2014 recap and New Year goals
Jan. 1st, 2015 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bearshorty2014 was a good year overall for me. Unusual, certainly. I spent 7 months of it pregnant, and 5 months being a mommy. There was some sadness with the death of Bear's grandma but overall it was a good year. And one of my best friends had her second daughter just two days after I had Tanya, so that adds to the joy. And I read many books and went to the opera and taught good kids.
Being home for over half a year was different but a little narrow. I've only interacted with a handful of people since I'm just home with Tanya and she is too young to socialize. Isolation suits me and I don't mind it much but next year, this year, I'm going to try to be more social.
I have three main goals for the year and most ideas of what I want to do revolve around that. Some goals are automatic so I don't count them. Like reading more and being a good parent and partner. So these are my main goals:
1.Find a full time job that pays
I love teaching, and I'm going back to University part-time for Spring semester to teach two writing classes, on Jan 22. But the commute is too long and it's not a full time job with benefits. I'm done with Local College and teaching history because the pay is miniscule and no longer worth it. I need something better with benefits. And as much as I love teaching, practical reality says that any job that pays livable income will do. So this is number one goal.
To that end, in addition to regular job search, I'm determined to be more proactive and network more. I need to reach out and email and make contacts especially since I'm changing industries, so to speak.
2. write original stories
I always wanted to write and as a kid I used to make up stories all the time and be my characters. I had a notebook even of all kinds of ideas. And over the last few years I wrote fanfic to practice various techniques. I need to stop being afraid and just write something original. My goal for 2015 is 12 short stories of some kind.
3. master cheesecake
In 2014, I mastered soup. I made awesome chicken mazza balL soup and a great borsch. Some soups I wasn't a fan of, but I'm now confortable with soup process. I just want to make chili at some point and I will with my new slow cooker. My goal in cooking for 2015 is cheesecake. I like baking in general and made regular cake and muffins and banana bread. I have this book on cheesecakes my mother-in-law gave me a year ago since I expressed interest. I want to use it.
Being home for over half a year was different but a little narrow. I've only interacted with a handful of people since I'm just home with Tanya and she is too young to socialize. Isolation suits me and I don't mind it much but next year, this year, I'm going to try to be more social.
I have three main goals for the year and most ideas of what I want to do revolve around that. Some goals are automatic so I don't count them. Like reading more and being a good parent and partner. So these are my main goals:
1.Find a full time job that pays
I love teaching, and I'm going back to University part-time for Spring semester to teach two writing classes, on Jan 22. But the commute is too long and it's not a full time job with benefits. I'm done with Local College and teaching history because the pay is miniscule and no longer worth it. I need something better with benefits. And as much as I love teaching, practical reality says that any job that pays livable income will do. So this is number one goal.
To that end, in addition to regular job search, I'm determined to be more proactive and network more. I need to reach out and email and make contacts especially since I'm changing industries, so to speak.
2. write original stories
I always wanted to write and as a kid I used to make up stories all the time and be my characters. I had a notebook even of all kinds of ideas. And over the last few years I wrote fanfic to practice various techniques. I need to stop being afraid and just write something original. My goal for 2015 is 12 short stories of some kind.
3. master cheesecake
In 2014, I mastered soup. I made awesome chicken mazza balL soup and a great borsch. Some soups I wasn't a fan of, but I'm now confortable with soup process. I just want to make chili at some point and I will with my new slow cooker. My goal in cooking for 2015 is cheesecake. I like baking in general and made regular cake and muffins and banana bread. I have this book on cheesecakes my mother-in-law gave me a year ago since I expressed interest. I want to use it.