Finish Year Week 2

I realize I did not write a Finish Year Week 1 post, but I figure it's better late than never.

Finish Year is a term I copied from Jon Acuff, a Christian blogger who I follow regularly because he is both wise and hilarious! He suggested at the end of the 2011 that we all challenge ourselves to make 2012 a year of finishing things, as opposed to starting new resolutions because let's face it, dreams are great and all, but unfinished dreams accomplish nothing. FINISHING changes your life, if not the world!

So, some friends and I sat down and made our Finish Lists for 2012 and I will share mine. In 2012, I will:
-FINISH my Master's Degree
-FINISH my Clinical Health Psychology Certification
-FINISH a book of index cards that I purchased two years ago for the purpose of filling it with Scripture verses that were meaningful to me. I started, and it's time I finish. But, in order to fill it with Scripture, guess what I have to read? That's right. Scripture. Double bonus on this one!
-FINISH paying off my student loan with the smallest balance
-FINISH at least one letter to my sponsored child, Karabo in Lesotho, each month.
-FINISH plans for a classification/storage system for my clients' photographs.

Now, all of that being said, it's time for an update! As I said before, I didn't update at the end of Week 1, so this will be the first update.

-Finish Master's Degree: I worked for 2 hours on my thesis tonight and added two pages and a few new ideas to my paper. I feel OK about this one. I have more questions that I need my professor to answer, though, before I can say I feel better about it.

-Finish Health Psych Cert: Classes started this past week. I am one week into my second to last class. Because finishing this goal cannot be expedited by my own efforts (the semester is 15 weeks long no matter how hard I work), my progress on this one will be relatively steady. But, I also spend time in the library yesterday morning researching for my first presentation and read through 6 articles in the afternoon. I feel quite good about this one.

-Finish Scripture Index Cards: I added two verses this week. I can do better on this one.

-Finish paying off smallest loan: I am about to send in this month's payment this week and as long as I can pay this amount each month, I will be good to go to pay it off in December. I feel OK about this one.

-Finish a letter to Karabo: I put a letter in the mail yesterday! This one was easy because WorldVision sent the card to me, so this one required less effort on my part. Other months will take a little more time, but I still feel very good, writing to him makes me happy!

-Finish a storage/classification system for clients' photographs: I looked into external hard drives this week and did some price comparisons. More expensive than I had hoped/expected. Will need to save up for this one, but it's Finish YEAR, not Finish MONTH. I have space left on my hard drive, so there is time for this one. In the meantime, I can use CDs if need be.

So, all in all, I'm pleased to say I did at least something for each goal this week.

What are you finishing?