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Huzzah! Success!!
I did see a comment last year about my job, which became more challenging and rewarding over the course of this past year. I am, however, becoming exhausted with the commute.
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Somewhat resolved, due to moving further south.
I'll probably be getting more serious about public trans as gas prices may be jumping up again. I have discovered in this past year that I really like taking the Express Bus over the train. The train is brightly lit and full of chatty people who think it’s OK to have loud conversations at 6:30 AM. Then there’s the loud beep and station announcement ever few minutes.
The bus is generally quiet, and if I hit the 6:40 bus, the driver keeps the lights dim and turns them off for the drive.
And the seats recline.
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There's also a comment in my post about getting a house. I thought it would have happened in '09, but it didn't. Maybe in '10. I'm just not super pleased with the pickin's in Utah. They're either too big (we don't need 6 bedrooms in our wildest dreams) and, thus, over our budget, or their pieces of sh*t. Or they're even farther away. We'll see.
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Just as true in 2010 as it was in 2009. We saw some places that we had some interest in, but a lot of homes just started the short sell crap – one seller had repairs needed that the bank wouldn’t budge on. So, as stated above, we moved further south and stayed in the apartment situation.
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I'll have to start thinking of some resolutions. I think that it might be good to set one or two to see how I do. There's a lot of room for improvement in my daily life that could be measured at the end of 2010.
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Yeah, there’s still a lot of improvement, but I failed to set any goals for myself. My blood pressure ratcheted up to 160/110 this fall, in great part due to the tremendous stress I’ve been under in my personal life. I haven’t been sharing on here, or much of anywhere – and that’s something I plan to change. January promises to bring a lot of stress, too, so we’ll see.
My goals:
Find time to express, in some fashion, what’s going on. Bottling, or “stuffing” hasn’t been doing my any good. It’s not a good place when things are so bad that you feel like you can’t talk to anyone about it. So, even if I don’t feel like talking about it, I should be finding an outlet.
Really get a house, for real-real. I love the new apartment complex, but I’m not thrilled about it. We’re just paying a lot of moo-lah for something that really isn’t ours.
Go to the gym 3 – 4 times a week at a minimum. And don’t beat myself up when I can’t do it. This year has been a lot about self-flagellation in this department, and it’s not helping, so I need to quit it.