My old resolutions! Yes, they are still in play:
2017 2018 has got to be the year! So I will make resolutions and try to keep them.
Put my degrees to work and/or find a better paying job.
–It isn’t about prestige for me, it is all about the money…and a little bit about the work itself. I like to help people, I like to bring some kind of happiness to the world. First and foremost I would like to help my family, to bring them happiness. I need money to do so because Lord knows I don’t have enough energy and time. So I would like to find a better paying job and maybe, finally put my degrees to use.
I did not put my degrees to work in 2017 but I did find a better job. Of course I am still looking for an even better job. I’ll keep at it. 🙂
Eat better
–I need to lose weight. Tired of being fat (obese) and out of shape. I want to be more energized above all though!! I would like to look better too.
I did not eat better, not really. I have been eating less. I have lost weight! 20 pounds over the year. I am 20 pound lighter! Yay!
I have to get me and my husband eating better.
Exercise regularly
–See Above. I don’t want to be that fat old person that can’t move. My knees and hips are creaking. I don’t like it. I want to be able to move so I can do all the activities my heart desires. Plus, i have high blood pressure and I think I might be on my way to becoming a diabetic. Don’t want that!! NO! And my husband needs to exercise and eat better so he doesn’t have any more blocked arteries…or so we can slow the blockages. That is a real fear…so I have to get us on track with diet and exercise.
This I did not do. I really need to concentrate on this. Perhaps it will be easier now that I am a little lighter.
Write more
–I resolve this every year and every year I am so damn lazy. I do want to write.I love studying writing. I want to get on with it. I have a diary I started in junior high (a gift from my mother), I’d like to finish that. It is less than 80 small pages. So I’d like to finish that and write much more.
I did write more. I went back to school so of course I wrote more. I didn’t write what I really wanted though, I want to do more creative stuff. Need to work on this.
For 2018:
Finish my Master’s degree–I am so close. I just need to do it.
Take the CNA test–took the class so this is another thing I need to finish. This will help me get a better job. 🙂
Finish TESOL certification–something I started in 2017 and it is within my reach to finish it in 2018. Then I can travel the world and make money, lol… Maybe. A friend in Japan says that with my Master’s degree and my TESOL certification I could teach at a university there. If I could but leave my husband and my cat.
Look into getting a degree in nursing or get started on the prerequisites–I want to do this because that’s where the good paying jobs are at and I could very well find a nursing job up north if nothing else.
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