Just a minute in December

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Reading Truly, I've not read this month... it's been dreadful!

Listening my songs of the moment definitely seem to be "Nothing Else Matters" - Apocalyptica (covering Metallica), and "The Last Day on Earth" - Kate Miller-Heidke. Also completely addicted to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance".

Loving the fact that I'm going away this weekend for a while, and I'll get to see the new year in with those who I love. I'm also loving the new dress I bought yesterday!

Promising to have the house clean and ready before Christmas Day - and then to have a fantastic 2010.

Drinking a lot of water now that the weather is warming up, and starting the day with a Jasmine Green tea, of course.

So now an explanation is due

So, I get the feeling some of you are scratching your heads right now and asking yourselves "Am I going insane, or did she just say that she was setting herself 200 goals?". My friend Nick replied to my tweet about my new post with: "Goal 200: Stop spreading yourself too thin and focus on 2-3 things you absolutely love ;)" so I now feel the need to explain the method in my madness. It's not that much of a big deal really - but here is a little something about me you should probably know, in case you hadn't already figured it out:

I'm lazy and lack direction.

200 Goals for 10 Years

Somewhere out there, there is a meme for 100 goals in 3 years - some of my goals are so enormous though, that I decided to forget the tradition of the meme, and set my own list of ridiculous goals with a ridiculous timeline to fulfill them in. I hope you'll all cheer for me, and remind me of this article by Ashley Lebedev about how to beat creative block when I get stuck and stumble.

As you may be able to tell, there are still plenty of goals for me to come up with - if you have any suggestions, please let me know. I figure though, that as the years roll by, I will probably have new ideas and goals that I will want to set myself anyway. To start with though, I do at least have over 100 goals - it's a nice feeling. Achieving them will make me feel like I'm being productive!

I'll strike them out as I achieve them starting from the 1st of January 2010, and I'll add more as I think of them! ^-^

"Set Your Goals High Enough To Inspire You And Low Enough To Encourage You." -Author Unknown

EDIT:
You know, I've had people tell me before that I'm crazy for always setting myself insane goals. Usually I just laugh. Never before today, have I ever had anyone tell me not to do it. I've in part explained in this post here, why it is that I do these things. I personally don't feel that I should have to explain any further than that, but I'm still being discouraged. I know the person doesn't mean ill by it, but it's frustrating. There are still other reasons I do this, but a big one is that this is one of the things that helps me keep my depression and anxiety at bay: writing lists - organising my mind and what it is that I want in life. I'm someone who is timeless, so I need time frames for these lists. So this is just another one of my projects to keep my mind busy - discouraging it doesn't help at all.

Sorry to have put this here, I hope my list makes you roll your eyes and laugh at my insanity.

xx

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." - Louisa May Alcott