Eleven in Eleven

My friend Spice started something.  Eleven in eleven.  Eleven goals in 2011.  She has pleasantly invited some of the people in her world to join her in making goals of their own.  I have decided to give it a go.  I woke up this morning thinking about it as well as the goals I might want to place on my list.  So... here it is:

One... to get a full workout in five days a week.  That means an hour.  One single hour... only five hours in the entire week.  Weights, cardio, stretching... the whole nine yards.  When I try to lose weight I fail miserably with the eating thing.  When I exercise at this level, however, I see results.  Real results.  I have tried this before but have managed to fall out of sync with myself time and time again.  This year... no more of that.

Two... to quit smoking once and for all.  It's a nasty habit - I am well aware.  Not much has to be said about this though out of all the goals mentioned here, this very well may be the toughest to complete.  But - we'll see.

Three... to make a much larger effort of putting together outfits each day of the week.  I tend to get lazy with this one.  I tend to just let it go for work and what I wear to work trickles into every day, of course.  There is a reason for this.  A very simple one.  I do not enjoy what I do for a living and feel no desire to dress up for it.  However - if I look at this from a different angle, it is really very simple.  I do not enjoy dressing up for work but I do enjoy dressing up for me.  I enjoy wearing my hair down and I enjoy putting on makeup.  Maybe if I just see it from this different point of view, the enjoyment of it for no other reason will begin to trickle in.

Four... go back to school.  I only have a few classes left before my associates is complete.  Spanish II is signed up for and it's just time to get 'er done.  (That line is so annoying.)

Five... to stop feeling inferior to others because they have blessings that I do not.  Whether it's looks, relationships of the loving kind, a family or a job they enjoy, I feel inferior.  It's not envy exactly... I want those around me to be blessed and I am usually happy when they are.  It's just that I want to feel blessed too.  And when I'm not... which in 2010 this has felt like a barren desert... I tend to lash out and try to find faults so I can feel like others are less than perfect, just like me - because there has to be a reason why so many things refuse to go my way so often, right?  I wonder why the gifts that land on other people's doorsteps do not land on mine but maybe feeling inferior actually has something to do with this.  Maybe.  This one is going to be tough.

Six...  to finish my personal training certification and start the boot camps when the weather gets warm.  I doubt I will ever do personal training full time but I still want to give it a go, simple as that.

Seven... to meet more people who have interests similar to mine.  Whether it's reading, writing, traveling or chatting it up, I have noticed that many of the people I am friends with - whom I love dearly - just do not seem to be looking at or thinking of things the same way I do.  Which is actually perfectly fine.  Necessary, even.  However - I would enjoy getting to know others whom I can enjoy my passions with more often.  In ways that may be new and unexpected.  Not to replace but to add to.

Eight... to write at least one single spaced page every day.  And my blog does NOT count.  Many an author has lived by this simple rule and maybe I should too.  Or maybe I should at least try it.

Nine... to send my writing out to contests, magazines, publishers and agents.  While I expect plenty of rejection - in order to share my writing, the world has to at least have the opportunity to read it. 

Ten... to go on four trips (at least).  They do not all have to be a week long or even involve a plane but they do have to be somewhere away from here. 

Eleven... to work on paying off my debt (seriously, for once) and start saving again.  This one is pretty self explanatory. 

So, there you have it... eleven goals - here's to moving into 2011...