Progress…

Every year for my birthday I post a list of things I want to complete before I celebrate the next year.

I started at 25…then updated 25, posted 26, updated 26 and when I turned 27 I posted again.

So last year on my 27th birthday I posted 28 things I wanted to do before I turned 28:

I have marked in Red my updates…

1. Renew My Passport Actually that would be get a passport and I did. I ordered it almost two weeks ago and it came in the mail yesterday.
2. Continue down the path of happiness Slowly but surely. I am really happy with almost being done school, my job, my friends, my home, life is pretty damn good right now.
3. Finish this semester with honors and take a few courses before I drive out west. I got honors but did not drive out West this summer.
4. Enjoy peace in my life My life is full of peace especially since I broke off a toxic relationship a few months ago.
5. See my family as much as I can I do I see them pretty often. I spend 3 weeks at the beach with them, see them on average once a month, and will be spending a month in Africa with them this Christmas.
6. Continue to go out weekly and meet new people I go out but not weekly, must work on that.
7. Run a Marathon – yeah um still on there from the last two years but I will Ok yeah still on the list. Got a few more months left but have a feeling that will be on the list again next year.
8. Continue to lose weight, making my grand total weight loss of 85 pounds reality – yeah still on there. Down 10 lbs. Have about 75 more to go. Will still be on list next year.
9. Be more spontaneous Oh I am spontaneous.
10. Go to girls weekend in Kansas 03/18/08
11. Go to Clearwater and have a really great family vacation 02/22/08
12. Start dating more Success, met a great not so great guy and am back in the dating world again. Going good though. Met an awesome guy Friday!
13. Drive out west this summer and down the west coast Another summer, will have to add to next birthday list
14. Continue to love people for who they are not who I think they should be I think I am pretty good at this.
15. Laugh often I do almost every single day.
16. Find love again with a truly fabulous man Working on it.
17. Work on my business and advertising Still working on it. Really busy over the summer. Need to build new website and advertise more.
18. Learn more about Photoshop Slowly coming along
19. Continue to learn and grow as a photographer Slowly coming along
20. Treat myself to special things from time to time I am actually getting pretty good at this
21. Save money for my around the world trip when I graduate college Saving my babysitting money for this.
22. Treat others as I would want to be treated This is really a pretty simple thing.
23. Continue to exercise multiple times a week I have 4 exercise classes at school this semester.
24. Continue taking a picture a day for 365 days and increase my creativity! So did not succeed on this. Must try again
25. Go to Africa to visit my sister and her children. Going for a month at Christmas
26. Overcome the pain from my divorce and the past few years. Everyday is a new day and the further I am from the end of it all the more I heal.
27. Love me for me I really do, I am pretty happy with the person I have become.
What are your goals? Have you ever posted a list for yourself?