[Question] Goals for 2012?

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DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Not resolutions, 'cause resolutions are so last decade. This is for stuff you'd like to accomplish over the next 12 months, and no one is going to beat you over the head and neck if you don't quite make it all the way through. The points are for making the effort.

A few of mine...

Listen to all of the Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums. It's not enough to put iTunes on play while I do other things around the house. I mean putting each album on with the stated intent of listening to it.

See a MLB game in a stadium other than PNC Park.

Attend more than one Pens game by season's end.

Visit the Air & Space Museum annex at Dulles Airport.

Get the front porch roof fixed without taking out a loan.

Clear out the old office room and turn into a listening room.

More to come as I think of them.
 
doomdragon6

doomdragon6

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Listen to Now That's What I Call Music CDs from the years of my life and recalling the memories I associate with the popular songs of that year.

I would assume I have more goals but your "listen to albums" one made me think of that one.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Be alive and hairy on Dec 31st, 2012.

Also, to use the pick-up line "Look, the world's gonna end on Dec 23rd anyway, so how about you and me get it on?"
 
Mathias

Mathias

DarkAudit said:
Not resolutions, 'cause resolutions are so last decade. This is for stuff you'd like to accomplish over the next 12 months, and no one is going to beat you over the head and neck if you don't quite make it all the way through. The points are for making the effort.

A few of mine...

Listen to all of the Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums. It's not enough to put iTunes on play while I do other things around the house. I mean putting each album on with the stated intent of listening to it.

See a MLB game in a stadium other than PNC Park.

Attend more than one Pens game by season's end.

Visit the Air & Space Museum annex at Dulles Airport.

Get the front porch roof fixed without taking out a loan.

Clear out the old office room and turn into a listening room.

More to come as I think of them.
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im going to pens vs isles at the end of march.


My goal is to sell my stinkin' house!
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Write a second novel, if I have time (likely not, due to school and then my practicum).

Read more books.

Lose the 30 pounds I've gained over the last year. :(
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

Do better in school. I had a good gpa but that was only because two professors decided to give very generous curves. I don't want to have to rely on that again.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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The best thing about being a teacher is that it makes you very aware that you need to set very specific goals that are easily tracked. Here are my goals; I actually set them about a month and a half ago, but I'll restate them here for the new year!

1. I figure I can read at least one chapter of a book every night, no matter how busy things get. I never want to stop reading once I start, so often I just put a book aside and promised myself I'd read it on the weekend. Every day--one chapter. If I have time for more, I can read more, but that is where I start. I read a lot over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, and I want to keep my good momentum going!

2. I will resume my calorie counting (I kept working out, but quit watching what I ate for a while). I want to lose about 7-10 more pounds before the wedding. I will do at least 20 minutes of cardio every day and will not exceed the calorie limit I have set. I've been the same weight for about 5 months now, and while I'm glad I haven't gained, I'm ready to move forward again.

3. I will put my clothes away immediately after I remove them from the dryer instead of leaving them on my bed. (This is getting ridiculous. For the first time in months all my clothes are in the proper place in my room. I'm like a child...)

4. I will set aside at least 2 minutes every day for quiet reflection on whatever I need to focus on at that moment. I was happier and much more calm when I remembered to do this.

5. Before May, I will do at least two science activities with my godchild.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Cajungal said:
2. I will resume my calorie counting (I kept working out, but quit watching what I ate for a while). I want to lose about 7-10 more pounds before the wedding. I will do at least 20 minutes of cardio every day and will not exceed the calorie limit I have set. I've been the same weight for about 5 months now, and while I'm glad I haven't gained, I'm ready to move forward again.
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I keep meaning to mention this when you've been posting pics lately, but I wanted to say you're looking fantastic.

3. I will put my clothes away immediately after I remove them from the dryer instead of leaving them on my bed. (This is getting ridiculous. For the first time in months all my clothes are in the proper place in my room. I'm like a child...)
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This makes me feel better because now I know it's not just us. I used to be very diligent about putting clothes away the day they were cleaned, but in the last couple of months we've gotten into the habit of leaving them lying in laundry baskets to the point where we're getting new clothes from those instead of our drawers, and hiding the baskets in the bedroom closet when company comes over. It's gotten silly.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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Thank you! I'm thrilled to have traded sore knees and back problems for energy and size 10 jeans. I don't think I ever posted pics here of me at my heaviest, but it's been a crazy change.

I'm so glad to know that other adults do this! We can keep track on each other through the year. No more wrinkled shirts and dresses draped over chairs in the new year! :p
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Pretty much repeat my 2011 with some changes:

This is the year I qualify for the promotion into BSA (Back Securities) dept. This was my goal from day one of joining the bank and I will NOT go into detail as to why.

Lose the vanity weight I've been fighting with back and forth.

Restock my completely depleted FWB contact list.

Otherwise it's more Drinking/Smoking/Casual Sex/Working/Gaming this year.
 
MindDetective

MindDetective

1.) Join a martial arts studio with my wife. Gotta set up some baby-sitting to get that done. -> Increase fitness.
2.) Write at least 300 words a day of something. Fiction and research are both options.
3.) Related to number 2: Submit at least 2 journal articles for consideration. The goal is to have at least one published by the end of the year.
4.) Re-learn Java so that I can write code for Android devices. That is really a goal for this week, actually.
5.) Read something every day!
6.) Write and submit one grant, probably one that gives the department money to improve some classroom/research space.
7.) Manage my time better so I can get all of the above done!
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

1) Lose 40 pounds by July.
2) Re-enlist in the Corps
2.5) If re-enlistment is no longer an option (the way it's starting to look like it might be), move to Alabama and get on with a department there.
3) Re-invigorate my work ethic.
4) Start saving up for the next baby, whenever he/she might be in the works.
 
Frank

Frank

Is there a reason (beyond monetary) that you want to leave law enforcement? I know that I'm going for the pilot thing more because of my growing job dissatisfaction than compensation.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

@Frankie: It's because I talk with all of my friends who've been deployed, who've been in the military, and I realize that what I contributed was absolutely nothing by comparison. I feel as though I have far more to give of myself, and I would like to do it while I'm still physically able to.

After I've served the remainder of my time, I'll come back to law enforcement. I love this as a career, but I'd like it to be my second career, you know?

But not with this department... the politics are crippling.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Amorous Eyes said:
  • I'd say more sex but considering the amount of sex I had in 2011 that might be a hard goal to reach.
  • Work on my sexual bucket list.
  • Acquire more gothy clothes.
  • Vlog & blog more.
  • Survive surgery.
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Your Fucket list, if you will? If you don't listen to Katie Morgan's show on SIR, you should.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Amorous Eyes said:
No idea who that is, so I had to Google it. I don't really have an inclination to listen to some ex porn star ramble on about sex, though. But thanks for the advice. :p
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They answer listener questions, but what made me think of it was that listeners also send in their sexual bucket lists (or "Fucket Lists"), which are read on air. It might give you some ideas is all.
 
Bones

Bones

Amorous Eyes said:
Interesting, but I'm just not much of a radio listener. I get bored too quick. :/

Also, most of the things that are currently still left of my "fucket list" are kind of unique. ;)
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You want to have sex with a fat hairy guy in a suit that makes him look like a female anime character!?:eek:
 
Mathias

Mathias

drawn_inward said:
Finish my PhD in June/July - and never, ever study again.
Get a jerb.
Profit?
Start paying student loans.
No profit.
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Are you writing yet? If not, I highly highly recommend you start on the introduction and background sections. Those are the most tedious and pain -in-the-ass parts to do.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

Quotemander Prime said:
This makes me feel better because now I know it's not just us. I used to be very diligent about putting clothes away the day they were cleaned, but in the last couple of months we've gotten into the habit of leaving them lying in laundry baskets to the point where we're getting new clothes from those instead of our drawers, and hiding the baskets in the bedroom closet when company comes over. It's gotten silly.
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I fucking hate doing god damn laundry.

All my baskets and hampers are full of clean clothing. I no longer have a floor because it is covered with dirty clothing. Why do I even own a dresser?
 
drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Mathias said:
Are you writing yet? If not, I highly highly recommend you start on the introduction and background sections. Those are the most tedious and pain -in-the-ass parts to do.
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Sadly, no. My boss has one more project for me. It should take about a month to do, and then a couple of weeks to hopefully write up. Then, I can start the dissertation. I've been writing a lot lately, so hopefully, I can knock it out rather quickly.

Any Post-doc advice? I don't want to teach. I will if I have to. I don't want to write grants, at all. I like to do bench work, and I want a steady paycheck - that's it. My wife has another year (at least). I was thinking of doing a short post-doc in that time, in a slightly different field. I do environmental microbial ecology, and there's a dude nearby that looks at bacteria associated with oral disease. Also, there's a ton of lab tech type positions out there that pay more than grad pay.
 
Dei

Dei

Actually go through and get rid of all the clothes I never wear, especially since I finally got sick of watching the numbers on the scale go up and started losing weight, so I'm going to need to buy new clothes soon anyways. ;)
 
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