Goal #5 Revising the List

    Goal #5 on my list was something like this "Revise my goal list on the first day of each month and evaluate my progress". I will do that now, on the 4th of March.

    I have downloaded my list on 43things.com, it is as following:

• 1.Rent my own room
• 2.earn my financial independence
• 3.update my blog daily
• 4.create a travel book about my future destinations
• 5.revise my goal list on the first day of each month and evaluate my progress
• 6.gain 3 months of experience in a decent company
• 7.learn water marbling
• 8.excel in sumi-e painting
• 9.submit 100 works to Deviantart
• 10.earn at least 100$ on Etsy
• 11.read 100 books
• 12.watch 100 films
• 13.read all of the National Geographic Magazines in my library
• 14.read all of the japanese mangas in my library
• 15.take more photographs
• 16.open a bank account
• 17.graduate from school
• 18.Read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
• 19.learn yoga
• 20.Try 30 new recipes in 2013
• 21.meditate in a buddhist temple in Nepal
• 22.Try new recipes.

    Let`s take a look

1. I had a small fight with my parents about moving out and it didn`t go well. Both parties got very emotional and no real discussion was done at the end. We shut up and never talked about it again. They told me that I can move out when I get married. Shocking news for me. I didn`t know that my parents cared so much about what other stupid people say. I feel kinda disappointed. I understand though. I have to be patient, because the time will come for me to set sail. 
2. Financial independence, hmmm... Being very lucky to find a good job in no time, with minimal effort, I am now trying to keep up with the high tempo of my life and to do my best. In short, with school and two jobs that pay fair I am pretty content.
3. Oops! That goal is one I have hard time accomplishing. Let alone finding topics to write about on my blog, I hardly find some time to check the news on the net. After starting to work full-time in the beginning of February, because I feel tired every night when I get home, I do not have motivation to think about anything but not thinking about anything. I will try updating it weekly.
4. Traveling seems like a distant dream to me for the next couple of months. Besides having no motivation to consider this goal list of mine, I have no motivation to create a travel book or anything of that sort. Maybe I will recover that goal in the summer, when the good weather will fill my heart with high hopes.
5. Revising the goal list was something I wanted to do for some while now. After two months, this are the results.
6. "Gain 3 months of experience in a decent company" God loves me, that is for sure. Even though I did not pray for or try hard enough to realize this, one day everything worked in my favor. It has been a month now, I will probably hang around here for at least a few months.
7. I was very enthusiastic about learning water marbling in January. I lost interest, or let me say, I lost track of what I really wanted to do, after starting work. I realized that I still very much want to learn water marbling. Currently I am saving money for a starter`s kit and courses. I want to concentrate on this in summer.
8. As well as water marbling, sumi-e painting is another thing I want to postpone until summer and improve to a certain extent.
9. That goal requires some serious work. Again, in summer.
10. Money money money... Water marbling hopefully bring much money. I know I am stupid to exploit art for commercial reasons. :( sorry, but I have to make money to survive.
11. I have read five or six books so far. I wish I could read faster and did not waste my time on the bus staring into space. Last book I read was The Missing Rose of Serdar Ozkan. I will next read The Little Prince of Saint-Exupery. (Blog entry about the book is on the way)
12. Watching 100 films seems easier than reading books. Only problem is that I don`t. I used to watch so many movies. I do not know at what point I lost interest. However, I will definitely work hard to accomplish this goal in 2013.
13. Although I haven`t read all of the NGMs in my library, I got my friend to bring me some old issues of NGM from Japan. Hahaha! How silly! :) That`s for studying Japanese, so my priority is the Japanese ones.
14. I have started reading on of the girl manga series I bought. You may have heard of this one. It is called NANA. I had watched the anime, than I bought the series while I was in Japan, now I am reading the first volume, there are 21 volumes in total.
15. The weekend before the last, my boyfriend and I went to a place I had never gone before. There I took some pictures, some of them I liked. I think I will do such day trips more often, because it is a really good opportunity to practice my skills in photography. (Blog entry about the day trip is coming soon)
16. Opening a bank account I found unnecessary. I already had one, which was, and partly is, under control of my mom. Lately, I told mom to stop managing my account and let me handle my own business. Let us consider that I have completed this goal.
17. I will be graduating from school in less than a year. I will look at this goal next year.
18. Maybe after reading The Little Prince, I will read this book. I cannot promise though.
19. Learn yoga? I may start taking classes very soon. Apparently, there are cheap classes from interns at some yoga institutes. I can start next month.
20. and 22. Try new recipes. I have baked cake and muffins, salmon and prepared a dish of cooked vegetables. I will write about it and upload some pictures soon, hopefully. I want to try preparing a soup or grilling some meat.
21. Meditating in Nepal... Will definitely do someday. Not so soon though.

    Wow! Being silent for a month, and look what comes out of me in an instant. Man! I needed to write so bad. And I feel so good :)

    See you next time!