Year 43, An Assessment

 the list I posted about a year ago , 43 goals for year 43.

I'm assessing myself...yeah, and instead of berating myself for not making some of the goals, they'll just get a place on my List of 44 Things

1. Start jogging again, no matter how slowly or poorly or whatever.  DID THIS! DOING THIS!
2. Make that video about the Birthday Girls (my mom's lovely, lovely friends)  STILL WANT TO 
3. Grow a lot of lavender, and harvest it, and hang it everywhere to dry until the smell of lavender reminds people of my house   HALF WAY -- Grew 3 plants. Need more.
4. log 100 hours of language learning  DROPPED THIS GOAL. FROWNIE FACE
5. Read the Bible, and then some (must-reads spiritually speaking, apocryphal books)  HALF WAY.
6. Walk my dogs regularly.i.e. be a better dog owner DROPPED THIS GOAL. BUT L WALKS THEM SOME
7.  Forgive people, like that Year of Jubilee idea (releasing people from debts) HALF WAY Intentional about several people, but failed regarding some others. 
8. Let people take pictures of me and quit lying and telling them I think it takes a piece of my soul when really I'm just self-conscious (THIS IS HARD TO EVEN WRITE. I don't know about this one.)    I JUST SMILE BIG NOW =) 
9. Dance somewhere at least once  
10. participate in that Write-A-Novel-in-a-Month thing that all my friends do.  HALF WAY BUT JOINED AN AWESOME WRITING GROUP RECENTLY
11. Make scrapbooks of all my 'nostalgia' stuff, even if it doesn't look nearly as good as the Creative Memories people.  NOPE. FAIL. 
12. Go somewhere awesome with my Mom and everyone: like Dollywood or Nashville or something.  FLA!!!
13. Get acupuncture.  JUDY!!!
14. Wear a bathing suit at the beach.  ZOMG I DID THIS. Incredible.
15. create/obtain/whatever it takes to own a treadmill desk.  STILL WANT
16. Cook food and bake food, following Catherine's example (when she's hungry, she looks up recipes and gathers ingredients and plays classy music and actually cooks good food. it's so HEALTHY, in every way.)  MORE THAN EVER NOT COUNTING WHEN I WAS A SAHM
17. Take a class.   STILL WANT TO 
18. will be a GRACEFIEND.  THIS GOAL CAN NEVER FULLY  BE ATTAINED, BUT I AM A BRIDGE AND EVEN TAUGHT THE BRIDGE CONCEPT TO ANOTHER BELIEVER THIS YEAR.
19. Write letters (I kinda started this,but I want to keep it up)  NEED TO PICK IT UP ON THIS ONE AGAIN>
20. either have one of those houses that's already reasonably clean, or quit caring that my house isn't  DID THE QUIT CARING OPTION>
21. Go to 34th street at Christmas time   MUST HAPPEN THIS YEAR
22. exercise my gift (which i believe is encouragement) intentionally, often, joyfully  A LOT, BUT THIS GOAL CAN NEVER BE FULLY ATTAINED EITHER.
23. stretch my imagination to include the idea that guys can be nice and maybe even trustworthy, but you can still be really cautious about these guys and i don't have to pretend it's likely or anything, just possible, like a science fiction story.  YESSSSSS SEE AAG2012 
24. go somewhere awesome with my sister for her birthday  MASSAGES
25. pray  YES, BUT THIS GOAL NEVER FULLY ATTAINED
26. accessorize  FASHION IS IMPROVING
27. manage my RA holistically  YES
28. finish my braces vlog  ONE MORE ENTRY! RETAINER CHECK IN A WEEK.
29. start my new vlog (jabba the hutt) DROPPED THIS GOAL
30. assume better things and act accordingly  YES, OPTIMISM MORE AND MORE
31. read daily NOT DAILY BUT MORE
32. use my commute better USE IT TO SLEEP (POLYPHASIC YO)
33. hang the rita hayworth picture up at work YES
34. hang the rita hayworth picture up in my room  YES and EVEN GAVE RITA TO A FRIEND AND REPLACED MINE
35. start wearing GLOVES as a fashion accessory (hides my hands, looks cool)  NOT YET
36. go to at least 3 art shows (scottie's was wonderful)  Scotties, Film Festival, Aleth's YES
37. start wearing more makeup, like that lady from Pittsburgh encouraged me to  EYELINER YES
38. intercede  NOT ENOUGH
39. write my dreams down NOPE FORGOT ABOUT THIS
40. remember: what i love doing, the joy of my salvation, the good things TRYING
41. my family: start some traditions and actually enjoy the holidays (i was always bad at this...common in circumstances like ours - holidays sucking - but i want to redeem this..i can feel like now that they're grown, it's too late. but it's not..)
STILL SUCK BUT RETHINKING THIS, BLOG TO COME
42. my family: legacy THINKING THIS ONE, TOO
43. love people well  DAILY NEVER-ENDING NEVER-FULLY-REACHED GOAL.