I am a pro at to-do lists. Writing this blog was on my to-do list for the afternoon (my post-work-to-do list, not to be confused with my work-to-do list). What I'm not so good at is long-term goals. I realized that right now I'm kind of just living day-to-day. Which is okay! I think it was necessary in school... I had to manage what little time I had and take care of the things that needed to get done the soonest.
I still make to-do lists each morning. But what I don't do is make a to-do list for the week, the month, the year. And this morning it hit me: I don't know what long-term goals I have for myself at work or in my personal life. Throughout college, my long-term goals were constant: graduate and get a full-time job. I've achieved both of those goals... now what? Obviously I have to get certified to be a flight controller. That goal is laid out for me by the performance plan at work... but that is the minimum I need to do. I haven't really thought about how I'll get to the point where I'm prepared for minisims in February or our biggest test sometime next year.
So today I started thinking about the things I want to do in addition to the minimum (and interim steps to get where I want to be). I haven't gotten too far in my planning, which is okay. These things take time. But I came up with some things I want to do before Christmas (both at work and at home).
By Christmas:
-Have started paying off my student loans
-Pass my Console, Tools, and Displays checkout
-OJT or sim follow at least twice
-Finish my GPS workbook
-Pass my GPS checkout
-Start working on the RGA workbook
-Make my bed every day between now and then (slipping once a week is okay... no one is perfect)
-Cook a meal that I haven't cooked before
-Journal at least twice a week (this is more to keep me honest about my progress and give me a place to write down my feelings)
-Talk to our co-op about what she would do differently if she could start her tour over again
-Finish 4 scrapbook pages for Kirstyn
I'll come up with more things for what I want to do by the end of January, February... like take the GRE and start researching grad schools, but that's all for now! Going to try out a community band tonight... can't wait to play!
