Vision Board!
For the first time ever, I made myself a vision board, filled with things I want to do/accomplish in 2016 (I like this better than a resolution). It feels different to me, and more importantly: doable. Each goal is hanging on a pearl on the tree, and once I've accomplish said goal, I'll take it down and put it in a "Mission Accomplished" box, and as the year goes on, I can add new goals to the board. I like that it's reusable, and it's quite lovely to look at (I'm a sucker for Autumn...hence the look of the tree and the hanging grapes on either side).
My list of goals for the year:
- Reach a healthy weight/fitness level (approx. 120 lbs)
- Participate in at least one dance competition
- Go to at least one weekend dance retreat
- Hike somewhere you've never been
- Visit at least one place you haven't been to. Ex:
- Hawaii
- Yosemite
- London
- Scotland
- Compose an orchestral piece like John Williams or Lenord Bernstein
- Compose an origonal choral piece
- Get website up and running
- Write a cookbook
- Write a short musical
- Things I want to purchase:
- Vocal mic
- New computer
- Sibelius
It's not even February yet, and so far, I've already signed up for a dance weekend retreat (and will soon sign up for another!), AND I signed up for a Jack and Jill competition at said retreat. So that's two goals right there....
Also, signing up for this retreat (which is in March) has inspired me to get in shape. I mean, in a way that I haven't before. I signed up for a David Deida talk in April, and that was sort of inspiring to get me fit... but this dance retreat. Oh man. CRAZY inspiring. I'll be dancing Thursday evening, all day Friday, Saturday evening, and all day Sunday. And I want to be FIT so I can dance and dance and dance and dance and really get everything I can out of the weekend. Which leads me to.....Mission Fitness X
I posted on facebook a challenge/pledge to exercise everyday until the event (though I don't exactly plan to stop once it's over.). My hashtag for it is #MissionFitnessX (since the even is called Mission Fusion Extravaganza). Yesterday was only day 2 for it, but I hadn't gotten a workout in and it was getting rather late. But I had made this commitment to myself, and I didn't want to break it. It felt so good! And I think a portion of that motivation of commitment comes from me practicing to love myself unconditionally. It hasn't been easy, but I am really starting to love myself in a deep and profound way that I've never experienced.
Baking and baking!
Soon.... very soon.... I will get my blog up and running for my baking creations. I'm just having SO much fun with it, and if I make some extra money doing it, great. If I don't, great. It's not why I'm doing it.
And FINALLY...
I finished the mirror!! Mom and I had put up IKEA mirrors (the big 12" x 12" ones) in a would-be "artsy" fashion...but it ended up looking horrible and completely discombobulated. So I searched far and wide on the interwebs and found smaller mirrors to fill the gaps with. It took me forever to start the project, because I was making it very complicated in my head on how to go about doing it. But eventually I sat down and said "fuck it" and just started gluing pieces down and improvised and let happen however it would happen. And it turned out GREAT!
Then, after posting a picture on Facebook, a friend recommended changing the light switch plate to a mirror as well. He gets genus points for that.
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