Everyone else is saying it, so I will too. Thank God For Spring Weather!!!!!
Now let’s jump right into reviewing my goals for March:
- Finish perfecting the killer resume. Honest to god, I have a rough-draft, but wow some things just take a lot more time than you imagined. I’m carrying this one over to April .
- Finish the new blog redesign. You might not notice a huge difference from last month, but there was a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on. The only part I’m still trying to work out is the Photography page. Hrmmm. There seems to be no good way to create Flickr photo galleries and have them carry over into WordPress. Maybe a flash slideshow is a good idea. Except for the fact that I sort of hate flash slideshows.
- Don’t be shy. PIECE OF CAKE! When you’re meeting new people who understand where you’re coming from and are open to new ideas, it’s easy to open up. As a result, I’ve got an amazing new group of friends (yay!). I met some really awesome people in NYC face-to-face for the first time, including Steph Auteri, who just opened up her own Career Coaching for Word Nerds business (and I get to be one of her guinea pigs for the next month)! My sister and I also followed Patrick Johnson & Elisabeth Rosario into the city after meeting for only a few minutes at the #PRStudChat tweetup at Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library in New Jersey. And on our last night in the city we braved the monsoon weather to sing karaoke (a first for me!) with Teresa Cantwell, Abby Schoffman, PRCog and others.
All in all, March was really amazing in quite a few ways. Great new friends, great new “extracurriculars”, great travel, great personal development, etc. There is still so much more progress to make. It was hard to think of new personal goals after such a productive month on a personal level, but here we go.
For April:
- Finish my resume. Carrying this one over from March, but I hope that after working with Steph for a month there will be no excuse not to have it in tip-top shape.
- Take a walk at least 5 times per week. I don’t know if anyone has noticed the
burst of warm air outside? Yea, I plan on taking advantage of that and taking at least a 1 mile walk either at lunch during work, or at a park or downtown on the weekends. All you “fit” people are probably saying “Wow a 1-mile walk? That’s nothing, gosh I’m running marathons in NYC” (ahem… Beth, haha), but for me that would be a huge accomplishment (especially considering I seem to have a worsening heart condition and running is just not an option at this point). If I had more disposable income I would probably hire a personal trainer, but alas walking it is for now! - Spring Cleaning the minimalist way. I’m not even sure what that means yet, but I’ve been reading more about minimalism (most recently Everett Bogue’s blog Simple Minimalist: Far Beyond the Stars) and have been seeing it pop up in my life over the past few months. I’ve already jump-started this one by canceling our home land-line and cutting out $90 from the monthly budget. It was such a relief and an empowering feeling at the same time. I can’t wait to apply more minimalist concepts to my life.
- Switch up the music on my iPhone. I am completely lame and haven’t added new music to my iPhone since Christmas. Considering we’re not allowed to stream music from the internet at work and I listen to my iPhone all day long, 5 days a week, I am totally sick of listening to the same songs over and over again. PLEASE CARLEE just put something else on there SOON! New fav song recommendations?
- Spend less than $350 this month for groceries. Background: I live with my mother, grandmother, and sometimes my sister on the weekends when she comes home from school. For the past 6 months my mom has been doing all the grocery shopping for the house and I’ve been slightly disappointed recently. I honestly just think that I could buy better (healthier) food for less money. I challenged her this month to hand over her credit card, let me do the shopping, and see if I can spend a simple $50/month less than her. Doable right? If Rebecca Currie can eat for One Dollar a Day in my neck of the woods, I think we can eat for $4/day!
To participate in the meet-up:
1. Post a list of your career/life related goals for April, along with your checked off March goals if you’d like, on your own blog.
2. Come back to BrazenCareerist.com network and leave a link to your post in the comments (*If you don’t have your own blog, feel free to share your list here in the comments to join in!)
3. Then, check out everyone else’s lists as they leave comments - click their links, visit their blogs, say hello, meet, greet and support each other because that’s what it’s all about!
