Looking Back at 2019's Goals

On January 1st of 2019 I posted a list of goals. Let's look back at that and Checkov the ones that I actually reached!

- continue to live a smoke free life, except for the occasional cigarette now and then ✔
- get Amy to hang out at least every other month ✔ - March, June, October (not great but not bad, either!)
- donate more --- more money, more clothes, more things, more time...focus on giving ✔
- realise that spending money and possessing things is not bringing me happiness ✔ (To be honest, I am only just now putting this in to affect for 2020. Better late than never!)
- keep reading!!! lots and lots and lots! ✔
- take a break from Instagram ✔
- now that Sean and Ashlee have a new home, try to set up an evening a week or every other week to hang out ✔ 
- spend more time with people that feed my creative soul and make my heart sing ✔
- go to NYC for World Pride with Ashlee in June and celebrate Donna ✔ 
- keep working on learning Spanish ✔
- cultivate and nurture the relationships where I get as much as I give and accept that not everyone wants to be my friend (even when some of those friends are family) and that it's not the end of the world. ✔ (Although this will be something that is ongoing.) 
- make more of an effort to visit with Nana Irma ✔ 
- read Infinite Jest ✔and The Diary of Anne Frank X
- try to see Johnny Mathis in concert with Kay, if he's on tour... ✔
- discover new music ✔ (Hazel Scott, Elbow, twenty one pilots, April + Vista, Owen Campbell, Angus & Julia Stone, Tom Walker, Dirty Beaches, Lizzo, Living in a Box)
- go see Hugh Jackman in June!! ✔ 
- look into practicing meditation ✔
- keep trying no matter what and don't let the bastards get you down! ✔

And here's what I didn't accomplish in 2019 so it gets tacked on to 2020's goals!
- gain self control in regards to food
- buy less
- get out of debt
- write more and dedicate at least one evening a week to sitting at my desk and working
- be forgiving of others and myself and let go of nagging feelings
- make a list of things to repair at home and get them the fuck done!
- work on a trip to visit Natalia in Honolulu and pay respects to Fr. Damien
- complete more of my Listography and Fill-In-The-Blank books
- send out all currently owned post and note cards and don't replenish. Cut down the mailing list and only send out holiday cards for the ones I really like (Valentine's Day, Halloween, and Christmas) - it's expensive and I need to focus on being financially responsible.
- be positive!
- cut way back on time spent on my iPhone (not using IG will be a huge help in achieving this)
- continue to work out every day and put in more of an effort to try new routines
- try new recipes
- maybe take a solo road trip to Cleveland with a stop in Pittsburgh for the Andy Warhol Museum and visit Chagrin Falls in the not-so-distant future
- turn off the TV after work and read to music instead
- be stricter with veganism - NO CHEATING!  
- get out there and publish them books!
- win the lotto
- oh geez, clean your office desk, again! It's a continual wreck.
- become organised
- make an effort to go out and about with Bishop in addition to our Saturday evenings together
- let go of having things because they hold a memory - keep the memory but ditch the clutter
- keep Low Budget Philanthropy alive!