Chinese New Year just passed and I thought I would take the time to reflect on what I’ve done since the non-lunar new years. Ultimately, I’m still working on my goals, and there’s nothing wrong with them.
I recognize it takes time to change and it takes time to form new habits and change mindsets. That’s something I learned with my monthly goals, were that some of them weren’t that viable. I learned that it takes 21 days for a new habit to take hold, which probably explains why I’ve totally fallen down on almost every weekly goal I had…But I won’t let that get me down.
I thought I would use this time to make some goals I’ve been recently thinking about.
Goals for this new (lunar or not) year:
I would like to find a part time job teaching English. I feel I could be good at this and I want to find a job that I could do well, not just some mindless job. Obviously, if I still can’t find one, perhaps this would change.
Receive my TEFL certification. I just gotta get into gear for this one, it’ll take time and work and I will start in March.
I want to do more research on grad schools, look at the programs and see what they’ve published and find some recommendations. I want to get a better sense if further graduate school is for me.
Additionally, I want to decide if I want to take the GRE, the grad school entrance exam.
I want to become way better at German. This will really be good when I can go back to Munich and start speaking more German.
That’s it. I think they’re pretty good, pretty manageable. I feel good about them. It’s where a lot of my stress comes from now, and if I can get them resolved in this year, that would be great. So we’ll see how this goes!