2014 Goals and Plans

Not really resolutions but more of a roadmap of what I want to do and be this year.

ADVENTURE

• explore the country and the continent
• find out and do all there is to do in the city in which I live
• scuba dive at least once

HEALTH & FITNESS

• join the dance studio down the road from my house and start dance classes
• find classes and learn a martial art
• start running again - goal is 10km
• start swimming again - goal is 1 mile
• cook nutritious meals and eat healthily
• start the morning with yoga and core exercises

LEARNING & GROWTH

• complete most of my MSc (only 1 module and the dissertation will be left for 2015!)
• meditate regularly
• learn Hausa (one of the languages of the country in which I live)
• maintain and form relationships
• continue writing
• remain involved in activism (somehow)

SENSIBLE STUFF

• take driving lessons and learn to drive
• figure out my next step after my work contract runs out in November 2014
• continue to save money

Most of all, I want to break free of the work rut in which I found myself in 2013. 

I love my job but it needs to be just one part of my life, not the whole extent of what I do. In 2014, I will become better at saying no and will stop stepping in (quite so much) to cover for my colleagues.