Working towards a few goals....

One of my goals this year was a reading goal. I've been spending too much time on the laptop or watching tv & not reading. I used to be a voracious reader but like a lot of things in the past few months, it's on the back burner. So today I came up with a tentative list of books I want to read this year & hooked up with my Goodreads app to join the challenge. My goal is 12 which is easily do-able. Unfortunately - I need to complete the list. But I am off to a healthy start.

My list is as below but I will not be reading them in this order necessarily.

• The Gift - J. Patterson
• The Alchemist - P. Coelho
• A Good Man is Hard to Find - F. O'Connor
• The Violent Bear it Away - F. O'Connor
• Pillars of the Earth - K. Follett
• The Happiness Project - G. Rubin
• Decision Points - G. Bush
• Last Lecture - R. Pausch 
• Mansfield Park - J. Austen
• Pride & Prejudice & Zombies - J. Austen & S. Smith

I need to fill the rest of the list in due time. I bought a bunch of books from our local Books 4 Less - more Patterson & such, but I am looking for variety. More than that, I am looking to expand myself. I read the same thing, same style over & over. Let's see how this goes.

A month in & still no goals

I've started out 2011 already in a slump. Usually every year I get myself going & come up with the ole' resolutions & then I am off & running. For it least a month or so. This year is different. I have no goals. And worse yet, I really don't want to make any. I feel a general malaise in my life for the past 6 months or so. I know what needs to be done, I know what direction I need to go in but I just don't care about getting there. To me this is bothersome.

For instance, the health issue. I have gained a bit in the last 6 months since I stopped running after my last half marathon in May. I have a general plan to get things into motion but I just cannot find any motivation to do it. No - I'm not depressed, quite the opposite I've been very happy, happier than I have been in awhile. I just lost my focus along the way.

So I guess for my 1st goal: make a list of goals for the year. I think I shall start out quite simple. I can't afford to overload my fragile self at this point in the game.