2 posts tagged “goals”

So, how did you do with that weekend goal? No goal? What did you do this weekend?

Well, I went to a Gap, looked around, picked up a few things, then realized that I was only there for the coupon and I didn't actually want anything that I could afford (even with the discount) in that store.  So I put it all back and walked out.

Did I then clean my bathroom? Hell no.  Instead, I embraced the fact that, as many friends as I have and as social as I am, I still spend 97.5% (or more) of my time alone.  I sit at a computer all day in a cube, I come home, I walk around the Lake, I watch videos on tv, I go to bed, then I do it all again the next day.  I do talk to people at work, and sometimes someone will walk with me around the lake, and if I'm lucky, I get to go out to dinner or a movie instead of sitting on my couch, but those moments have been precious few for quite a while now.  So, rather than mope about it in my apartment all weekend, I decisively conquered whatever it was that has kept me from going to theaters by myself for the past 34 years.  I saw Clerks II at the Parkway on Saturday and Talladega Nights tonight.  It's kind of nice to be able to go to stupid-funny movies and not have to worry at all, not even a little bit, not even in my subconsious, what my companion will think if I laugh at some of the jokes.  As bad as they were in their own ways, I found them both delightful and disturbing, and hilarious.  So there.

So I didn't achieve my goals, but I was still successful.  How sappy is that?   Remember what movie I just came home from.  Now let's go get thrown out of an Applebee's!

Oh, and also? I had a coupon for B&N, so I unwisely purchased 3 cds and I looooove them: Unwritten, Eye to the Telescope, and Bhangra Dance.

And finally, because it seems I'm going to buy into this thing after all

What's one thing that you'd like to get done this weekend? Is there anything holding you back?

I wasn't sure if I was going to be out of town this weekend, so here I am on Friday night with no real plan for the weekend.  I suppose I'd like to use the friends & family someone gave me yesterday for a 30% discount at the Gap that's only good this weekend.  What's holding me back? I just spent a crapload of money on clothes last weekend.

Failing that, I should probably clean my bathroom.  What's holding me back? The same thing that's been holding me back for weeks now: my hatred of bathroom cleaning.