FINANCIAL

• Put tax refund in savings
• Once loans paid off against retirement, put minimum $75 in savings a month (I should be able to put away $150 if not a lot more)(loans will be done by September 15th)
• Spend less

HEALTH

• Remember to take meds every day, especially thyroid
• Get off cholesterol and blood pressure meds
• Workout a minimum 3 times a week, preferably 5 times
• Run a 5k all the way through
• Work more on swimming
• Stop making excuses
• Lose weight, but I want to focus on eating healthy and exercise, the numbers should follow
• Work on being less stressed and more positive
• Become more flexible (physically)
• Work on becoming stronger overall, but especially improve upper body strength
• Work on having more energy
• Do monkey bars
• If I can find a pair of old fashion roller skates (not inlines) that fit and don’t break the bank, learn to roller skate
• Take swim lessons to get better at it
• Drink 8 glasses of water a day
• Fit into that cute dress I bought

CRAFTS/CREATIVE

• Finish all knitting/crochet projects
• Don’t do anymore knitting/crochet projects for other people (sorry, no time anymore)
• Only knit/crochet/spin/craft when I want, when I have time, only to relax and enjoy the craft
• Make a video once a week/month (schedule doen’t always allow being super strict)
• Learn video editing
• Learn to sew
• Make packaging for newest Christmas CD
• Learn to juggle
• Make paper mache antlers

COOKING

• Cook live lobster
• Enter a cooking contest
• Explore paleo and low GI eating and recipes, see what feels right
• Really explore healthy recipes/cookbooks
• Still want a Jamie Oliver cookbook
• Plan meals
• Learn Thai/southeast asian cooking
• Get together with John and cook using the tagine he gave me
• Get some tagine cook books
• Take cooking classes
• Shop the farmers market every week during the summer
• Plan one veggie centered meal a week

MUSIC

• Learn a new instrument, at least the fondations
• Perhaps the mandolin or the violin if I could get my hands on a cheap one (violin, already have a mandolin)
• Write some experimental music

KNOWLEDGE

• Study stars in the sky
• Go to every UWM planetarium show
• Go to the IMAX Planetarium stuff more often
• Learn more about trees
• Take an art class

BUY

• Keep this category at a minimum
• Season 2 DVD set of Carnivale (since I didn’t get it in 2011)

VISIT

• Go to more music programs at UW-Milwaukee
• Ride a Ferris Wheel (because I love them)
• Go on the Dennis Sullivan again (budget permitting, financial goals take priority)
• Go to zoo by myself one time
• Visit Sparrow Collective Gallery(can’t believe I haven’t done this).
• Go visit someplace outside of Milwaukee that isn’t Chicago or Madison (or camping trip)

OTHER

• Write an article that gets published other than my workplace newsletter
• Enter a National Geogrphic contest
• Write a handwritten letter
• Hang up all my art work
• Make use of my Netflix membership
• Do something a little scary - Snow tubing on January 1st-done
• Send surprise packages to friends
• Plant a ton of tomatoes in my garden plot and maybe some other things around the edge of the garden.