No Tour

Looks like I'm not going to be going on tour... Check out this link: No Tour for ABBA.

Goal Setting

We all need to have goals, large and small. Large goals for me are:

• Find a new job
• Lose weight
• Travel to Europe
• Become a world renowned (or at least paid) artist and author

My small goals are much more mundane. They could almost be called my "To Do" list, but writing them out as goals makes them sound more important. So, here are my goals for today:

• Shave my legs (check)...not exciting but needed to be done
• Blog (check)...this will be the top of every goal list this week
• Complete the paperwork for getting a passport

Whew, that seems like a pretty full day there... I don't want to wear myself out!!

Now in thinking about the "large" goals and the "small" goals I think perhaps I need to come up with some "medium" goals. The medium goals are those that are actually attainable in a respectable amount of time, however, they also require slightly more focus and time to complete. Small goals can be part of the completion of a medium goal and medium goals can be part of the completion of larger goals. So, here are my medium goals:

• Acquire my passport
• Rewrite my resume, again
• Get my car washed
• Mail Mother's and Father's Day presents (yeah, I'm a wee bit late)
• Mail the Queen her wine)
• Figure out what is wrong with my Mac Book
• Perform wardrobe repair (e.g., replace buttons, hems, patch, etc.)

Of course, now I have to remember that I've set these goals, track to them, and report on them, don't I? I guess look for future reports on where I am on completing my goals.

Being a Rule Follower

I read yesterday on The Champ's blog a comment from Jenn Ann that stated she was a rule follower and I had to let her know that she isn't alone.

I've always been a rule follower.

I never snuck out of the house as a kid. Never did drugs because I was always more worried about either getting hooked or getting caught. I never cheated in school, aside from writing my chemistry formulas on my calculator, which didn't work since I couldn't see them during the test. I didn't plagiarize any papers. I never consciously stole anything (although my mom would disagree as I think there is a story out there of when I took candy out of the barrels that they used to have at grocery stores). I rarely cross against the light. I don't cheat on my taxes. I come to full and complete stops at stop signs. I speed only to keep up with traffic, I avoid being the leader speeder. I've gone back into stores when I don't think they've charged me enough. I try to always say "please" and "thank you", which are etiquette rules. Even though I'm not a church-goer/believer, I still genuflect when I go into a Catholic church. I'm a basically good person, and incredibly boring...

I have never really understood people who break and/or bend the rules or better yet completely ignore the rules. For example, bicyclists, they are supposed to follow the same traffic laws of motor vehicles, but they don't; why is that? People who try to get something for nothing and are always on the look out for the next great get rich quick scheme, why do they not have to work for what they get? People who are pushy and don't wait their turns, why do they think their time is more important than anybody else?

Can somebody explain to me why these people irritate me? Is it a little bit of jealousy on my part that wishes I was more of a rule breaker? Possibly. Would I really want to change who I really am to become one of those types of people? Probably not. Am I glad that I'm a rule follower and a pretty non-daring sort? Basically, yeah.

I'm Gonna Have to Move....

I just came across an article that shows the top and bottom cities to be living in for certain jobs based on salary and cost of living, and I think I've made a big mistake....

I looks like Dallas is in the top of the majority of the categories and San Francisco is in the bottom of practically everything.

Well, Mom and Dad, looks like I may be heading home in the near future, even though I did just get settled into my great new place in the city....