To Do: 2008

I know this blog post is going out a bit late, but better late than never.

In 2006 I started setting certain goals for myself for the upcoming year. This is the first time that I am getting to look back on those goals and asses how far I have come in achieving them. Its made a real difference to write them down and post them as opposed to just telling myself what they are and then forgetting a month later about the whole thing. It feels good to see the previous years To Do list and see what I have done.

From the list of things I posted in 2006 that I wanted to do in 2007, here is what I can now cross off my list:
1. Improve my Japanese.
2. Picnic under cherry blossoms
3. Visit the Miyazaki museum
(I did not get even half the things done I wanted to!! Shame on me, I will be better this year!)

My new goals for the 2008 and some carried over, not yet completed are as follows:

1. Drink more water.
2. Decide on a masters program.
3. Save X (this is non of your business) dollars.
4. See a baseball game in Japan.
5. See a sumo match in Japan
6. Climb Mt. Fuji
7. Pay down my credit card.
8. Move again.
9. Get better at learning my students names.
10. Read 25 books.