “restart” it. This
isn’t to say that I’m making a new list—I’m just going to go through and
revise, reorder, and possibly remove some of the goals that I actually may not
accomplish (because lets be honest—I don’t see myself taking up jogging any
time soon).
So my original start and finish dates were:
Start Date: January 1 2018
Finish Date: September 28 2020
My new start and finish dates:
Start Date: January 1, 2019
Finish Date: September 28, 2021
Here are my 101+ goals for the next 1001 days
(random and non-grouped):
Transition into a biotech or biopharma company as a research scientist
Become fluent in Spanish
Become fluent in German
Learn to program (R and maybe python)
Visit at least three new countries (0/3)
Finish the various other e-course bundles that I bought (list out later)
Move to a new(ish) city for #1
Make it through at least 250 days of beachbody workouts (share before/after or calendars; method of accountability still to be determined.) (0/250)
Paint & frame at least one original painting (0/1)
Finish the Dream Job Hack program
Finish the Youtube for bosses course
Finish the Youtube course creation for bosses course
Launch a youtube channel
Launch a online course
Get blog traffic to 500+ views/day
Publish 5-10 scientific blog posts (0/10)
Practice more photography (1-2 posts a week)
Get instagram followers to 800+
Showcase crafts on blog (afghans, artwork, jewelry)
Learn to make my own jewelry
Re-pierce my ears
Finish at least 200 personal/professional development books (and post reviews) (20/200; though I’ve only written & posted book reviews for 8 of those)
Interact more on Linkedin (actually network with connections) (at least 4 a week) (0/140)
Reach at least 14,014,000 steps (0/14,014,000); though if I add in the steps from 2018—this could actually be closer to 20,000,000 steps (it would actually be 19,124,000 steps. I’m currently at: 5,292,617/19,124,000 steps).
Visit at least one new national (or state) park (0/1). Technically I’ve done this with the visit to New Mexico last spring (but I want to try to go to another one).
Visit at least one new national (or state) monument (0/1). Again, technically I’ve done this one with the visit to New Mexico last spring. But I want to try to go to another one.
5 pushups on toes (0/5)
10 pushups on toes (0/10)
Fly/land at least 3 new airports
Visit one new city & state (US) (0/1; 0/1). Have visited Roswell NM last spring.
Go to one or more scientific conferences (0/1)
Go to a blogging conference (0/1)
See the Northern Lights
Present at a scientific conference (0/1)
Post free monthly challenges in facebook groups
Write (or start) a book
Complete a 365 day photography challenge (0/365)
Learn to cross-stitch
Reach 400+ followers on pintrest
Reach 1000+ followers on twitter
Publish at least two blog series (0/2)
Mediate at least 5 minutes a day (0/1001)
No extra snacks at work (i.e. no hitting the coffee shop for cookies in the morning)
Declutter the movies in the house
Create an editorial calendar for blog (0/33)
Credit card debt down to less than $500 a month (and getting paid off monthly in full)
Monthly budget (plus list of monthly recurring charges on credit cards) (0/33)
Learn to give mani/pedi and give myself one a month (0/33)
Get a new sewing machine and make a new quilt for bed
Make my new moon & full moon goals (0/66)
Buy a new couch and chair for my living room
Buy a new dresser for my bedroom
Buy a new mattress & box-spring for my bed
Buy a new TV & stand for living room
Reorganize my storage unit
Buy fabric & foam and make new cushions for rocking chair
Create a posting schedule (editorial calendar) for facebook pages (0/66)
Generate at least three months of memes for facebook pages (0/3)
Create posting schedule (editorial calendar) for instagram (0/33)
Learn to use photoshop for memes & posts
Make a 30 day Zumba schedule & stick with it (0/30)
Visit one or more new zoos (0/1)
Visit one or more new aquariums (0/1)
Make a top 10 favorite author list (for different genera; romance, fantasy/sci-fi, mystery/thriller, non-fiction) for blog
Write and share at least two posts on linkedin every two months (0/32)
Ask for endorsements from 6 well known connections on linkedin (0/6)
Endorse 3 to 5 people on linkedin every four months (0/40)
Renew professional memberships (0/6)
Get into the “best shape” of my life
Finish reading books on scientific writing (review and post) (0/7)
Take a multivitamin & supplements daily (0/1001)
Design a logo for my blog/website
Finish 3 hidden object games without using hints, or the strategy guide
Go to a author-reader conference and meet authors
Write in journal daily (0/1001)
Complete my book of Sudoku puzzles (minus the ones crossed out)
Drink 70 oz of water a day (0/1001)
Color in two coloring books (0/2) (pictures on blog/instagram)
Knit another afghan (diamond pattern)
Watch all the episodes of Hawaii 5-0
Go to at least 2 professional networking events (0/2)
Update Linkedin profile (0/2)
Watch all the episodes of Grimm
Design a science based board game
Hold a two minute plank (on forearms)
Hold a 90 second plank (full)
Go at least one weekend a month without social media (0/33)
Get an additional external hard drive to back up the laptop & external DVD drive for installing printer program on laptop
Create my own coffee table photography book
Touch base with friends that I haven’t talked to lately
Savings up another 20K (0/20K)
Get at least three plants and keep them alive (0/3)
Stretch daily (0/1001)
Watch all the episodes of The Librarians
Watch all the episodes of Once Upon A Time
Get Fit with Jessi to 1000+ likes
Get BecomingJessi to 1000+ likes
The list will be update periodically (either
with a link to the blog post covering said goal, crossed out, or dated and
crossed out). The only goals that in theory will be “starting over” on are the
ones that have specific number of days (such as taking vitamins, writing in my
journal, drinking water daily), as these are some of the tasks that I’ve really
fallen behind on this year.
