2015 Goals: March Update

Keeping accountable, what did this Rock Girl accomplish in March 2015?

COMPLETED GOALS FOR 2015

• Be healthy enough to be entirely free of daily medicine. COMPLETED!  CHECK!  DONE!  ADIOS MEDS
•  Travel to New Orleans, LA  COMPLETED!  Went to NOLA March 24-27th with my sweet Mom!
•  Continuing my education
  • Spring course: Payroll Accounting ENROLLED!  Starting March 30, 2015
  • Summer course: Comprehensive Spreadsheets ENROLLED! 
  • Fall course:  Intro to Office Software ENROLLED!
   
   

• HEALTH GOALS 
• Continue to exercise daily.
•  Walk 5-6 days a week, averaging 3-5 miles.  ongoing
• Go to gym 2 days a week for strength exercising.  ongoing
• Use FitBit to monitor my steps, reaching daily goals of 10 flights of stairs and 10,000 steps a day. ongoing
• Journal my blood sugar twice a week, food intake, exercise log. ongoing
• Post my progress on a  weekly basis on my results from my gastric sleeve surgery, after 3 months on a monthly post. Weekly seems very self centered so I will be posting updated on a monthly basis going forward.

• Run two 5K races by October 2015.

• Make two new meals a week, post my results on a weekly basis. ongoing

•  PROFESSIONAL GOALS
• Reaching my 2015 goals at work.

• ART GOALS
• Attending "Art Is...You" retreat in Minneapolis, MN in September.

• Creating a horoscope series of paintings.

• Creating new Creepy, but Cute drawings.

• Create a series of Day of the Dead canvas art.

• Sell 10 paintings this year. 

• Attend an art walk.

• Participate in art online classes, post weekly of any projects created and works in process.
• Willowings: Life Book 2015  http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2015/   Ongoing!
• Art5Academy: Documented Life Project http://www.art5academy.com/the-studio/the-documented-life-project-free  Honestly, nothing has really spoken to me to create.  Still not giving up!
•  Christy Tomlinson: SheArt and Art Society
• http://www.scarletlime.com/workshops.html
• monthly art project: The Art Society   Behind, I purchased all my materials...just trying to find the time!

•  TRAVEL GOALS
• Paris, France
• Portland, WA 
• Austin, TX

•  BLOG GOALS
• Post the following:
• Monthly goals update  Kinda....
• Weekly post new recipes  Sorta, good intentions, I will do better!
• Weekly post health update/sleeve progress  CHECK!
• Weekly post new art CHECK!
• Increase follower on blog and Facebook

As a commitment to myself, I will be posting a monthly update on my blog to see my  progress throughout the year.  

Feeling a Little Loopy-Zendoodling

Feeling a Little Loopy by Bobbi Jo Hickman

I was focused on creating a ZenTangle journal page.  

re sIf you are not familiar with ZenTangle Art or Zen Doodling, there is a wonderful book to help introduce the process called Totally Tangled by Sandy Steen Bartholomew.


 
I love that with just a few supplies, 3x3 paper or ATCs, Sharpie pens, I can create while on the go.  I find the practice to be relaxing and meditative.  There are so many ways to create designs, the repetitive nature of the process helps instill the focus I require which helps me perfect my pattern making skills, as well as, boost my confidence and comfort levels using new patterns.   Allowing me to experiment with new patterns it has been so helpful to me as it has allowed me the confidence to introduce new pattern designs to my media art.