so this is the new year.
welcome to 2006! i know i say i don't make new years resolutions anymore, cause i never keep them. maybe it's just labeling it a new years resolution that jinxs it. so let's just call these my new goals...
#1 eat more healthy. not a diet, i'm not that disciplined. just attempting to eat a little more healthily than i usually do. #2 exercise. i'm getting a fitness membership somewhere (as soon as i find the cheapest option). i always tell myself i'm gonna do exercise videos or something in my apt, but let's be honest... i don't. if i get a membership somewhere and am spending the money and plan it into my schedule a few days a week, i'll go. i need to. the combination of not dancing and drinking beer is killing me and half my pants don't fit. #3 budget. i made a spreadsheet today of all my monthly bills, plus estimated things like gas and groceries, as well as annual/semi-annual costs like oil changes, doctor's appt co-pays, etc. i looked through my last year of checks and credit card bills to try and estimate correctly. i should be able to pay my bills, set aside enough money per month to cover these annual costs, spend a decent amount per month on entertainment, and STILL have half my monthly paycheck left. this begs the question... why do i still have a couple hundred dollars in unpaid credit card bills? i mean, i know going to prague set me back a bit, but come on! so i'm going to try to stick to this entertainment budget, start depositing part of my paychecks into savings to cover these annual costs, and then hopefully i'll be in a more stable financial position and better spending habits by the time i finish grad school next fall. #4 frequent writing. i've officially begun my thesis. i have until september 1st to pull together 70 poems (both existing and new), revise, order, etc. basically create a book. i want this to be good. i mean GOOD. and when it's done, i'm going to spend my year "off" (by off i mean working but not doing anything academic) sending this manuscript and/or selections from it to various literary magazines/publishers/first book contests in an attempt to get something published. #5 spend time with my family. cause who the hell knows where i'll be come fall, and my parents are planning to move to florida in a couple years. i feel extremely fortunate to be so close to all my siblings now, especially while my nieces and nephews are young. and i love them dearly. and i want to see them as much as i can while i'm still here.
yeah ok. i'd say that's enough. think i can actually pull this all off? haha. right.
#1 eat more healthy. not a diet, i'm not that disciplined. just attempting to eat a little more healthily than i usually do. #2 exercise. i'm getting a fitness membership somewhere (as soon as i find the cheapest option). i always tell myself i'm gonna do exercise videos or something in my apt, but let's be honest... i don't. if i get a membership somewhere and am spending the money and plan it into my schedule a few days a week, i'll go. i need to. the combination of not dancing and drinking beer is killing me and half my pants don't fit. #3 budget. i made a spreadsheet today of all my monthly bills, plus estimated things like gas and groceries, as well as annual/semi-annual costs like oil changes, doctor's appt co-pays, etc. i looked through my last year of checks and credit card bills to try and estimate correctly. i should be able to pay my bills, set aside enough money per month to cover these annual costs, spend a decent amount per month on entertainment, and STILL have half my monthly paycheck left. this begs the question... why do i still have a couple hundred dollars in unpaid credit card bills? i mean, i know going to prague set me back a bit, but come on! so i'm going to try to stick to this entertainment budget, start depositing part of my paychecks into savings to cover these annual costs, and then hopefully i'll be in a more stable financial position and better spending habits by the time i finish grad school next fall. #4 frequent writing. i've officially begun my thesis. i have until september 1st to pull together 70 poems (both existing and new), revise, order, etc. basically create a book. i want this to be good. i mean GOOD. and when it's done, i'm going to spend my year "off" (by off i mean working but not doing anything academic) sending this manuscript and/or selections from it to various literary magazines/publishers/first book contests in an attempt to get something published. #5 spend time with my family. cause who the hell knows where i'll be come fall, and my parents are planning to move to florida in a couple years. i feel extremely fortunate to be so close to all my siblings now, especially while my nieces and nephews are young. and i love them dearly. and i want to see them as much as i can while i'm still here.
yeah ok. i'd say that's enough. think i can actually pull this all off? haha. right.
posted by KTB at
11:44 PM
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Katie! I need to talk with you about something... I'm currently working for Gear Up (at Roosevelt) and what the organization does is get inner-city kids interested in college. One of the ways we do this is by sponsoring "after school" clubs, one of which is the Poetry Club at Hyde Park Academy. I recently went to their "poetry jam" and it was really amazing. I was wondering if you might be interested in volunteering to come in one of the afternoons and either talk with the kids about your experience with poetry throughout college/grad school or even lead them in some sort of activity. If you're not interested, that's _totally_ fine, just let me know. If you know about anyone else that might be up for this, or even a good professor who might have some additional names, let me know. You can email me at bwhite@roosevelt.edu or call at 312.341.4328.
Phew. That was a long message! :)
-Bethany
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