Now I’ll have to make a new playlist in iTunes.
I’ve not been a huge fan of my life in the past year, so I’m trying to do more things about which to be excited or proud. Mobile is a challenge because there aren’t many ways to meet people and there aren’t many things to do. To help hold me accountable, I’m keeping a daily photo journal, so if all I do is come home from work and eat cereal while watching TV in my pjs, I’ll have to post a picture of it.
Things about which I was proud/excited this year:
- Organizing a local community center library for MLK day
- Judging an Egg-O-Naut competition at the Science Olympiad
- Organizing a book drive for our Children’s & Women’s Hospital
- Kayaking with alligators
- Taking a karate course at the university
- Atlanta trip for football victory, book festival, and Ethiopian food
- Hanging out in New Orleans on Halloween
- Eating much less meat
- Reading 83 books this year
Failures include: not traveling more (We traveled a lot in day trip range. This is mostly a being poor fail.), not keeping up with German study, not creating anything, not accomplishing any big things at work, not cooking more, and not making any friends in Mobile.
But I’d rather talk about books. My big favorites since my last post in August have been The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix (Sabriel, Lirael (a librarian!), and Abhorsen) and Fire by Kristin Cashore. I’m also looking forward to reading more of the Mistborn trilogy after reading The Final Empire.
Wishing you amazing things in 2010!
by sara
20 Jan 2010 at 17:19
Don’t be so hard on yourself about the traveling bit! Sometimes we only have enough money to do the day trip kind of things…
I love the photo journal idea;-) I’ve thought about starting a photo-a-day set on flickr;-)
And I STILL own you a visit…
by Andrea
20 Jan 2010 at 17:27
You need to wait until Spring to come visit, because I’ve done at least one thing to improve my life this year so far. I’ve turned in my notice at my boring suburban apartment complex. Right now I’ve got my eye on the bottom floor of a lovely historic home in beautiful downtown Mobile. If things work out, I’ll be living in a neighborhood with a community organic garden by mid-March.
by Pokagon Indian
01 Feb 2010 at 09:10
bohzo (hello)
I do know of this feeling of a bad year, I live in Michigan in an area that came to a near total collapse.
Megwetch (Thank You) for sharing your blog.
.-= Pokagon Indian´s last blog ..Geneva History Center =-.