A committed athlete. At least, that’s what my watch tells me, after jogging running a consistent pace. 4.5 miles in 45 minutes has splendid symmetry. An artist. Scribbling to actually say something. Not just another list. No longer restless. Able to resist pressures. Where stressors are fuel – not just quiet anger – to rule,…
Category: Goals in Progress
Applying marathon training to other goals
I’m running my first marathon in 3 short months. Training has taught me a few things… about endurance, community, and time. While the marathon itself is an actionable goal of running over 20 miles in 1 go, I am focused on endurance. Not how fast I get there. However, a Garmin helps me keep pace,…
Goals Progress Report: Archiving
I’ve landed a dream role! Combining rural librarianship with community archiving, I am now an archive librarian! Yes, for a new district. I believe each chapter matters. Each experience led me here. Both professionally and personally. Uncovering personal stories, helping make the institution’s history accessible, and building programs for memory, education, and entertainment are all…
Exploring: 1 Day in Sante Fe
I set a goal to visit 3 states this year, making memories from the plan and the lived experiences. Combining curiosity from novelty and expectation management through joyful planning, travels are right in line with my values. Last year, my partner C and I took a road trip from CO to NM and AZ. The…
Goals Progress Report: Joining a Dance Team (and a Grammarian’s Call to Break up with Cliches)
“Do what you love” is an adage. While some perceive this as wisdom, there’s much packed into these 4 words. And yet. I dance. I write. I run. All loves, yes. And now all regular parts of my schedule, thanks to finally doing what I love. It’s the progressive, doing, that makes all the difference…
Lessons from Micro Habits
Life feels large lately. Systems lie and tell us we’re not enough. At the same time, I believe we have far more capacity than we tell ourselves. Instead of feeding into the lie, I’m living my values through doing the hardest, best thing of all: Embracing myself. Inaction causes more internal turmoil. Self-esteem comes from…
Goals Progress Report: Marathon!
My partner and I are going to run a marathon! It’ll be his 4th, and my 1st. It’s a blast having a partnership fueled by shared values. The first step is signing up. Tonight, we did just that. We’re doing one weeks before my birthday! That’s right in time for my goal, running a full…
What pneumonia and EpiPens showed me about self-advocacy and justice
Self-advocacy is seldom linear. It’s receiving a seemingly piece of junk mail, and instead of stacking it away into smithereens, opening it, and mercy upon mercy, there’s a reveal of money owed to the recipient. From something opted into, years ago. I participated in the People vs. Mylan many moons ago, when I was under-earning….
Goal Progress Report: Book Writing
I’ve been writing about writing for years. This is thanks in part to childhood dreams of seeing my name on a spine. Particularly, I dreamt of finding myself within the library. (And I did, in others’ imagined tales.) I’ve approximated my goal of seeing my name on the page a handful of times. With published…
Starting and Ending Projects
2 of my creative goals are heavy: Start a podcast and finish my book draft. Why do they feel like this is so much? Putting undue pressure on creative work is not the point of creating. However, a continual inspiration system is not sustainable, if the goal is always output. Feeling like things are perfect…