Now I am a huge Game of Thrones fan. Last night was the Season Finale and I am now wanting to see Season 8, but that won't be until late next year or even in 2019. In that time, I am hoping to accomplish certain things that I have been wanting to for a while.
This includes but is not limited to:
Go to Iceland or Norway
Get into grad school
Get a Geologist job
LOSE WEIGHT (a significant amount)
Run a marathon
Get my own place
Possibly leave Syracuse (lowest on the list)
So I figure I would use this past years release date as a evaluation date and call the possibility of 2019 (January 1, 2019) the date when I should at least be in the process of accomplishing all of my hopes and dreams.
The main thing is to lose weight and find a more permanent and relevant job. I have become more realistic with how to lose weight. It doesn't happen just like that. It takes time, years for real success. I have a lot to lose to feel comfortable in my body again and to be healthy again. I am 20 lbs over what the normal body weight cutoff is before its considered overweight for a person my height and age. I would definitely like to get down to 135-145 lbs but that is a long ways away. I would be happy just to get my 20 lbs out of the way. I would also be happy to get back in real shape. Being able to run again. Like in high school when I was playing 3 sports and feeling amazing. I guess it didn't help that I didn't eat very healthy so with all of my exercise and sports I had muscle tone but I still had the fat that went with eating terribly.
I am hoping to take things a day at a time. This also goes for becoming more eligible/ competitive to get into a good grad program. I have been dying to go back to school. I love the environment of it all. I also would love to do research and be a TA. I however still need to present myself as dedicated, educated and experienced in the program I choose. All the more reason I want a real job.
Iceland has been a dream of mine for a while, along with New Zealand, Japan, Antarctica and Norway. For a person who hates the cold because she can get cold so easily I find these places the most beautiful. Plus I would really like to capture the beauty of it all. You know expand my ability with a camera and capture beautiful landscapes, do a lot of hiking and learning very hard languages.
I would love to go to Iceland this year (especially if that's where GOT is being filmed a little, other than Ireland). I wouldn't even mind going back to Ireland since I did love it so much the first time. I just have such a travel bug. The bad thing is, is that I would like to go alone or with someone I know can keep up with me, has my crazy interest in exploring the infinite wilderness, and that can afford it and not bitch about the expense, but enjoy every moment.
That may be a 2019 accomplishment, but if I get the ball rolling in 2018 I'll be a happy clam.
Finding my own place is yet another expense that I am willing to forgo after recently buying my first real car, at the same time paying off student debt and other bills. I really enjoy having my own space and then my mom house as being separate. That way I won't feel trapped. This will come however after I've been at this job long enough, find a different, more permanent job or I just get too stir crazy.
Also, having my own place means I could eventually get my own dog. This is a maybe down the road since I won't know my hours or work schedule yet and I can't raise a puppy if I'm not there. However if I get one that's already crate trained, that's a tad bit easier. Even living in the same neighborhood as my mom and sister wouldn't be awful, that's if I stay in Syracuse, but its a big enough neighborhood that it wouldn't be annoyingly close and I could visit and vice versa if we wanted (and possibly watch my apartment or dog if I ever got one). I also mentioned that I might leave Syracuse, I have been in Syracuse all my life and I would love a change, especially if more opportunities are elsewhere, even if its in New York State still. I would love a change of scenery and new challenges.
And last on the list is running a marathon. I am signed up to run a 1/2 marathon this coming November. I was going to start training for it this week in fact and I am crazy intimidated. I however would like to draw inspiration from it and want to do more which include running a full marathon and maybe do a Spartan Run or Tough Mudder. I used to love to run. This inspires me to lose weight but to also get in shape, be more productive with my time and also give back/volunteer my time to a good cause.
I bet a lot of people find inspiration from GOT, probably mostly artistically, which it also awakens my interest in writing again, which I wouldn't mind doing again, but it also inspires me to be a badass in my life just as much as everyone in this series, they also overcome so much, it also gives me something to focus on instead of thinking about what is going to happen next. I know I'm completely crazy, but if it works, I'll most certainly be happy.
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