For New Years 2008/2009 I made 10 resolutions. I thought that I would revisit these resolutions and see how I did.
1. Finish Graduate School. X
2. Find a post-graduation job that will pay me for art therapy
3. Propose a research study to a national conference or journal X
4. Don't be so stressed X
5. Be physically active 3 days a week
6. Make time for art X
7. Stay publicly and politically active
8. Knit for a charity
9. Travel X
10. Have more fun
I did finish my M.S. degree in art therapy and attend graduation on December 19, 2009,...
...however I am still looking for an art therapy job. I don't think that I anticipated that school and my master's project would take up so much of my time and energy. While I had to put exercises, being publicly and politically active, knitting for charity, and having fun on hold, I still got a lot done.
I wrote a proposal to try to get my master's video shown at the 2009 American Art Therapy Association Conference, however it was not accepted. I plan on proposing again in 2010 and this time it will be a lot easier writing a proposal for a finished film rather than one that isn't.
Also, this year was less stressful. I think it helped that my course load was lighter and I moved in with the boy over the summer.
And in 2009, I traveled to Lawrence, KS and Kansas City with the boy, Red River, NM and Aurora, CO (to pick up my brother) with my parents, and Dallas, TX for the 2009 AATA conference.
I wonder what this year will bring...
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Find an art therapy job
Be financially stable
Get my master’s project bound and copyright
Finish the art therapy video
Promote the crap out of finished art therapy video
Submit an article to the American Art Therapy Association Journal
Attend 2010 KATA conference
Be more physically active (at least 2-3 times a week)
Take a yoga or Tai Chi class
Make time for art
Keep up with my craft "to-do" list
Get my yarn stash down to one box
Learn how to read a sewing pattern without help
Complete all sewing projects and patterns purchased prior to 1/8/2010
Make at least one blog post a week
Get more followers on my blog
Get more comments on my blog
Finish the Sookie Stackhouse novels
Read one book a month
Travel someplace new
Take Schaeffer to New Mexico
Visit Europe
Drop a dress size (or two)
Make a new friend
Reconnect with an old friend
Visit a friend once every 3 months
Eat more veggies
Drink red wine
Study up on mixed drinks so I know what to order when I go out
Drink more teas
Start an Etsy shop
Sell arts and crafts
Show art in public
Go to a lake
Go to a baseball game
Update my scrapbook
Visit an art museum that I haven’t been to
Re-visit an art museum that I have been to
Go to a concert
See a play/ musical
Learn to play tennis
Move out of Wichita
Do something extra special for my parent’s 60th birthdays (2010 and 2011)
Plan something extra special for my 30th birthday (2013)
Find a good excuse to be wayyyy to busy to attend my 10year high school reunion (or be wayyy fabulous if I do attend)
Attempt to cook a meal from scratch
Go on a picnic
Hang out at the park when the weather is warm
Go to the KC Zoo
Make a Christmas newsletter
Make something unique for everyone for Christmas
Remember family birthdays (mostly, help Schaeffer remember his family’s birthdays)
Spend time with family
Spend less, save more
Spend more time at thrift stores than at retail stores
Knit for a charity
Hang out at Yarn. in Hutchinson (I love that place)
Spend a day on Main St. in Newton (fun little shops)
Hang out on Mass. Street in Lawrence
Regularly clean out my closet and get rid of clothes I don’t/ can’t wear
Re-purpose at least 1 clothing item into something new
Write more letters
Participate in a craft swap on Craftster.org
Participate in 3 Art House Gallery Co-op shows every year
Save up to buy a new computer/ laptop
Get a Wichita library card
Donate old books to a library
Take a glassblowing class
Convert my VHS movie collection to DVDs
Keep up with my KEXP and This American Life podcast
Finally get an iPod
Delete my MySpace account
Wear more accessories
Set up an official art/craft/work space in our home
Start a collection of fun socks
Volunteer somewhere
Buy a gift for a kid in need at Christmas
Visit Melissa in Texas
Go out with Schaeffer once every 2 weeks
Have a guest over once every 2 weeks
Save money for a tropical vacation
Run a mile without complaining
Go to a movie on opening night dressed up like a character in the film
Go bowling
Get an Nintendo Wii
Take the Buy Handmade Pledge
Stay up to date with the fashion trends
Work on developing my own, personal style
Maintain my German language skills
Learn a new language (My Language Coach on DS anyone?)
Take my vitamins
Floss
Knit something out of old plastic bags
Decide if I am ready to settle down or not
Get a pet kitty
Keep up with Fabulous Finds Under $50s style inspiration calendar in 2010
Invest in more fashion basics (t-shirts, jeans, blazers, trousers, etc.)
Travel somewhere by train
Keep resume up to date
Take Schaeffer to St. Louis.
Learn to embroider