I was reviewing my goals for 2020 – man what a tragic joke that was!! I know we’re already halfway through January, but, well, recent events have sort of made it hard to focus on anything but work, and I wanted to take my time to think about what I really want to work on. I figure there’s no rush – the year is only 2 weeks old, after all!

Main Goal: Education/Training

I feel like I’ve really let my professional development stagnate. When was the last time I learned a new technology? Took a class in something? So, that’s going to be a big focus.

A) Renew my Apple certification – it doesn’t really help me professionally, but personally, I really love having it. Test is scheduled for January 29th!

B) Learn to code – not on a pro level, per se, but learn how to do SOMETHING in SOME kind of language. I’m leaning towards taking a boot camp of some kind, but they are very pricey and also focused on web development, which I’m less interested in. There are options to explore though.

2nd Goal: Weigh Less Than 200 Lbs.

I got down to 233 last year, before holidays and grief and work exploding added 16 lbs back. I’m back to 242 as of today, and feeling good about being back on track. I am ALSO getting liposuction on Feb 5th!!! Super excited to have my stomach be smaller!!!

Anyway, this goal means I’m giving myself a year to lose 42 lbs. which is pretty reasonable. My sort of stretch goal (lame software joke) is to be 180, which I also think is doable, but less than 200 is a start.

3rd Goal: Continue to grow in archery & horseback riding

Lately I’ve been all-in on horseback riding and haven’t been to the archery range in months. I have to figure out a way to balance this better, along with that whole “full time job that funds all these crazy hobbies” thing. But I still have the goal to be an amazon racing down the lane and hitting all the targets!

4th Goal: Study a language

I’m not necessarily going for fluency, but I would like to be able to get some key phrases down for the next time I have to travel for work.

Honorable Mention, I guess: Be an Amazon

I mean that’s the whole point of this blog right? Yes the overall goal is still to make myself worthy to join the army of Themyscira. Fortunately Amazons are educated, smart, and strong, so all these goals wrap up to their main one nicely!

Not a goal, per se:

But when the vaccines come out and we finally get some semblance of normal back, I swear to god I am going to take advantage of it. If I have to do stuff by myself, so be it, but I’m going to go everywhere & do everything this city has to offer!