Re: My 12 Targets for 2007

Kristen — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:53:46 -0000

I also like the idea of 'targets' rather than resolutions, but we used 'wishes' instead. Actually, I can't take credit for the wishes idea... it was all Paul (www.8wishes.com). But, here's the video of my wishes for 2007 (and beyond):

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

1. Raise $10,000 in 2007
2. See an America that lives "less dangerously" in 2007
3. 44th President who cares about REAL issues
4. No more children born with AIDS (hopeful and very forward thinking)
5. Happiness for my sisters
6. Success for my brothers
7. Run a 2.44 half-mile
8. Bring all my friends, family, supporters together to celebrate 2007 fundraising

Paul's is the original, and the video I responded to on YouTube.

Thanks, and best of luck on your 12 targets, wishes, whatever they may be.

Kristen

Re: My 12 Targets for 2007

Jim Long, Verge New Media — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:33:11 -0000

Chris,

I'd be happy to impart what I know if you ever want sit down with your dslr and FCP. I'm a D100 guy myself and I've got a pretty nice little FCP setup. The rest of the stuff I'll be either eager to see your progress on or picking your brain about. Number 12 is HUGE.

Jim

Re: My 12 Targets for 2007

Christopher Penn, Financial Ai — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:30:02 -0000

I want you to pick ONE goal with a definable metric, the one most important and passion-inflamed, and be able to write it in a sentence.

This will be critically important on January 6.

Re: My 12 Targets for 2007

Trisha - that Flickr friend wi — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:59:53 -0000

2007

The Year of Adventure -- or How I Learned to Stop Waiting and Live the Life of "the new" that I Want

The Top Ten List of Must Do's for 2007

In the vein of becoming more disciplined (am I setting my chaos-loving/impulsive/drama-addicted/artist-self up for failure with this one? let's hope not)

10) CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE FINANCIALLY DISCIPLINED
This entails
* automatic withdrawl of funds into RSP's and a travel fund
* making larger payments down on my line of credit ( I really liked being debt free one year ago, I can be debt free again)
* brewing my own java in the morning, and taking my lunches to work

9) CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE PHYSICALLY DISCIPLINED
Ok, so now that my food cravings are gone, and I'm learning this new habit of inviting family, friends and perfectly charming strangers into my life to break bread and break a sweat with, this should be the best time to get serious about what I ingest and what I burn off. The goals? 3-fold
* lose weight, that requires a disciplined approach to buying, planning, preparing and measuring food (Note to self, call that cutting-edge nutritionist JoAnne got me the number of)
* get fit means cardio for 30 minutes everyday, strength training 3 times a week (thank gawd for Sandie and Randy), and LOTS of water (oh am I gonna have a glow or what???)
* don't forget the pleasures of the body either .. a different sampling bottle of red wine a week (what have I been waiting for? I live in the middle of Wine Country for gawd's sake) and a visit to the massage therapist every 2 weeks (I think I just fell in love with myself! gawd I'm so nice to me)

In the vein of self-enrichment because I refuse to stagnate, and what better role model is there to teach my son to be a student of life?

8) CONTINUE TO IMPROVE MY MEANS OF SELF-EXPRESSION
Oh yeah playing with my DSLR camera is fun, but I'm not mastering it as a medium like I thought I could through my own experimentation. So..
* DSLR courses most certainly and
* Photoshop course perhaps
* buy a new tripod since mine is a pain-in-the-ass
* get that softening lens I want
* finish my last 3 paintings (come on already Trish, it's an hour per, tops! commit already!) and bite the bullet and post them on the net somewhere
* create 2 more by this time next year
* Oh please, say we can take that jewelry-making/silver-smithing course at OCAD this summer! please, please, please?
* dance...bellydance with Leisa, MOVE with Siobhan and Kali, paint the air in the room with the movements of my body...and yes I WILL get to The Phoenix NightClub at least ONE Saturday night , and I WILL get to the Lulu Lounge for at least one Salsa lesson this coming year.

7) EXPERIMENT AND MASTER NEW THINGS WITH MY SON
* guitar lessons...the goal, be able to play a couple songs by the time we go camping this summer
* archery lessons and mother/son league (no gun club until I can prove to myself I'm good at target practice)

Because I really AM convinced there is lots of meat AND juice in the whole "Disowned Self" Gestalt experiments:

6) I CAN DO THE TOMBOY, I CAN DO THE SEX KITTEN, LET'S TRY ON "THE SOPHISTICATE" FOR SIZE
oh boy, this one's intimidating, I'm gettin shakey just thinking about it
* more girlie hair
* nails, manicure (gulp)
* pedicure (gulp)
* girly boots and shoes with heels (lawd hepp me)
(what the hell am I thinking, waiting until I'm 43 to learn all this stuff other chicks mastered 2 decades earlier?)

5) A CALM ENVIRONMENT PRODUCES A CALM MIND -- REDECORATING MY CONDO
look out yard sales and closet organizers, Feng Shui and minimalism, here I come!

And what is life, if it isn't about hunting down and bagging some Big Game Fun?

4) THERE ARE MANY MORE POTENTIAL LOVERS IN THIS WORLD THAN THE ONE I JUST LEFT BEHIND
***I'm going to kiss a different man for every month this year***
because my lips miss it
because I'm damn good at it
because it's fun
and because such luscious lips presently going to waste is a crying shame which needs correction.

3) SAY YES TO EVERY INVITATION TO FUN AND ADVENTURE THAT COMES MY WAY
nuff said

2) GET MY EARLIER-DISCUSSED IDEA OF "WHAT TO DO BEFORE WE DIE~~ GIRL'S CLUB" OFF THE GROUND
* write the emails, make the phone calls, compile the lists, pick the monthly dates for the small/cheap adventures and the quarterly dates for the more expensive adventures

And lastly, because life really is too short:

1C) LET CHICAGO HAVE ITS WAY WITH ME
* photograph its incredible architecture
* shop the Golden Mile

1B) EXPLORE THE MAYAN RUINS IN MEXICO
where I will drink pina coladas, stick flowers in my hair, snorkel in the ocean and "feel" the sun worship me until I have that killer fucking tan

1A) ROAD TRIP WITH MY BOY
either
* Southwest States (New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada -- is it safe to bring an 11 yr old to BurningMan Festival?)
or
* East Coast (Nova Scotia, PEI, New Foundland and what's that little french island off the coast?) catch our own lobster, make our own sand castles, maybe even kiss a cod or two!

..............holy cow...............it's going to be a busy year..............I better stock up on ginseng and RedBull......

Re: My 12 Targets for 2007

C.C. Chapman — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:49:01 -0000

Love the term "target." It's so much better then "resolutions."

I'm right there on #9 with you as well as a few others, but #9 is the one in my cross hairs at the moment.

Re: My 12 Targets for 2007

Meg — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:37:21 -0000

Thanks for sharing. I'm making my own list, too. Tis the season. Happy New Year to the Brogans.

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