My final goal for 2008 (besides the obvious things I’m trying to improve about myself every day) is probably the one I’m most apprehensive about. The one I’m least convinced that I can achieve based on habits from the past.
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My first picture for A Picture A Day 2008. I know I started a day early, but I just spent some Christmas money on a new camera and wanted to try it out. In the background you can see the awesome quilt Sam got me for Christmas.

My second goal has to do with something that I pretty much spend the last four months doing - crafting.

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 I didn’t like much about being a student - the homework, stress of time management, studying only to find that most of the information isn’t actually covered on the exam, writing papers into the wee hours of the morning… none of that stuff really made me all that thrilled. One thing I’ve realized that I did enjoy, however, is the feeling of hope that came around with each new semester. Each semester felt like a chance to start anew and to accomplish something. I didn’t always reach the goals I set, but I did accomplish some and I loved the feeling of a challenge.

 

Since I (thankfully) don’t have school anymore, I’m looking to the new year as a time to set goals for myself. I don’t expect to achieve them all, but I’m hoping to. I’m only setting a few goals in hopes that having something to focus on will keep me from getting distracted on side things (another sort of resolution, since I’ve found myself to be a bit…distracted and not accomplishing much lately).  I’m hoping that making these goals public will help me feel more accountable to them. We’ll see how that works this time next year.

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