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| Watching the fireworks on Rockaway Beach, NY, July 4, 2008 |
Writing/Professional Goals
- Finish revising an article and resubmit it to an academic journal. If I don't succeed in accomplishing this goal, I am going to have to stop writing this blog and reading other blogs until this is off my desk.
- Write a draft of the conference paper I will be presenting in August. I still have some reading and research to do for this, as well, but I need to start getting my thoughts down on the page - even if they aren't as fully formed and polished as I'd like to be. I find that it's often through the process of writing and agonizing over how badly I'm writing that I figure out what I actually want to say.
- Write the syllabi for my three fall courses and three lectures for my new upper level course. My summer break is more than half way over so it's time to start getting the jump on the fall semester.
- Finish organizing my new office on campus and establish good writing and work habits while using it. I got a new office with a window (the view isn't great but yay for natural light!) and a much bigger desk. I'm going to try working on campus a couple of days a week for the month of July to see if I can establish some good writing mojo to carry into the start of the next academic year.
Fitness/Health Goals
- Run 90 miles. I picked a marathon training program (more on that later), and I want to do all the scheduled miles. I'm hoping to do my long runs and some of my shorter Wednesday runs with a local running group.
- Create a Chicago Marathon training journal and inspiration book. I was very much inspired by Amanda to do this. While I log my workouts on daily mile and often blog about the experience of my training, I think I'm lacking a more tactile experience with my training. I'm hoping this will help me to visualize running the race in my goal time and inspire me on days when I'm feeling disheartened.
- Journal everything that I eat. This is part of my larger 2011 goal to maintain a food journal for the entire year. I'm hoping to get back on track for a solid second half of the year with this goal. While my real reason for maintaining a food journal is to make healthier choices, I wouldn't be opposed to losing a few pounds as a result either.
- Do yoga at least twice a week. I'm hoping to get a couple of practices in out on my deck when weather conditions are good for it.
What are your goals for the month of July? Any big career moves or training plans? Any new adventures? I hope all of my American readers had a wonderful and safe 4th of July!
I'm glad that you feel a bit better about things - sometimes you just have massively shit days/weeks and everything gets totally thrown off and you need time to regroup!
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Ooh, ooh! I can't recommend food journaling enough! I've mentioned it on my blog, but not that much: way back in November, at the doctor's office I found out that I weighed much more than I thought possible. I don't know if you have an iPod or anything like that, but I used this program called LoseIt! (silly name, but whatevs) with which you can count all your calories, both earned and lost through exercise. It has both preset and settable foods. The main reason I liked it is because I could do it on the run without having to pull out a notebook/pen and figure everything out. Granted, I did it more for the losing weight than for anything else, but it made my choices and eating habits much better. Of course, now that it's the summer and I'm on vacation, and other various factors, that's all gone by the wayside... ;)
ReplyDeleteYour goals inspire me! My goals this month include:
ReplyDelete-generating the rest of the data for the hypothetical Figure One of my hypothetical manuscript
-getting back into a modest running habit by running on the treadmill twice a week
-finding some good recipes so I can use the giant bag of channa dal I just bought.
I hear you on the blogging versus working. I love, love, love blogs and find it hard to find a balance between my internet hobbies and the rest of my life. Over time, I've shifted to reading blogs written by people with whom I have a blog friendship, and I spend less time now reading the really big blogs. I'm finding it to be a more enjoyable hobby that way.
Good luck this month! I hope you don't have to give up blogging. I like reading yours!
Glad you are feeling better...sounds like you did all the right things! ; )
ReplyDeleteI hope you get your article finished and resubmitted...maybe having the blog will be a good incentive to you for that? Good luck!
Maintaining a food journal was one of my goals for the year, and I have had great success some months and less success others. I actually use Weight Watchers online to keep track of what I eat since I lost weight using it in my early 20s.
ReplyDeleteExcellent goals! The good thing about having a bad spell is that it only gets better and usually it really feels terrific the very next week. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteMy hope is that it will be an incentive. I definitely don't want to quit blogging!
ReplyDeleteOh, internets! How they suck us in! I really do love reading blogs. I just have to remind myself that I love my scholarship, too, and that blogging doesn't give me that same sense of satisfaction as clearing a project off my desk or moving it to the next stage.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with all of your goals! My major goal for July is to beat my Big Sky State games half marathon time next weekend. I also have my first mud run coming up at the end of July, soo excited for it!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on getting that article ready and out the door, or email, or whatever submission process the journal has! I'm trying to peel myself off the couch/table/chair and get moving on my summer goals, as well, since it's not an endless summer. Even though I've been acting like it is, oh well.
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