Okay so everyone who knows me knows that I am all about setting goals. It's the Guidance Counselor in me and years of SEOP (Student Education Occupation Plans) meetings that make it so I can't help but have a goal setting addiction. I am constantly setting goals and striving after them and they are more than just a list of things that I want to complete or do. All my goals come from deep within and then have a story behind them. In college I had this great friend Kellie who went and entire year without eating sugar and candy. I was amazed cause I spent a lot of time with her (dance, sorority) and she stuck with it. I on the other hand was booking it to the candy shop daily for my dose of sugar for lunch. I recognized after a year of watching her eat healthy and myself inhaling the junk that I need to change things up. I set a goal not to eat sugar for nine months (it just ended up being 9 months). Shortly after that I recognized that I hated to run with a passion and there had to something about it that would bring enjoyment. That led me to set a goal of running a marathon and get past hating it. Well it did just exactly that and pushed me to loving it. Now 4 marathons later and a ton more goals I came to a new crossroad. This goal came out of a shopping spree that did not enjoy it to the extent I thought I should have. I remember as a teenage loving to shop and looking forward to the day I could go to the mall. I lived 3 hours away from a mall so it was not a daily, weekly or even monthly event. I went shopping about 3 times a year. Now I live in an area where I can be at the mall or Target in 10 minutes if I want. I decided that I was going to avoid buying for myself till January 1st when I hit the huge Dillard's sale. I figured by that point I will be so tired of my clothes and excited to shop I will truly enjoy it. I set this goal back in August and so far it's been for the most part easy. I also am excited that I sought after that excitement and I am bringing it back to life. I must admit it has been a lot easier than I expected. I believe the easy aspect of it and reading Bethany Madison's blog about all her travels lead my mind down the path of setting another goal for myself. At this point I am setting a new goal to travel some place new yearly and not just repeating the same vacations. I am a creature of habit and if I go on a trip and love it then I want to go there again, again, and again. Sorry Vegas I love ya but it's time to switch things up a bit. I want to travel to one city or place a year that I have never been before and document it. It's the future experience that I long for that leads me to this goal. I don't want to just travel to have a holiday or vacation. I want to know what is out there in this country so when I am an old great grandma I can sit around the fire, sipping hot coco, telling my darling great grandchild about my traveling adventures. That way they will have a memory of me when they also visit and travel around this country. Now I am not going crazy and traveling all around the world, I am fine with staying in the country at this point. I have had a great example of someone doing such thing. My I have a future goal that will lead me into the international traveling when it comes to past. Oh I could go on and on but at this time this is all I wish to share. My goals would take way to long to post all at once.
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