- complete a Bible reading plan. I'm not as consistent as I want to be, but She Reads Truth has been amazing for me.
- use the crock pot once a week for a month.
- bake something once a month. (
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12) be able to have basic conversations in French — find a partner.Thanks, DuoLingo!take a Spanish class before the DR trip.Thanks again, DuoLingo!declutter the apartment again — leave nothing in our to-Craigslist pile.I accomplish this every year, but every January, I put it on my list again, because things pile up. Maybe Marie Kondo's advice will help it stick in 2015.- make Grandma’s cinnamon rolls. I still have a sense of accomplishment because I learned spritz in 2014.
- make Grandma's potato sausage.
- clean out my email inbox, and keep it streamlined (don't let emails languish). Thanks to a new inbox system learned from Sara and the new Inbox by Gmail, I feel thisclose to accomplishing this goal!
talk to an ELP about our plan for buying a home.- call/e-mail a long-distance friend each month. (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)
- video chat/call family twice a month. (
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12) - go on a creative date with Ian each month. (
12 3 45 6 78 9 1011 12) - write for “Riding with Charlie” once a month. (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)
1.08.2015
concrete aspirations 2014 in summary
While I didn't knock out everything on my list, I feel I did pretty well considering I didn't even look at the list every month. It sounds like a cop out, but I still remember Christina Rosalie's words about making these sorts of lists... if you tuck it away, when you find it again you'd be surprised at how many of them happened.