Goal Re-Evaluation (Mid-Year)

This year has taken a lot of unexpected turns. - literally me every year.

The last two months has done me a full 180 degree turn, with an unexpected job change and an unexpected trip over the Pacific (and probably dozens of other things I've already forgotten). I can barely keep track of anything without a calendar (or two!) these days. So I'm stopping to see where I'm at with the goals I set at the beginning of the year. Make sure they're still relevant and realistic, revise them if they aren't and set some new goals for the remaining 5 months of the year.

1. Complete eighteen to nineteen courses this year. 
2. Pay off a large portion of existing debt. 
3. Prep for LSAT re-write.
4. Pick up a part time job (re: Goal #2).
5. Reach 1000 IG followers. 

At a quick glance, I can see I've had a change of heart since January. I have a new stance on #3, and have all but stopped tackling #5 (for now). I came close for #1: I will have completed thirteen courses by December, but #1 is out of my hands now because the courses I need to take aren't being offered this fall term. #2 is strangely on track despite the job change (I have kept these details private ofc), and I have accomplished #4.

So I propose a new set of goals for myself for the next five months, which looks a little something like this:

1. Pay off a large portion of existing debt. -ongoing
2. Reach 1000 IG followers. -ongoing
3. Lose 15lbs (3lbs per month).
4. Use the rest of my vacation days.
5. Dedicate more time to be me-time and self-improve-time.

And of course, the daily and weekly goals to reach the bigger goals (that I won't detail here), but here goes..! #cantstopwontstop

Dear Sri Lanken grandmother on the bus today: I wish you good luck too.

The First Day of Work (Job Change)

Ah, the first day... of school, of summer camp, of work... This bizarre experience where you walk in and try to figure out what the order of things are, before you ask yourself, where do I fit into this picture? I have no shortage of education under my belt. All through elementary school, high school and all of my post secondary schooling (two colleges and one university)... every new school year, new school term even, I had to mentally prepare for the first day.

Work? Exactly the same. I walked in today and took in my surroundings, and observed the people I would now be working with for somewhere around 40 hours a week. At the end of this day, I have only three questions left. (1) Where is the sugar for my tea and coffee? (2) Who drinks the Nesquik in the kitchen anyway? (3) Why are the washrooms not on our floor? To be fair.. I still need to confirm that they aren't on our floor. But they're blatantly obvious on the twelfth floor so I can't imagine where they're hiding. That was Day 1. Phew.