Quantifying Can Be Fun

Yar. So I realized that making goals is easier when you have something quantifiable to measure your progress in. :D Also, if you can make a tally towards fulfilling a goal, it makes you feel like you've made more progress if you have some hard evidence that you're 3/14 of the way through, instead of "well, I think I'm about a quarter of the way through".

So I edited some of the goals I've already made on my master list, and added a way to measure my progress in cold, hard numbers. Keep in mind, absolutely none of these goals are new! They're just ones I've already made and added some numbers to. Yay. I might have to change these later if, once I start working toward the goal, I realize I calculated incorrectly. Heheh. :)

Creativity:

• Take 100 photos of everything I love about the town and surrounding area I live in before I leave for college (pictures taken: 0/100)
• Start and fill up a "collection book" (pages filled: 0/150)
• Compile 10 photo books (each with at least 30 pictures) of the things that mean a lot to me (photos compiled: 0/300)
• Draw something in sequential art (panels drawn: 0/20)
• Think up and create a regularly-updating themed blog for at least 50 posts (blog posts: 1/50)

Health/Personal:

• Become a vegetarian for 31 days in a row or more (days gone: 0/31)
• Live, for 365 days or more, in a place where they normally get sticking snow (days lived in such a place: 0/365)
• Live by myself for 100 days or more (days lived alone: 0/100)

Impression:

• Donate $500 or more to a single charity (money donated: $0/$500)
• Clock 250 volunteer hours or more in 365 days (hours: 0/250, days: 0/365)

Okay, so some of these already were quantified, but I either changed it to an equivalent in smaller units (so it's easier to tally) or I added a tally at the end. :P

Oh! And I started working toward one of the goals today! I made a themed blog that will hopefully update once a week on Sundays. It's specific to my school, and it's about school life as the sort of student I am. But it's under a fake name. That's why my display name is now "Sara", because it's about as close to my name as a fish is similar to a camel. -_- So far, I've done one post - 49 more to go! It's either going to be this blog or another one which I have an idea for (either one that's like "a new fact each day" or "music that goes with pictures"). But hey! That's another red goal! Yay! :D