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POLL: Goals for 2010/Accomplishments in 2009
I got this from the DC board :-)
Since 2010 is just around the corner, I thought this poll is fitting :-).
List down your goals for 2010 and major accomplishments from 2009 (you can list as much as you like).
Goals for 2010
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Yays for 2009
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Re: POLL: Goals for 2010/Accomplishments in 2009
Heh, this is always hard for me...I have the worst time thinking of goals that don't sound dorky lol.
Goals for 2010
1. Do a little decorating (OK, mostly the nursery...does that count as a goal?)
2. Survive the first 6 months with twins.
3. Start up again with my master's degree late next year after a 6 month leave of absence.
Yays for 2009
1. I started grad school - woohoo!
2. We bought a house - also woohoo!
3. And I know it's obvious, but I'm gonna go with twins - OMFG woohoo!
Goals for 2010
1. Get back in shape - maybe run a 1/2 marathon.
2. Take a photography workshop and better my skills.
3. Not work full time.
Yays for 2009
1. Got PG!
2. Travel, travel, travel! (Japan was the BEST. TRIP. EVER.)
3. Got my new camera and lenses.
Goals for 2010
1. Build my clientele
2. Get in better shape
3. Learn to manage money better
Yays for 2009
1. Went down 5% body fat
2. Changed careers
3. Walked 39.3 miles....and signed up to do it again!
Goals for 2010
1. Make more $$
2. Travel (possibly for a friend's wedding)
3. TTC bebe #2?! Not sure about this one. . .
Yays for 2009
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1. Got my M.A. in May
2. Had Brooke in May (biggest YAY in my life thus far
3. Vance became a journeyman! (Okay, so not an accomplishment for me, per se, but he's a part of my life)
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Goals for 2010
1. Continue plugging away at my degree - decide what I want to do with my career (have some tough choices to make)
2. Run in another half marathon (at least) and compete in the CrossFit Challenge again (hopefully doing MUCH better than last time)
3. Get as much experience as possible - job wise - and hopefully land a deployment I'm interested in or one that will provide me with not only good job experience but a good experience overall.
Yays for 2009
1. Got married! And MH and I finally live in the same place!
2. Started a new career - and love it!
3. Continued my education despite all the craziness and changes
All of my goals are baby-related....I hope that's not bad!
Goals for 2010
1. Survive going to back to work after baby. I'm already planning for this, trying to get my lesson plans on their vest shape ever for a sub while I'm gone and organizing thing to make a transition back easy for me.
2. Get in some semblance of shape after baby. I'm a little worried about this, as most of the women in my family never lose their baby weight, but it'll all be worth it! We're getting an elliptical machine soon, so I hope that'll help.
3. Maintain a healthy relationship with MH through all the baby-madness. This is a goal he and I have discussed a lot. We've seen a lot of people around us have their marriage fall apart a little after baby. While we know our new LO will change things, we want to maintain a healthy marriage through those changes, and not lose sight of each other.
Yays for 2009
1. We got married!!!
2. We're expecting!!!
3. I got tenure at my job!!!
2. Travel (possibly for a friend's wedding)
3. TTC baby # 2, this would be after Bella's at least 9 months old but more like a year old4. get back in shape before TTC #2, I'd like to tone up before I wreck my body again
1. Had Bella Kailani!!
2. Moved across the ocean to the midwest and bought a house
3. Ryan started his own company and it's doing pretty well 4. My mom survived cancer!
Goals for 2010
1. To be a good mother and find balance when I have to go back to work full-time.
2. To buy a home.
3. To get in shape (I want to lose about 80 lbs. beginning in 2010...I am sure it will take at least a year to do)
Yays for 2009
1. Got KU!
2. Got to travel...a lot! Yay for racking up the miles.
3. My mom moved to Tulsa. Here's hoping she stays.
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Goals For 2010
To be nore positive about my job-even though it is less than ideal I feel super blessed to have a job
Focus on using all the free social media networking sites to do a big marketing push for my husband's business
Finish our attic project, get the house termited and try to be better about getting work done on the house
Surf bigger waves with more confidence
Try to pay off as much debt as possible and be better with my money
2009
Wish I could say that there were yays for 2009 but frankly I am finally happy to say out with the old and in with the new
Yays- my health
my husband
an income
my wonderful friends and community that i live in
Goals for 2010
Go back to school
Start new career
Work on my credit score
Killer Abs
Become zen master with my soon to be 10 year old
Buy new car
Yays for 2009
Kept my job in a scary economy
Hubb and I paid for the wedding with out charging a thing!
Married a wonderful Man
Got my whole family to take vaction to Hawaii.
I was in the best shape I have ever been in my life. I wore a bikini for the first time in uhh forever.
This is a really good one! We have such an awesome relationship right now (lol sorry if that's all MeMeMe! but we really do) that in some ways I'm nervous about introducing babies into the mix. Not that I think it will necessarily ruin our relationship, but I know we're probably going to have to put more effort into each other than we ever have (since things have come fairly effortlessly for us for the last 4 years). I know things will change because that's just the way it is, but I'm really determined to keep the healthy relationship that we have.
Goals for 2010
1. Get KU!!! (crossing fingers we won't have any problems in TTC) :-)
2. Plan meals and cook at home more
3. Refinance my rental condo
4.Travel to Asia or Europe ( if I don't get KU by spring)
5. Stop being "selfish" and save up more for future LO (this coming year is all about preparation for the LO)
Accomplishments in 2009
1. Got back on track with my work outs. I'm 5 lbs away from my wedding weight :-).
2. Finished unpacking all our stuff since we moved to our new house a year ago.
3. Did tons of house projects at home
4. Didn't lose my job! (company laid off over 100 people in my office)
This is true for us too. We're going on 9 years together in 2010 and 3 as husband and wife. But it's just been the two of us (and our furbabies) forever so I know now that we're having a kiddo we'll have to be even more dilligent about carving out time for ourselves as individuals and for ourselves as a couple. Thankfully we both agree that our marriage has to come first...I think many new parents but the kids first and the marriage tanks. We know that in order to be the best parents we can be for our kids we need to be a happy couple. And we want to be a happy couple long after we've raised our kids and they are adults having a life of their own. So this is a major priority for us this year too...it's easy to get wrapped up in the day-to-day chores and what-not.
I was hoping we'd have a little getaway before Libby arrives, but I don't think it's in the cards. That said, we will make it a priority to at least steal away for a night or two once she's older (maybe for our anniversary next Sept.)...
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This is super important!! There's a much different mix in our relationship now and we're both getting used to it. It's a great thing and we've both embraced the changes that parenthood has brought. DH has been AWESOME with helping cook/clean/laundry and bring me water/snacks while I'm nursing. He's also helped me a great deal in realizing that I need to find a bit more balance with motherhood/working fulltime/staying fit and active/etc and he's willing to do whatever he can to make that happen.
Parenthood has changed our relationship for the better for sure! We're meeting new challenges and we're talking openly about our feelings about everything with this new addition. It's a fun twist as long as you embrace it. I think babywearing has helped too. I was able to help him rake leaves because I had her in the moby.We clean the house while I wear her. I was able to help decorate the christmas tree because she was in the babyhawk... you get the idea.
We've done a couple of "dates" since she's been born, two to yoga together and one to a massage together. It was really nice but we both agreed that while it was good to have "us" time, she's part of us now and we really missed her even though we were only gone for 3 hours!
Funny how things change!