My 2010 Vision

Photograph from the back of our home by Kenneth R. O'Brien. All rights reserved 2010.

On the eve of February 1, I decided to memorialize my vision and goals for this year. It's taken me a bit of time to sift through them (and talk with Dear Husband about them) until I could fully embrace each one. Now that I have completed the visioning process, I feel comfortable posting most, but not all of them (as some are quite personal/private and not included here). I have put these into categories for organization purposes.

1. Health & Fitness
- Work out at the health club three days a week, including attending group classes once a week (e.g., Zumba, Yoga)
- Skate as a form of exercise two days a week for at least 90 minutes each session
- Reduce migraine headaches to no more than 4 per month

2. Figure Skating and Ice Dancing
- Test and pass Ten Fox no later than end of April
- Test and pass one Pre-Silver dance by year's end
- Pass Free Style 3 (ISI)
- Create new artistic/dramatic FS3 program
- Pass Bronze FS (USFS; this is a stretch goal only)
- Compete with Coach Chris at ProAm in Vacaville in April (optional goal; but certainly would be fun)
- Attempt to make a skating dress
- Never forget who I am skating for; it's all about "me" and that's just fine. Don't let anyone belittle my skating efforts. Most importantly, have fun.

3. Quilting
- Make a king-size quilt for our master bedroom
- Learn to applique
- Learn to sew circles and curves

4. Creative Writing
- Conduct research for historical suspense romance
- Write first 100 pages of book
- Attend writer's conference in Sacramento in late summer

5. Personal Growth
- Get "out of my own way"; to wit, reduce substantially negativity, pessimism, lack of confidence
- Expand volunteerism with Mercy/Catholic Healthcare West
- Screw up my courage to get a cute, stylish and easy-to-maintain hairstyle (this probably translates into 'shorter' than my old fallback bob style (this isn't about vanity; this is about being willing to change).
- Reach out more to friends who need help and who I could support in some way
- Re-start (including consistent practice) my voice/piano/music appreciation class

My vision for 2010 is realistic, yet challenging in many ways. I had better stop blogging and start working on these immediately. Onward to QuiltLand today.