It sure does feel like a Monday over here...

I want to be a better person! One who can control her mouth and temper, one who is happier with herself than I currently am. In that sense, I am definitely a work in progress!

Hah - that's a good idea. Sadly, I bet the disparaging remarks jar would get full faster than my workout jar. Hah.

Yes - it sure is because, if you're not changing, you're stagnating and who wants that? :D

GO YOU! I was doing really well last week and then a four day weekend happened. Back at it tomorrow. I would have gotten up this morning but the cat kept me up half the night because apparently she is not a fan of fireworks (we didn't have her this time last year or I would have known).

Supposedly... exercise is supposed to make you happier. More calm. So um, maybe we'll go with that? :D

I have a friend who tells me she's always so *wired* after a jog and I'm like... I've never, in my entire life, gotten that mythical burst of energy after a workout. All I get is a rumbling tummy and a yawning face. :D

That's a great way to start your weekend! Reading by the pool is always a winner with me, too.

I KNOW RIGHT? I'd be the most active person ever if I could get that.

Oh holy hell... what a jerk. Some people are simply horrible. *hugs* I don't blame you for having some lingering issues after that. I would too, I'm sure!

I want to be published.
Yeah, okay...that requires actually submitting...so I guess my goal is to stop being paranoid and PUBLISH...

Definitely not the only one. Part of it is a reluctance to send my 'babies' out into the world, lol. Some of it comes down to the length of my books in the series...and so many people telling me that no one will publish such long books from first time authors...or won't buy them if they're self-published for the same reason. I have a few shorter books ready finally...but even self publishing takes a few dollars (as I understand it)...for publishing and for a cover...and I'm so perpetually broke that's a problem too. *sigh*

exactly...letting anyone 'tackle' my babies is just...*shudder*

I ... i...i.... I want to be a lifeguard....

(cue early '80s MTV video)

Erm... honestly, lately I'm not even 100% sure, except that it would involve writing and less time in an office. Maybe travel writing.

The trick, of course is going from 'wanting' to 'doing'.

I wanna be retired! I wanna finish all the unfinished stuff I have in my wardrobe and in my WIP folder too!

Now, if I could afford to be retired, I could work on all that stuff! So, I'm working for that: early retirement. By my calculations, I could make it in about 8 years...

I want to finish a novel (okay, my series of novels) and then publish them. I have many other dreams and goals but we'll start with those. :D

I actually had a conversation with a friend some months back concerning this very topic. I ended up taking computers in college because I didn't really know what I wanted to be and thought (mistakenly) that I could make money in that field. Word of advice: Don't waste time in college unless you know you're going in for something you genuinely want. I've never really used my college degree, and never will, and most of the people who have degrees or even multiple degrees also don't/haven't used theirs.

I thought about many different careers growing up. I still sometimes consider other avenues I could have taken. First and foremost, as those who know me will be quick to suspect, is veterinarian. But I could never bear the losses they have to suffer. It's hard enough being a rescuer and losing as many as we do over the years. It breaks my heart every time.

But there are two things I have always wanted to do: I've always wanted to help animals, especially cats, and I've always wanted to write. So guess what? I may only be a cashier as far as my monetary job is concerned, but I'm doing what I want to do in life. We have added to so many feline lives, saved so many though we can never save enough, and I am a writer who, I know from reviews if not to toot my own horn, touches her readers' hearts on occasion, so yeah, I'm pretty happy with what I do. :)

I'm not really sure about current goals honestly. Find more living peace, I guess, get to where I can listen to music again without being upset and work on putting my grief behind me at least as well as I can and not focusing on the darkness of my own future. Take better care of my babies. But those are all givens.

Seriously, I guess my #1 goal outside of my babies now would be getting our bills paid off. We have about two more years on the car, three more on the trailer, and then there's all the credit card bills that were run up for health reasons and surviving without jobs when we didn't have much choice. And those pay off times are, of course, if something else doesn't happen.

Edited at 2016-07-06 09:41 pm (UTC)

I know this is late, but I still want to say thank you for this. :)