A Personal Revolution

Ah... New Years is this week and with it the usual pressure to become something better in the upcoming year. So it is a time to come up with a list of New Years Resolutions. I don't really like the idea of 'New Years Resolutions' the idea of people waiting until New Years to set goals and try to better themselves disgust me. You should be doing that all year around.



Yet here we are, four days from the New Year and I get all excited with the prospects of a new future, and form a list. I have called them multiple things to avoid the NYR following: Spring goals or My Big, Fun, Scary List.

This year I think I will call it My Personal Revolution List. There will be a list to your left, and also a tab at the top where you can see my progress on this list. I will of course be posting here on the progress.

In the previous years I have come up with large lists, that are eventually forgotten and never accomplished. Yet I was never disappointed about it because it's not about the list it is about the progress. Hence the name of this years list. However this year I have a good, obtainable and measurable list. Plus faithful friends and readers to keep me in line.

So here is the early version of the list, it will probably be fixed and changed in the upcoming month or so.



Twig's Personal Revolution

-Donate around 10% of my personal income to charity. About $100 a month
-Budget and record finances
-Save a minimum of $400 a month
-By June have $5,000 in savings
-Start creating a weekly menu and only go to the store once a week
-Purchase the Sunday paper and clip coupons
-Make old T-shirts into reusable bags and eliminate plastic bags by February
-Read at least one educational book and one entertaining book once a month
-Read Pedagogy of the Oppressed by June
-Wherever I am, begin school in the Fall
-Meditate every night
-Volunteer at least once a month
-Start participating in QYS
-Practice Spanish a minimum of three times a week (Rosetta Stone)
-Blog or write in my journal at least twice a week.
-Apply for The Stranger before Jan. 15th
-Participate in yoga classes one to twice a week
-Run/Bike two to three times a week (to work?)
-By the fall find a job that I like making a minimum of $10/hr
-Organize The SoapBus Project
-Logo for SoapBus Project
-SBP Website
-Form initial committee, all by the end of January
-Run at least two success projects by the end of February

To maintain these goals I have created monthly and weekly checklist. I would love to hear about all of your goals!

Love you all!

Twig