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May 4th, 2009

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Subject:Starting to think this is the only time I update...
Time:11:38 am

Start: Jan 1, 2008
End: Sep 2010
In Progress
Completed (with date)

Completed: 32 Goals
In Progress: 44 Goals 

Untouched: 25 Goals 

 

( Here's what happened in April. )
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March 18th, 2009

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Subject:3 months until Graduation!
Time:09:50 am
Current Mood:[mood icon] working

Start: Jan 1, 2008
End: Sep 2010
In Progress
Completed (with date)

Completed: 32 Goals
In Progress: 41 Goals 

Untouched: 28 Goals 

( More completions (but no more in progress?) )

 

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March 3rd, 2009

Subject:I can feel it coming...
Time:09:35 am
Current Mood:[mood icon] sleepy
I may be on the verge of a radical dependence on coffee. Getting up before 5:30 is killer. Especially killer on days when I know it will be 10pm or so before I'm home again. Trying to hold out until after lunch to get coffee -- I'm sure tomorrow is going to be a two coffee day though. (A shortened sleep tonight thanks to getting home late from class coupled with tomorrow evening's class will make it just short of a necessity!)

*yawn*
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February 2nd, 2009

Subject:6 more weeks of winter, huh?
Time:01:31 pm
( Another month gone. )
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January 3rd, 2009

Subject:It's official --
Time:12:15 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] bouncy
I'm getting married on March 27, 2010 at Little Gardens in Lawrenceville, GA! :D
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December 31st, 2008

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Current Location:Work
Subject:12 months down...
Time:10:46 am
Current Mood:[mood icon] accomplished

Start: Jan 1, 2008
End: Sep 2010
In Progress
Completed (with date)

Completed: 27 Goals
In Progress: 41 Goals

 

 



 

Untouched: 33 Goals

I feel like this is going pretty well. I've revised a number of goals but I'm making progress!

 

 

( So, how's that whole 101 goal thing going anyway? )
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November 20th, 2008

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Subject:I'm bored at work, so it's time to update my 101 things!
Time:11:36 am

Start: Jan 1, 2008
End: Sep 2010
In Progress
Completed (with date)

Completed: 24 Goals
In Progress: 38 Goals

 

( So here's what I'm working on. )



 

Untouched: 39 Goals

 

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October 6th, 2008

Subject:101 things update
Time:02:25 pm

Start: Jan 1, 2008
End: Sep 2010
In Progress
Completed (with date)

Purchases
001. Buy a Couch    (2/19/08)
002. Buy a Dining Room Table  (2/19/08)
003. Buy a King or Queen sized bed (2/19/08)
004. Buy a new printer (boyfriend and I purchased 1/1/2008 -- yay giftcards!)
005. Get a plant
006. Get a new pair of running shoes  (again, yay giftcards -- 1/1/2008)
007. Buy a down comforter  (2/19/08)
008. Move to a nicer apartment (2/19/08)
009. Buy new luggage (the kind with working zippers and fabric that isn’t worn through)
 
Respecting my body
010. Take a vitamin at least five times a week for a month three different times [0/12]
011. Floss at least three times a week for a month [0/12]
012. Cardio three times a week for three months (1/12)
013. Weights twice a week for three months (1/12)
014. Five servings of fruits and vegetables at least three times a week
015. Drink 64 oz of Water a day
016. Make it a habit to stretch before and after working out
017. Use Spark People to track my food online until I achieve my goal weight
018. Use Spark People to track my food online for one month after attaining my goal weight
019. Drink no more than three diet sodas a week (complete after four months)
020. Train to run a 5k
021. Run a 5k in less than 35 minutes
022. Reach a healthy BMI by losing 15lbs [10/15]
023. Reach my goal weight by losing 32lbs [10/32]
024. Get a pedicure once a month [10/33]
025. Moisturize daily (especially my poor little feet)
026. Go without fast food for a month [0/30]
027. Get a real massage
028. Purchase a re-usable water bottle that is not made of plastic

Creative outlet
029. Print photos for our coffee table photo album once every six months [1/6]
030. Watch 25 new movies a year [10/75]
1.       Spiderman 3
2.       SuperBad
3.       Pirates 3
4.       Flags of our Fathers
5.       Little Miss Sunshine
6.       Atonement
7.       The Golden Compass
8.       The Kite Runner
        9. Charlie Wilson's War
       10. 27 Dresses 
031. Upgrade our netflix account to 3 movies at a time
032. Watch The Office on DVD [1/9]
033. Watch another new TV series on DVD
034. Read 50 books a year [48/150]
035. Read Jane Austen’s complete works (to be included 50 books a year) [1/6]
036. Read Gone with the Wind (to be included in 50 books a year)
037. Fill up my paper journal
038. Learn to cook actively (that means helping Tom cook, not just cowering in the corner!)
039. Get more creative with the food I bring for lunch (June 08: fresh fruit in the mornings; August 08: tried new turkey/veggie/hummus wrap)
040. Use the library more (Officially a library junkie -- it might be getting a little dangerous...)
041. Knit a scarf a year [0/3]
0420. Knit a scarf that I would actually wear/use in public  [0/1]
043. Figure out what to do with my moleskine
 
Education
044. For six months, read both the Economist and Foreign Relations Magazine [0/6]
045. Start and keep a study schedule for class readings
046. Actually go to office hours with my instructors when I need help
047. Finish my Masters degree by August 2009
048. Graduate with a 3.7
049. Brush up my Spanish (take night classes)
050. Learn Arabic (or investigate another language to learn)
 
Grow up
051. Work on assembling a more “adult” wardrobe that no longer centers around sorority, housing and mun t-shirts
052. Decorate the walls of my apartment (March of 08)
053. Change my voter registration (03/17/08)
054. Change my residency (03/17/08)
055. Change my car tags over (7/25/08)
056. Figure out a plan for paying off my graduate school loans and follow through
057. Keep track of my spending for three months (longer if helpful) [2/3]
058. Pay off student loan interest at graduation
059. Pay all my bills on time
060. Eliminate using the word “like” in conversation
061. Keep paying credit card off every month [8/33]
062. Find a new job that pays the bills and offers benefits
063. Vote in the 2008 election (Primary and General) [1/2]
064. Change sheets and wash towels twice a month [16/66]
065. Be early or on time

 Give Back
066. Find a place to recycle nearby and recycle more (March of 08)
067. Participate Relay for Life and/or the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk
068. Switch to reusable grocery bags
069. Volunteer with TSPPPA or Delta Gamma Alums
070. Every December, go through and give away the things I don’t use anymore (clothes, books, etc.) [0/2]
071. Donate hair to Locks of Love (October 08)
072. Find a place to continue donating blood and donate blood at least three times [0/3]
073. Help a friend move
 
People I love
074. Have date night with Tom once every three months [2/33]
075. Participate in TSPPPA social events
076. Go out with friends at least three times a month [24/99]
077. Spend more time with my Virginia Family
078. Pay dues to join DC Area Delta Gamma Alum Group
079. Attend 3 or more Alum Group events annually [0/9]
 
Places to go/Things to do
080. Visit the National Parks out west again
081. Vacation at the beach without getting sunburned (Atlantic City – August of 08)
082. Go on a Picnic
083. Camp at least three times [0/3]
084. Leave the country at least once
085. See Niagara Falls in person
086. Finally really see Disney World
087. Go to a College Football bowl game
088. Visit a museum every six months [1/6] (Air and Space with Ginger in July of 08)
089. Visit three states I’ve never been to [1/3] (Vacation in Atlantic City -- August of 08)
090. Get a new passport
 
Religious
090. Obtain an Anna-relevant book of devotions (September 08)
091. Actually use devotional
092. Look for a new church home (September 08 -- now just need to attend regularly)
093. Pray more frequently (and not just when I want/need something)
 
Misc.
094. Buy and wear more earrings
095. Get TiVo from Abe and Heather and use it to minimize TV watching time (Have TIVO, now we just need the remote and to sign up for service!)
096. Complete a Sudoku Book
097. Renew my amateur radio license
098. Keep a plant alive
099. Learn to accept a compliment
100. Maintain my car (oil changes, tune ups, etc.)
101. Donate $5 to charity for every goal I don’t complete

Completed: 19 Goals
In Progress: 40 Goals
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August 27th, 2008

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Subject:After a long while, 101 things returns
Time:09:47 am
New and improved! Instead of starting a new list, I took a look at the old one and revamped it. I changed probably a dozen of my goals since I had failed/become entirely uninterested in them. Consider it a reprioritization?

Start: Jan 1, 2008
End: Sep 2010
In Progress
Completed (with date)

Completed: 16 Goals
In Progress: 38 Goals
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March 21st, 2008

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Subject:It's almost April?
Time:01:03 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] chipper
I find that a little ridiculous.
As of late I'm:
Living in a wonderful new apartment in Old Town with Tom.
Currently back at the American Veterans Center (where they've maybe given me a little too much responsibility with the National Memorial Day Parade).
Starting work at OIG within DHS a week after my birthday in June.
Struggling to finish my first year in grad school.
Preparing to go part-time to class in the fall while working full-time.
Planning two little trips: one to ATL to visit the family around my birthday and one to Jersey (??) with Tom for a little beach get away.
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January 13th, 2008

Subject:Two weeks down...
Time:11:45 am

Completed: 2 Goals
In Progress: 26 Goals

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January 8th, 2008

Subject:A loss for words
Time:01:09 pm
Something that is rare for me. I exist in a state of simple shock and disbelief.

I don't know how things like this happen.

She was a friend at UGA. Not extremely close -- but we celebrated New Years 2006 together, hung out a few times and saw Nickel Creek together.

Meredith was simply one of the most resourceful, most athletic and smartest women I know. If this happened to her, what's to keep it from happening to any of us?

I'm slightly ashamed to say that I'm terrified. That I haven't left the house today and that it fills me with anxiety.

I grieve for her and I am beside myself thinking of her family. I pray that God gives them strength.
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January 6th, 2008

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Current Music:Sirius Radio
Current Location:A Basement in NW
Subject:Spinning my wheels (in which I digress about work...)
Time:03:17 pm
Killing time here in my final hour at work today. This little temp position hasn't really brought anything new into my life (I already know how to use Excel, perform quality customer service and use a tape gun) however I have learned how to extend the "time" it takes me to do any slightly difficult task. Rather, I do parts of it very quickly and then take twenty minute breaks to play on the internet or ponder life. Then back to work. Apparently they are still amazed at the rate of productivity I am capable of (even with this built in lag time) so there's no real reason change anything I'm doing.

I'm happy and appreciative to work in a nice environment with wonderful women. This job helps me pay my bills, so I am definitely grateful. However, the hour commute (each way), having to work a day every weekend and the small pay grates on me. The weekend thing especially! When I was hired, I said I could work one or two weekend days a month if I was given advanced notice. We do make the schedule for the month at the beginning of the month, so I have plenty of notice. But I didn't want to work EVERY weekend. That's my time away from work and school and to spend relaxing or with Tom or catching up with other friends. When I brought this up to my boss she gave me some guilt trip like -- well it's only the four of us and I'm not supposed to work weekends since I already work 40+ hours during the week and the owner doesn't want to work weekends.

I mean, maybe hire another person or two? Cause what are you planning on doing when I leave at the end of February? Thankfully, they placed a Craig's List ad about part-time weekend and evening shifts and got a great response. Interviews are on Wednesday and I'm hoping that I won't have to work every weekend in February.

In fact, I know I will not be working every weekend. I plan on asking off (as of tomorrow when I have solid plans and reservations!) for the weekend after Valentine's Day. Tom and I have our six month anniversary two days before V-day and that weekend is a three day weekend thanks to President's Day on Monday. So, I'm asking off Friday-Monday and he's going to take a half day Friday. We're going to rent a cabin in the Shenandoah Valley and spend a little weekend out in the mountains. So excited! I'll only be a month or so into school, so it won't be too intense yet and with a month's notice I'd better be able to get the weekend off. We'd be back Sunday night, but I just don't want to do anything on Monday. Lazy, I know, but the first half of the semester is gonna be a little intense as far as my schedule goes.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I have class; Tuesday is a day class, but Monday and Wednesday are night classes. Then, Thursday and Friday I work 12-8 out here and probably 10-4 one day each weekend. That pretty much leaves me with Tuesday night and one weekend day to myself each month to hang out with people. Nuts. Whatever, I'll make it work but maybe not it makes a little more sense as to why I don't really relish in the idea of having to work on a Monday when I have school off.

All right, time to put in a few minutes more work before I head out for the evening. Tom and I are making lasagna, I'm pretty pumped.
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January 2nd, 2008

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Subject:More work
Time:08:37 pm


Even though I really didn't get out of my PJs today, there was much productivity! The rest of the night is devoted to: my paper journal, reading The Economist and reading my fun book. Tomorrow ushers in my return to my part time job. Nothing strenuous, just brings me home later than I'd like. It'll be fun to catch up with Lal and Elizabeth after winter break and to see if they've had any luck hiring new folks (which means I might have a full weekend off once in a while).

My mind is buzzing with things to do -- I blame the start of the new year and the new semester coming up. I've ordered the books for my policy econ class. Perhaps early next week I'll pop onto campus and see how many more of my books I can afford to buy/am able to carry home. And, as soon as my loans come through for this semester, I can evaluate my financial situation and figure out how much (if any) money I need to take out in personal loans to make it through the summer until my next set of loans comes through in September. (Not thinking about this until I have to...)

Delightful Christmas in Georgia with the family and time with many friends. Sadly, I didn't get to see nearly as many people as I wanted to. Anyone reading this -- if you're interested in a trip to DC, I'd love to see you.  For the first time, my Christmas list was fully functional. And bless my family, they came through. I have a wonderful new bathrobe (that absorbs water, unlike my previous one), snow boots, a new pair of running shoes, dress socks, a new camera, giftcards for restaurants, giftcards for books, a new printer and a few other things. I couldn't believe how amazing it was to not have to spend money and to have things I need. Perhaps I've finally figured out what it is to be grateful?

More big plans as the semester approaches. I refuse to fall behind this semester. My schedule (between work and school) is rather hectic and I won't have as much time to play catch up. I also need to make sure I keep my  GPA up once again so I can pass my fellowship deadlines and keep the scholarship money coming.

I apologize for the mundane and boring post, it's just stuff pacing around in my head.
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January 1st, 2008

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Subject:101 Things Progress Post
Time:06:30 pm
Completed: 2 Goals
In Progress: 18 Goals
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December 28th, 2007

Subject:101 in 1001; Anna's Introduction
Time:12:17 am
Current Mood:[mood icon] accomplished
Name: Anna
Age: 22 - 25
Location: Arlington, VA

What changes do you hope to see in yourself, or your lifestyle, at the end of your 1001 days?
If everything goes according to plan, I'll be healthier, more "grown-up," and living a more balanced life.

Which three items on your list will be most challenging to achieve?
Number 11 -- Every time I visit the dentist they tell me to floss more. I just forget or don't want to, but it's a change I need to make.
Number 43 -- Something I've wanted to do forever. I just need to make the time for it.
Number 55 -- Grad school is costing me quite a bit of money. Just thinking about paying it off makes me a little weak in the knees. But, I can't wait to start because the sooner I do, the sooner it's in the past.

Do you have skills, expertise or knowledge that might help other members to achieve their goals? What are they?
I love words, so I can edit fairly well (both academic and creative). I also love to give (and get) support.




Anyone interested in joining me? Check out the community -- it's really cool!

 Cross-posted to: [info]jan1_2008





 
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October 6th, 2007

Current Music:just watch the fireworks // jimmy eat world
Subject:here, you can be anything.
Time:12:48 am
Current Mood:[mood icon] loved
i've realized something lately. i'm so used to taking care of myself that it's entirely surprising (and utterly wonderful) that there's someone else that wants to take care of me too. and it's beyond words.

additionally, i now have someone to take care of too. it's really nice to have someone to plan nice things for again. and to have someone to worry about.

in other news, night out with the old boss and some of the staff from the hill. i maybe had a few too many margaritas. whoops!

tomorrow will be excellent: some productivity in the morning, football all afternoon and a birthday party for one of my classmates at hawk and dove (a pretty sweet hill bar, even if it is swarming with military boys).

five days! (i guess it's four now since it's after midnight...)
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October 4th, 2007

Current Location:Work
Subject:just biding my time
Time:02:09 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] bouncy
There's a woman I work with, thankfully she works out of her place in Minnesota and I don't actually have to deal with her, that's making me CRAZY.

She doesn't seem to understand the simplest things I email her (even when they're explained explicitly) and she questions everything I do. I kinda want to start answering "cause Tim (my boss) said so." *growl*

I'm officially free of the old leaky apartment. I've been in my new place for about two weeks. I finally finished unpacking/setting up a few nights ago. Now I just need some stuff for my walls and maybe a little dinner table. We'll see how that works out.

Tom is moving up in six (six!!!) days. His apartment has bay windows -- this excites me. :D I also really cannot wait to have him up here and around more often. I think it'll be a very nice change in the life of Anna. As I've learned in the past, distance relationships and I don't mix. I'll gladly handle the next six days though. It's going to be excellent, I'm not sure if I even have words for it.

Apparently a horde of UGA folks are making plans to come out and visit and I've talked to Sydney Bay about bringing some tip kids up sometime soon. I am lucky that I have so many people to love in my life. <3

I suppose I should probably get back to work since that's what I'm here for and what I'm getting paid (no matter how pitifully) to do.
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August 31st, 2007

Subject:oh really?
Time:10:00 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] discontent
so, in talking with my mother tonight, apparently she's putting everything in my old room at home in garbage bags.

back story: at the beginning of the summer she told me that before i moved out i needed to clean out my room because she was probably going to start using it as an office. when i came home from tip she told me it was less likely that she was going to work from home, but she still wanted it cleaned out.

i probably didn't do as much as i should have, but i definitely cleaned it out. i boxed up books i didn't want, i filled at least half a dozen bags with clothes for give away. all the stuffed animals i'd sentimentally held on to since childhood -- either put on a shelf in the closet or put in a giveaway bag to be loved by another child.

what i left: three drawers of clothes i wanted to keep; a drawer filled with cards, notes and other little sentimental things; a few shelves of books, journals and creative writing portfolios.

she and i had a conversation the night before i left which started when she walked into my room and commented that i still had a lot of clothes in the room. i told her that i didn't know i was supposed to remove ALL traces of my life from the room -- otherwise i would have gotten a storage unit or something. i also said that i had gotten rid of everything i didn't want and that what was left in the room i wanted to keep.

apparently that doesn't mean very much. she told me that she had gone through "all the clothes i left in the drawers" (yeah, all three of them out of what, nine or ten?) and tossed all the "ratty ones" -- i suppose it never dawned on her that those were sorority pass downs or shirts i kept from when i was a kid or STILL AROUND FOR SOME REASON. she also started throwing out all the cards and notes and such that i've saved since the end of time.

i guess there was a miscommunication. she thought she told me to clear all my stuff out of the room. i thought i was supposed to pack what i wanted to take to dc, trash what i didn't need/want anymore and leave the rest in a far reduced capacity. so, what i left behind she took as fair game to trash.

yes, i'll admit i could have done a little more in "cleaning" the room (no, i didn't dust and no i didn't vacuum) but i had NO CLUE that she'd be throwing away the things i saved because i have a sentimental attachment to.

i miss the people in atlanta, but i almost don't want to go home for christmas. i'll have to sleep in the "guest" bedroom. if i want access to any of the clothes i left there, i'll have to dig through boxes in the basement (because that's where it is now). and i'll have to figure out what exactly she tossed. i guess i feel like someone, without permission, purged my childhood.
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August 27th, 2007

Current Music:daddy yankee
Subject:ups and downs
Time:11:13 pm
Current Mood:[mood icon] determined
what sucks: a leak
what sucks even more: when your apartment complex does not list an emergency maintenance number.
looking on the bright side: at least said leak is over the tub.
more on the bright side of things: at least it's not a real emergency like a pipe bursting or anything.
those suckers better believe i'll be waiting outside the leasing office tomorrow morning -- they'll fix this AND give me an emergency number where i can reach someone if this (or something else) happens again.

RAWR.

in other news: ten hour work day today. yay money, but boo my feet. they feel bruised. the excellent side of that is that they redid the schedule and i don't work again until saturday. fantastic. so, i take care of business tomorrow (leak, groceries, cleaning), orient on weds and thurs, find my office on friday, work and watch football on saturday and then tom gets here on sunday. :D

proud note: classes haven't started, but i've actually been doing the "suggested reading" for my stat class. (he sent us an email with something about "if you need any beach reading, check out:...." which happens to be the assignments for the first week.) here we go grad school?
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