Goals: Q1 Review

How on earth is it time to review quarterly goals already?!

Me

• blog consistently (average 4x a week)
  Nope. This didn't happen for two main reasons... one, I've been really busy with school, and two, with aforementioned business + craptastic weather, I haven't really had much to talk about.
  
• ride (average 1x a week)
  Again, nope. School + bad weather = hard pony times.
  
• work out (average 5x a week)
  Another no, but I have no excuse for this one.
  
• lose 15lbs
  ...see above.
  
• track finances
  *sigh*, nope... unless having online banking counts, haha. Plus in the past month alone, I've dropped $800 on the dentist, over $300 on the vet... ugh, let's not think about that.

Mexi

• hang out in a field like a boss ✓
  Errrday.
• prepare game face for Spring Training ✓
  Even more so, she has survived the boot camp portion of spring training. Now if winter can screw off (we got a mix of snow and ice pellets yesterday...), we can continue on.

Well that was depressing.

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Goals: Q1

Here are my goals for the first quarter of 2014 (January - March).

Me:

• blog consistently (average 4x a week)
• ride (average 1x a week)
• work out (average 5x a week)
• lose 15lbs
• track finances

Portia is not impressed by our goals.

Mexi:

• hang out in a field like a boss
• prepare game face for Spring Training

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2014 Goals

Here are our overall "Big Picture" goals for 2014. I will also be making some smaller quarterly goals (inspired by Tracy at Fly On Over), so stay tuned for those as well. I considered doing monthly goals instead of quarterly goals (nod to L at Viva Carlos), but I will be riding so infrequently over the winter that I thought it would be counterproductive. I may break the quarterly goals down to monthly goals in the summer to increase accountability and achievability, but who knows.

I would also like to declare these rolling goals, keeping in mind that current goals may be altered or new goals may be added before the end of the year.

Me:

• ride more (which realistically is just "ride" given the past few years)
• blog consistently (this is supposed to be a training journal, after all!)
• get "riding fit"; get down to pre-thyroid weight
• maintain GPA (first semester grades average to a 96%, and from what I can tell from the almighty Google, that's a 4.0)
• harvest and maintain a positive outlook on life; take active strides to pursue and achieve all goals, big or small

See that grin? Gotta get back in the saddle!

Mexi:

• hack on and off property
• school training level/first level dressage movements; focusing on impulsion, forward movement, clean transitions, shortening and lengthening stride, dabbling in lateral movements, et cetera
• school a full course; land on leads consistently
• smooth simple changes
• attend at least one show
• attend hunter pace (I've been saying I would do this for the past two years!)

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