While some of these goals I'm writing up here are not weightloss oriented, they all tie in to me becoming the person I want to be. I have a two year plan in mind and each goal will be broken down to reflect some timeline and sub-goals that I have. Each goal relates to a different area of my life that I constantly am working on and have not yet completed.
Education
I want to finish my bachelors degree in two years. I just did the math and this looks like it is completely do-able.
I have 35 credits left to complete, so to break it down:
Semester 1: Fall 2011 12 Credits (3 English 9 Human Services)
Semester 2: Spring 2012 12 Credits (12 Human Services)
Semester 3: Fall 2012 13 Credits (4 Human Anatomy, 3 Psych Stats, 6 Human Services)
Semester 4: Spring 2013 12 Credits (12 Human Services)
I want to meet up with my advisor to see if this will work at a two year plan. Semesters 2 and 3 may need a little tweaking and I need to double check that I can attend both online and in person for one semester because Human Anatomy must be taken in person. Unfortunate, but oh well.
Career
After I graduate, I'm hoping my experience at ThedaCare and at Agape as well as the internship I have to complete will open the door to a slightly more lucrative career. I'm not looking to be rich but 35,000 to 45,000 would be preferable, without the overtime I currently work to make about 32,000 a year between two jobs. I'm still not positive of what I want to do, and I may find that when I graduate I will need to either continue on and get my Masters Degree, or do some Tech College. I anticipate either moving up in Agape (not hugely likely) or taking on more skilled work with ThedaCare in their business offices here in Appleton. I have a bit of an interest in IT so I may look towards that, but I also could see myself doing other things.
However, part of me doesn't want to stay in healthcare. I just am not completely sure what else is out there with the type of background I have.
Weightloss and Fitness
I've written this so many times, in so many journals. It hurts sometimes to look back at them. But here it is again.
I want to get down to around 163lbs. This is below my High School weight and hopefully allow me to keep some curves. The big question has always been, "How will I get there?" I'm still figuring that out. I can say that I'm following my diet much more closely the last week and it hasn't been as difficult as it has been in the past. I'm down about 3 lbs from my high weight of this month of 222. I've drastically increased my exercise, and don't plan on stopping. I've gone swimming 3 times in the last 3 days and greatly enjoyed it. Day 2 I was very sore but day 3 I felt pretty damn good. I also have an app on my phone to work on strength and help me tone up. I skipped that workout yesterday due to extreme soreness, but I will start again today and hopefully make it to the gym again. If not, I have an elliptical and places to walk to for exercise. I'm taking the approach at this point of "every little bit counts" and I'm doing my best to stay at the calorie limits that my phone app makes for me. I've been doing well, but its a slow process and if I get myself off track it can set me behind for a very long time with how slow the process is. So, heres the plan to cover that:
Every week on my weigh in I will make a video that will go on youtube and I will highlight in that video where I'm losing steam and I will engage my audience to answer some questions. Specifically, I will talk about how my workouts are going, or not going, and I will talk about how my eating is going and not going and they will critique me. I know that some of my followers will comment and I think this will be tremedously helpful at keeping me on track.
I just hope Ryan continues to help by going to the gym with me.
Personal
My last goal is very personal. So pretend in a small voice that I say this: I hope that in two years, my partner will know what he wants from this and I will either have a firm commitment from him (cough, cough) or I will make the choice to leave and find what I really want. This one depends a lot on the two of us, not just me, so who knows how this one will go. But I'm excited about the prospect.
My last goal has a small amounnt to do with the "personal" goal. I'd like to work on the house my partner just bought. Put in new floors, set up some shelving in the Living Room. Get a new bedroom set. Set up our exercise room. It's a lot. The next two years are going to be NUTS! I'm excited about them though.
But for now, here's to the summer (an active one) and a vacation from thinking about some of these things (other than weightloss and personal, haha!)
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