My personal goals and predictions for this year......

[poltr1]

As in years past, I don't make new year's resolutions, mostly because my track record is so abysmal. Instead, I set goals for myself. If I make them, great. If not, oh well.


Personal goals for 2005

* All-around: Find a job that I like

* All-around: Increase my trust and deepen the friendships with a few of the people I know

* Health: Get down to 200 lbs

* Health: Get out and walk more

* Clutter: Go through and discard financial records over 5 years old

* Clutter: Reduce the amount of paper clutter by 25%

* Clutter/Housekeeping: Keep the house clean and free of clutter (ongoing)

* Financial: Do something to avoid getting deeper into debt

* Financial: Make progress on paying off the current debt

* Home: Spend less time on the computer and more time with the family


I also offer 10 predictions for this year. Some of them probably won't come true, and some of them might.


Predictions for 2005

1) Pope John Paul II will pass away.

2) Citing sagging record sales, Britney Spears will pose nude for Playboy.

3) Not to be outdone, Christina Aguilera will pose nude for Penthouse the following month.

4) Paris Hilton will fade from the public spotlight after yet another sex scandal.

5) Jessica Simpson will become pregnant, and will be showing off her belly to anyone who cares to see.

6) Michael Moore will win the Best Documentary Oscar for Fahrenheit 9/11, and his victory speech will be cut short by the censors and/or the network.

7) The NHL team owners' lockout will continue until the summer. The 2004-05 season is history.

8) Osama bin Laden will not have been caught.

9) There will be another challenge to Bush's predency, based around the US involvement in the Iraq war, which will still be going on.

10) There will be another major natural disaster somewhere in the world, equalling the magnitude of the Sumatra earthquake and resulting tsunami.

Comments

[doeadear.livejournal.com]

Ohmygoodness, I hope you don't have a crystal ball! I am sure you are hoping #'s 2, 3 and 4will happen. As for #1, he's on my dead pool list. And I pray there isn't a natural disaster worse than the Tsunamis! And I wish we'd get the fuck out of Iraq. (I have to pay Lydia a dollar for cursing, but it was worth it!)

[poltr1]

2 and 3 would be nice. ;-)

Better yet would be for aliens to kidnap Paris, Jessica, her sister Ashlee, and collectively wipe the memories of their existence from all of humanity. But that's not bloody likely. :-(

[doeadear.livejournal.com]

By the way, I got your xmas card, thank you, but about a week late. You sent it to the old address. I have sent you my new address twice, have you made a note of it?

[poltr1]

I have now. I couldn't find the other card you sent me, and so I didn't have the new information in the holiday card spreadsheet and thus, the label file that was created from it.