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The 5 year plan

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So I've never been a big fan of New Years Resolutions because 1. it only gives me a year to complete it 2. everyone expects you to fail and 3. well I can never think of what I want to resolve. I would like to think I'm constantly growing and improving myself and that I don't need a new year to make a change in my life. So here's my list of things I hope to accomplish in the next 5 years, and because I have OCD I've breaking it into sections.

Financial-
  • No more loans :)
  • Own property... or at least start owning property... which might negate #1 but that is more in reference to student loans and my car payment.
  • Contribute more that what I currently to my 401k... it's a pretty pathetic amount, but to contribute more I need to earn more!
Educational-
I would like to take the following classes:
  • Spanish or become conversational in French since I've wasted so much time on that language already.
  • Cake decorating
  • Flower arranging
  • Pilates
  • Belly dancing
I would also like to be on the road to a masters... I think, that plan always is an on and off thing.
Spiritual-
  • Better temple attendance
  • Read more gospel focused books
  • If I'm still teaching... less procrastination when it comes to that
Relationships-
  • Have a healthy functioning adult relationship with a male for longer than 6 weeks, the we shall try to break 3 months.
  • Less catty and mean thoughts about people in general
Appearance
  • Lose some more weight... the healthy way
  • Be more presentable at work daily... just because I work with married and gay men doesn't mean that people should be surprised when I wear makeup
  • Start buying clothes (jeans) that fit my body better and don't need a belt to keep them up
  • Along that same idea stop buying clothes at stores that target the teen market... or I call "disposable".
  • Become more of a neat freak and keep my living arrangements cleaner- I enjoy cleaning once I start... I need to start more!
I think that's it for now... but then again who knows... that's the beauty of the list it's ever- expanding!
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