Year in review, year in preview
Monday, January 2nd, 2012 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chanaleh
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Anyway.
Ten achievements of 2011:
1. Transitioned my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tremontstshul responsibilities over to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hilaritea et al.
I always said that extricating myself from there would require moving out of town.
2. Acquired and maintained a reasonably successful secondary relationship for the first time in several years
"Successful" being defined for this purpose as "healthy, comfortable, sustainable, and generally life-enhancing for all concerned".
3. Started officially cohabiting withjustom
Among his other fine qualities, he's been a remarkably good sport about the kosher kitchen. <3
4. Moved to NYC
Growing up in Indiana, long before I fell in love with Boston, I was dying to live in NYC. Once I got to Boston, I never imagined myself leaving there... but I'm really happy being here.
5. Re-rooted my social circle by hosting three different parties in our new home, to which many lovely people actually came
chanaleh: "Look! I have friends!" justom: "Yes, yes you do..."
6. Joined the Blue Hill Troupe
BHT: "Unfortunately, this was our largest applicant pool in years; wouldn't you like to join on the Backstage side?" Me: "Yeah, OK."
7. Got my ears double-pierced
Don't laugh, I'd been wanting to do it since I was about 14. Kinda like "move to NYC".
8. Found a new job
After 3+ months and 40+ resumes, the only places that called me back were three Jewish day schools, one of which hired me. Thanks tojessruth for the networking!
9. Went contra dancing
One of those "things I have time to do occasionally now that I'm not busy running every group I belong to" activities of sheer joy.
10. Bought ice skates and went skating in Central Park
Ditto.
Ten goals for 2012:
1. Finally replace the Treo 680 with an Android phone
It's coming to be necessary for my professional cred as a web/social media maven.
2. Go contra dancing at least once per calendar month
This represents a sixfold increase over 2011, when I went a total of twice.
3. Establish a habit of walking home from work at least once a week
When I wasunemployed on vacation for 2 months, I was walking miles every day and it was great.
4. Implement new website for Ramaz
A professional goal, not a personal one, but then the professional is personal, as they say.
5. Host a Shabbat dinner
With lots of singing. In NYC. Who wants to come?
6. Take (and post) more pictures
Documenting my experience of the city. You see things differently with a camera in your hand.
7. Get net worth up over $100,000
90% of this is locked up in retirement savings, as it should be, but still. It's reachable.
8. Join the Frontstage side of the Blue Hill Troupe
Hoping that next year's shows will be of more interest to me than Utopia. We'll find out this spring!
9. Establish a partnership with the shared goal of having a family
Let's acknowledge that there are lots of possible (and many mutually exclusive) subgoals under this, the exact combination of which will vary highly depending on the chain of circumstances, so I'm not really ready to unpack all of them right now. But I'm naming the intention.
10. Complete a draft of a novel
In some ways this goal feels the farthest away... and reaches the farthest back, since I wanted to Be A Writer from the time I could hold a pencil.
Anyway.
Ten achievements of 2011:
1. Transitioned my
tremontstshul responsibilities over to hilaritea et al.I always said that extricating myself from there would require moving out of town.
2. Acquired and maintained a reasonably successful secondary relationship for the first time in several years
"Successful" being defined for this purpose as "healthy, comfortable, sustainable, and generally life-enhancing for all concerned".
3. Started officially cohabiting with
justomAmong his other fine qualities, he's been a remarkably good sport about the kosher kitchen. <3
4. Moved to NYC
Growing up in Indiana, long before I fell in love with Boston, I was dying to live in NYC. Once I got to Boston, I never imagined myself leaving there... but I'm really happy being here.
5. Re-rooted my social circle by hosting three different parties in our new home, to which many lovely people actually came
chanaleh: "Look! I have friends!" justom: "Yes, yes you do..."6. Joined the Blue Hill Troupe
BHT: "Unfortunately, this was our largest applicant pool in years; wouldn't you like to join on the Backstage side?" Me: "Yeah, OK."
7. Got my ears double-pierced
Don't laugh, I'd been wanting to do it since I was about 14. Kinda like "move to NYC".
8. Found a new job
After 3+ months and 40+ resumes, the only places that called me back were three Jewish day schools, one of which hired me. Thanks to
jessruth for the networking!9. Went contra dancing
One of those "things I have time to do occasionally now that I'm not busy running every group I belong to" activities of sheer joy.
10. Bought ice skates and went skating in Central Park
Ditto.
Ten goals for 2012:
1. Finally replace the Treo 680 with an Android phone
It's coming to be necessary for my professional cred as a web/social media maven.
2. Go contra dancing at least once per calendar month
This represents a sixfold increase over 2011, when I went a total of twice.
3. Establish a habit of walking home from work at least once a week
When I was
4. Implement new website for Ramaz
A professional goal, not a personal one, but then the professional is personal, as they say.
5. Host a Shabbat dinner
With lots of singing. In NYC. Who wants to come?
6. Take (and post) more pictures
Documenting my experience of the city. You see things differently with a camera in your hand.
7. Get net worth up over $100,000
90% of this is locked up in retirement savings, as it should be, but still. It's reachable.
8. Join the Frontstage side of the Blue Hill Troupe
Hoping that next year's shows will be of more interest to me than Utopia. We'll find out this spring!
9. Establish a partnership with the shared goal of having a family
Let's acknowledge that there are lots of possible (and many mutually exclusive) subgoals under this, the exact combination of which will vary highly depending on the chain of circumstances, so I'm not really ready to unpack all of them right now. But I'm naming the intention.
10. Complete a draft of a novel
In some ways this goal feels the farthest away... and reaches the farthest back, since I wanted to Be A Writer from the time I could hold a pencil.