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(scratch the making money part, I mean who are we really kidding)

I've been thinking a lot about goals for my 24th year. If there's ANYTHING this rough, rough, but rewarding year has taught me, it's the importance of taking care of myself and prioritizing the activities and people that make me the happiest and best me. I was reading one of those buzzfeed blog list things that are always floating around facebook and it was a list of things all women should have before they turn 25. Aside from the usuals (a little black dress in the closet, an idea of what they want from a relationship, a steady income, blah blah blah), it said that every young woman should have a HOBBY. Sounds easy, right? Well here's where it gets hard. A hobby that does NOT INCLUDE: drinking, shopping, working out, or helping other people. Yep.
I'm willing to bet that every single one of my friends reading this is going "well what the heck else is there to do??" It sounds SO superficial, but it actually got me thinking about the importance of doing things for ME. Things that help me to grow and find fulfillment for MYSELF. It's SO easy to get caught up in just the daily survival, turning my brain off as soon as I get home from the school so that I don't go absolutely insane, and staving off sleep deprivation. But living for survival sin't really living, I don't think. Survival does not = living. I don't know about y'all, but I want to LIVE. (A wise person once said "Life is not about the number of breaths you take, but about the moments that take our breath away." Ever heard it? lolz lolz lolz)

So here are my goals for year 24. (some are personal, some are professional, some are just random life goals):
1. learn how to golf 
2. start recycling (dear MN friends, this may seem stupid to you, but we don't recycle yet in Mississippi so we have to actually make an effort to do this! My roommates and I plan on recycling at our house and bringing our recycling to one of the nearby recycling plants--since it can't be picked up....and I'm going to start teaching it and implementing it in my classroom as well).
3. Start my masters. This is already set, but it will definitely be one of my priorities this year, if not a goal.
4. Cook and eat healthy foods. Try new foods! Enjoy the process and art of cooking (this could be a hobby!).
5. Be crafty. Make things that aren't just for school (and things that are for school).
6. READ. Read for fun and read to become a better teacher.
7. Teach my students how to communicate their emotions and different strategies for coping.
8. Have a thorough, comprehensive, integrated morning meeting with community building and activities for social and emotional development.
9. Use music in my classroom.
10. Set a precedent of soft voices in my classroom, leading by example. (This way I don't lose my voice).
11. Sing in a church choir.
12. Get more involved in the local community.

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