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I\u2019m a goals-type person.\u00a0 I always have been (my mom says that I have been writing and checking things off lists since as long as she can remember) and I probably always will be.\u00a0 The cool thing is that many (not all) of my resolutions\/goals\/list items have come true over the years.\u00a0 One thing that I noticed recently after reviewing my 2007 goals was that the ones that I didn\u2019t even come close<\/strong> to meeting were either a. ones that I simply weren\u2019t motivated to meet or b. goals that I had set because someone else thought I should.<\/p>\n

Example A: Let\u2019s take my weight for instance.\u00a0 I\u2019m not as big as I was at the beginning of 2007 (but then again, I was<\/strong> 8 months pregnant) but I\u2019m also not as slim as I was before I got pregnant.\u00a0 My youngest son is now ten months so I can\u2019t blame the weight on him any more (in my mind that excuse ends at 6 months).\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s the thing\u2026 I just have not had the outside motivation to lose the weight.\u00a0 The two people (my mom and my husband) whose opinions I value the most think that I look great.\u00a0 My husband is great\/biased \u2013 I have to be having a really<\/strong> bad appearance day for him to think that I don\u2019t look great.\u00a0 I can usually count on my mom to be objective though.\u00a0 (This is the woman who told me that I needed to lose weight three months after the birth of my first son.)\u00a0 However, this time around, she\u2019s like \"You look great.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to lose any weight.\u00a0 All of your curves are in the right places.\"\u00a0 Thanks Ma!\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m not a weight-obsessed person but the scales (and my favorite jeans) don\u2019t lie.\u00a0 I still need to lose a few more pounds. So, that\u2019s one of my inner motivated goals for 2008 \u2013 to be at my pre-baby \"fighting weight\" before I turn 35 on May 21st. <\/p>\n

Example B:\u00a0 Learning to drive is the best example for me of a goal that I haven\u2019t met because it never really was my <\/strong>goal. How, you might ask, can I be from Virginia and not know how to drive?\u00a0 The answer (as un-pc as it is) is that I was constantly with my high school boyfriend who drove me everywhere that I wanted to go.\u00a0 After high school, I moved to Manhattan and have been here every since.\u00a0 Although my husband drives, it is not necessary to drive in Manhattan.\u00a0 That\u2019s one of the things that I love the most about the city.\u00a0 Anyway, for the last couple of years, learning to drive has been on my goal list for the year.\u00a0 Everyone said that I should learn \u2013 my husband, my mom, my in-laws, random strangers, etc., etc.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the thing, I\u2019m a reasonably intelligent person (or so I think)\u00a0but for some reason I have this fear of driving the wrong way down streets, because I have the worst<\/strong>\u00a0sense of physical direction.\u00a0 My husband always says that my angels work overtime, because I always manage to get to where I need to be (usually due to the kind generosity of helpful strangers).\u00a0\u00a0I haven\u2019t really had a good enough reason to conquer this fear until this year.\u00a0 My\u00a0oldest son will be going to preschool\u00a0in September \u201908 and I want to be able to get to him as quickly as possible if\u00a0necessary so this\u00a0summer I will <\/strong>learn to drive.\u00a0 I already have the learner\u2019s permit (I have to make sure that it hasn\u2019t expired!), so it\u2019s just a matter of\u00a0driving. <\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019ll follow up\u00a0with you\u00a0in May and August and let you know how both goals are going.\u00a0 Meanwhile, have fun setting and meeting your own\u00a0<\/strong>goals for 2008!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"