New Year, New Goals

I hate the thought of new years "resolutions." I feel like you are tied down to the resolution, and if you don't follow through with them, you fail. No one wants to feel like a failure. So, for the last two years, I have set "goals" for myself. Last year the only one I didn't accomplish was getting my passport ...which I better get on if I want to head to Italy this summer. 

Anyway, after seeing me jot down things in about six different notebooks around the house, Charlie got me a journal last year for my birthday. I don't write in it often (probably as much as I get around to blogging), but when I do, I love it. Writing has always been such a stress-reliver and an escape for me. One of my goals for last year was to write more...so the day after Christmas, I sat down on the beach and started to write. I came up with a list of my "2014 Goals, Aspirations, & Ideas". When I write things down and have a checklist, I feel like more gets accomplished. Here's what I came up with ...

*Eat healthy/eat "cleaner"

*Passport!!!!

*Do more yoga

*Make a new real friend (that's hard to find in LA ...lots of fake people!)

*Travel as much as work/funds allow

*Run a minimum of 2x/week

*Run more 5ks

*Sit & appreciate the beach more 

*Wake up earlier

*Find a new hobby or side job (that doesn't interfere with my current job)

*Strengthen relationship with Charlie (We're in a great place, but every bond could always be stronger, right?!)

*Stress less!!!!!

*Have more patience

*Buy a good camera

*Try Indian food

*Visit more restaurants on my "list" (a list of places I want to try in & around LA)

*See a Giants game in San Francisco

*Visit the Pacific Northwest

*Learn Italian 

*Make an impact on someone else's life

*Visit my family in San Jose

*Send "just because" cards

*Shoot a gun

*Visit Julia Pfeiffer State Park

*Camp more often

*Do something BIG 

So, there it is. 

What's on YOUR list for the new year?