Yesterday, I was exactly halfway to my goals. Scary, because I have wasted so much time since November, exciting because the “glass is still half full”. I’m only 50% of the way there, so I have plenty of time to keep working and striving toward my four goals. Six months to persevere and not let the stresses of life conquer me. I want to keep going, I want to complete as much of the journey as possible (heh, well the journey will be completed whether the goals are or not, right?). I’m feeling optimistic today, which is definitely an improvement over the last six weeks or so. Having a working computer again, and not having to borrow a son’s or daughter’s, helps quite a bit. Okay, here’s where I stand:

Romans – That’s not been going too well, but I plan to make leaps and bounds in the next six months. I can still memorize most of it!

Weight - This morning I weighed 198, yesterday 197. So I’ve lost a total of 15 pounds of the 50. Hey! Only 35 to go, then I can cut my hair (my own personal vow). Hija and I have started doing 30-day challenges to eat healthy and avoid those evil empty calories like white flour, white sugar, and fried foods. At the moment I hardly even miss them, even chips. What I do miss is the variety, and I have been too apathetic to find some new recipes to try. So eating is very boring, but my stomach has definitely shrunk and that’s a great feeling! My walking has been sporadic this winter, not because of bad weather…it’s been very mild here in the high desert…but because of apathy again. I just haven’t wanted to do ANYTHING. But I will work my way through the malaise and keep pressing forward.

Painting- Okay, well…I have procrastinated terribly the last month, but now I have a deadline of mailing off my application for Art in the Park by March 15, so I have two weeks to paint three paintings, fill out the application, take some good photos of said paintings, write a description of the booth I would use and include a picture of one, and decide on prices for my product, and get it all in the mail and postmarked by the 15th. No pressure there! Well, sometimes a deadline is just the ticket for me, a champeeeen procrastinator. And since entry is one of my major goals for the year, I MUST see it through. It would kill me to miss that deadline. So I have LOTS of incentive!

Novel - Nothing going on there, but I plan to spend SIX WEEKS writing (only), once my entry is mailed up to April 1. I will devote myself to writing for that six weeks. Until then it will stay on hold…

I honestly feel like I can make a big dent in all four of these goals by September 1, and possibly complete most of them. The journey is what is important! Just keep swimming, swimming………….