Last year I wrote my 2009 goals list and recently updated that list to reflect upon what I did and didn’t do in 2009. I hope to continue this annual tradition and invite others to do the same.
- Pay for and apply to get my Canadian Passport (I haven’t been outside of Canada in 16 years)
- Offer art lessons online
- Paint a lively mural on the bland white washed wooden garage located in the backyard in the summer time and research alternative energy sources (wind turbine, solar energy) and turn lively painted garage into a year round greenhouse
- Build a fence and gate around the backyard
- Pot, haul soil and plant a vegetable, herb and edible flower garden in the backyard and mulch 100 feet by 4 feet of lilac bushes surrounding this property
- Colourize 10 ink drawings in Adobe Photoshop
- Paint one of a kind usable art objects i.e trunks, ornaments, boxes, knobs…
- Record two video’s per month and post them to both Youtube and this Blog
- Integrate Lijit Search, Discus Comments and Facebook Connect into this blog making it easier for you and me to share opinions and find the things or posts you like
- Upgrade Thesis theme to the latest version and learn to or pay a designer to customize it for me
- Barter art for clothing and other handmade goods and services
- Take care of student loan debt
- Travel somewhere alone… maybe Brazil, New York and/or Ireland
- Budget to hire an accountant or bookkeeper bi-monthly
- Do my best to have two to three rooms rented at all times
- Introduce 5 new (utilitarian) products with my art printed on them i.e. clothing mmmm yeah!
- Make a huge effort to meet people in Saint John with whom I connect with (I know you’ve got to be out there!)
- Do random acts of kindness both offline and online
- Walk away from and distance myself from those people who want to see me fail
- Argue honestly and express anger without feeling threatened
- Wait until summertime to buy rumoured 5 mega pixel iphone and/or rumoured apple tablet (to this day I have never had a cell phone and it’s just getting to the point that I need one)
- Listen to music that inspires
- Accept that Catholicism is not something I completely believe in
- Join the growing movement lobbying the City of Saint John to build grocery stores in densely populated areas of the city that are within walking distance
- And above all to learn more about you
I tag Shayla, Christopher, Lorrie, Range, Johanna, Cara, Pamela, Biffy Beans, TaraFly, Esther & Estella, Karen Faulkner, Think Bakery and Kreativlink to write your 2010 goals list and publish them to your blog. This list can be as long or as short as you want it to be. Please tag a few of your friends to do the same and link back to the person who tagged you.
Happy New Year!