Goals

I have a lot of goals and the best way to begin achieving them appears to be in writing.

I want to be good at my job.

• I start next week as a full time physical therapist.  I am a DOCTOR of Physical Therapy.  How I got to this point is anyone's guess, but what I do know is that I want to succeed in this role.  I know a lot more than I think I do and with some time, patience, and hard work [oh yeah--that's how I earned the DPT], I know I can be good at this job.  I need to remember to take deep breaths, ask questions, and be humble from the start.  Smiles are also good :)

I want to be healthy.

• Since my health scare/gall bladder attacks in 2007, I've become more conscious about my dietary habits but I am not where near perfect.  I need to remedy this quickly.  I am not physically happy with my body and I want to be proud of how I look.  I want to take pictures and not think twice about my stomach or arms or legs and be able to look back and just remember how happy I was during the picture.  (Eventually) I want to get married and have babies and I don't want to worry about my health [or the baby's] and I want to document it all with pictures.  I want to run a mile and attend a yoga class and not think twice about it. 

• How am I going to achieve this goal?  I am going to start working 40 hours a week on my feet at the hospital.   Being active consistently is helpful for me.  I am going to join a health club and attend regularly.  I am not going to come home every night and sit on the couch.  I am going to do things with my life.  I am going to push myself as I have never before.  Why?  Because it's MY life and if I'm not happy in it, the only person I can blame is myself.

I am going to make new friends and settle into Chicago.

• This is my new home.  I can count the number of friends I have in this area on one hand.  I can also count the number of good friends I really have on one hand.  I need to be more social, I need to be a good friend and I need to make some good friends.  I need to get out and do things on the weekend and not sit at my parent's house like a loser.  

I am going to be financially responsible.

• I am approximately 3 weeks away from my first pay check.  [insert insanely ridiculous smile here]  I need to create a budget for myself, start saving, and be realistic about what to do with my money.  I also need to treat myself here and there with some fun stuff and not feel bad about it.  Executing this plan includes actually installing the financial software from my dad and starting to use it.

I am going to be resourceful in planning for my future.

• I do not plan on living in my parent's house forever.  Nor do I plan on being in a long distance relationship forever.  I want to get an apartment, settle into the same city as my boyfriend, be madly in love, eventually get engaged and then married and spend the rest of my life with my best friend.  So far my life has seemed to always fall into place as each puzzle piece is presented and I need to realize that I cannot always be a control freak about life.  I need to step back and trust that it will happen while also being a responsible adult.

I probably have more goals and things I want to achieve that will be added as I think of them.  This is only the beginning...