Goals

I have goals, and thus have made a list to keep track of them and remain accountable. Originally I was going to make a table so that this page wasn’t very long, but I tried it… and it could just be my lackluster HTML not-skills, but it looked dumb. Trust me.

P.S. I have typed and read the word “goal” so often lately that it just looks ridiculous to me. Go-al. Gow-all. Seriously, I keep second guessing the spelling.

2009 Goals

Weight Loss Goals

1. Break 200 (91 kg) by the summer.
2. Be around 180 (82 kg) by the start of college.
3. Lose 100 (45.5 kg) pounds by the end of the year.

Height (for reference, if it gives you any): 5′6” (167.6 cm)
Starting Weight: 245 pounds (111 kg) on December  27, 2008
Current Weight: 240 pounds (109 kg) on April 13, 2009

Long-Term Goals (almost kinda resolutions)

1. Get off my meds (anti-depressants)
   Update 4/13/09: Done. Dooooone. Finally.
2. Build stamina so that a flight of stairs doesn’t affect me
   Update 4/13/09: Working on it. I was quite sick for a few weeks and so barely moving. That certainly doesn’t help fitness.
3. Get accepted into a college
   Update 4/13/09: I’ve been accepted to all five programs I applied to!
4. Accept an offer to college
   Update 4/13/09: I accepted the offer from my top choice and even paid the deposits.
5. Get into residence (fill out the forms and whatnot)
   Update 4/13/09: I jumped on this so fast after I got the package in the mail that I had to phone them to set up my online account, because it wasn’t ready yet.
6. Start college
   Update 4/13/09: It starts September 8th.
7. Move out of my mother’s house
   Update 4/13/09: Residence move-in day is August 30th I think.

Whenever Goals

Otherwise known as the Lifetime List of Stuff

A note: I got this idea from Lou (a.k.a. Linda… or the other way around ) at Blah Blah Blog. She has something wonderful, called The List of Fifty, which is a list of fifty things she hopes to accomplish – it is always fifty things, as something new must be added once one is completed. I’m not picking up this concept exactly, but I think it’s awesome to have a list of stuff to do in your life, whatever it may be.

1. Skydiving
2. Bungee jumping
3. Fly a plane
   I flew a small plane above downtown Toronto, it was so cool
4. Fly in a helicopter (also – where does the word helicopter come from?)
5. See a play
   I saw The Wizard of Oz
6. See an opera
   I saw Il Trouvatore (might’ve misspelled that)
7. See a musical
   I’ve seen The Phantom of the Opera twice, Mamma Mia, and We Will Rock You
8. See a ballet
   I got to see the Canadian National Ballet perform The Nutcracker
9. See a philharmonic
   I’ve seen the Toronto Symphony Orchestra a few times
10. Go canoeing
    Did this on a school camping trip
11. Ride in a gondola in Venice
    Very cool experience
12. Sell a piece of art
13. Get an article published
14. See a Shakespearean play
    I’ve seen Macbeth, a comedic version of Hamlet, and I’m pretty sure another one that I’m forgetting
15. Learn to drive
16. Get my driver’s license
17. Learn to drive a standard
18. Go to Italy
    I went for a couple weeks right before my 14th birthday
19. Go to France
    I spent a summer in France with a family I’d never met… and learned a lot of French
20. Go to New York, NY
21. Go to England
22. Meet the band
    I’ve met Trace Cyrus of Metro Station, Amy Lee of Evanescence and the guys of The Academy Is…
23. Go whale watching
24. Ride on a boat
    I went on a boat trip years ago when I first met the woman that is now my stepmother
25. Climb a rock wall
26. Go on a “real” date
27. See more than one concert by the same band
    I’ve seen Panic at the Disco twice and The Killers twice
28. Get a job
    Oh yes, I’ve had a job, but it was just that – a silly, short-lived job in retail
29. Write the first draft of a novel
30. Find a passion
    Durr. Writing! I can’t believe it took me years to figure out this was my passion/hobby/ambition.
31. Visit every continent (so far I have North America and Europe down… hah)
32. Skiing
    Been a couple times, it was fun but things kept going wrong – first I fell and got a frighteningly epic bloody nose, then someone stole my skis
33. Go on a trail ride (super awesome looking Western-style horseback “hike” thing)
    I went at a stable near Blue Mountain and it was awesome
34. Perform something (be in a play, act in a movie, sing in a show...)
35. Get a diploma or degree
36. Drive an ATV
37. Do the 100 Mile Challenge
38. Do a 5k (5 kilometre run)