FinishYear Week 17

Well, it's been 17 weeks! I apologize for not updating for Week 16 last week. I confess I had not made much progress on some of my goals (OK, all of my goals) because my entire week was consumed with preparing for some photography mini sessions to benefit fundraising for my missions trip to Jamaica this summer. All other goals took a backseat. Saturday I was photographing literally all day, and Sunday was recovering (boy, was I sore!) and and editing. So, for here is my list of goals, and the progress that I made for Week 17:

-Finish Master's Degree: Check.

-Finish Health Psych Cert: I attended my last class in person and gave my presentation. Unfortunately, I made a mistake in my paper writing and need to re-write about half of it. My teacher was very understanding (thank goodness!) and the re-write is already done. I have one more online assignment to do and then this class is DONE.

Learned that the last class I need to finish the cert is not offered this summer like I thought it would be. So, might not be able to finish cert until the fall. Not sure yet, need to further explore some of my options. Feeling a bit discouraged, but it'll all work, because everything always does. 

-Finish a letter to Karabo: Accomplished. Now I need to mail it, which is always a challenge. I can never remember all the rules for sending mail internationally, so I need to find time to get to the post office and this time, I will take notes. I've had the letter in my planner for a week now!

-Finish a storage/classification system for clients' photographs: This one is on hiatus for now.

-Read through the Bible by the end of 2012: I did not read consistently two weeks ago, but did read consistently this week. I am now on Week 9, Day 2 of the Bible, and we are in Week 17 of 2012, so I'm catching up! I feel good about this one and am still enjoying it, though getting through all the rules in Leviticus was a challenge at times!

So, I'm feeling good! How about you?

FinishYear Week 15

Well, it's been 15 weeks! Here’s my list of goals, and the progress that I made:

-Finish Master's Degree: Check.

-Finish Health Psych Cert: This was week 14 of class. One more to go! Stayed home sick from class this week, not much else to report. Can't wait to turn in my paper and get it off my shoulders.

Learned that the last class I need to finish the cert is not offered this summer like I thought it would be. So, might not be able to finish cert until the fall. Not sure yet, need to further explore some of my options. Feeling a bit discouraged, but it'll all work, because everything always does. 

-Finish a letter to Karabo: This goal got pushed back because I was still fighting off bugs this week.

-Finish a storage/classification system for clients' photographs: Still sick, see above.

-Read through the Bible by the end of 2012: I read every day this week. Finished Genesis and Job, now in Exodus. Reading through story of the Exodus very quickly, as it's always been a favorite of mine. I remember sitting in my room and reading through the story for fun as a little girl.

So, all in all, not a great week. Still fighting off a bug, and was focused on a craft show, an engagement session, and some other personal things this week.

How about you guys?

Finish Year Week 14

Well, it's been 14 weeks! Here’s my list of goals, and the progress that I made:

-Finish Master's Degree: Check.

-Finish Health Psych Cert: This was week 13 of class. Two more to go! I wrote 11 pages of the 10 page paper this week. So glad to have that off my shoulders. It's not due for another 2 1/2 weeks or so, but I knew this was the only weekend I'd get uninterrupted time to work on it. I hope to tweak it a little bit once I get some questions clarified in class this week, but it's mostly done.

-Finish a letter to Karabo: This goal got pushed back because I was sick more days than not this week.

-Finish a storage/classification system for clients' photographs: I transferred all photographs that are not mine personally for the past two years to the external hard drive. There is some more organization to be done actually ON the hard drive, but the photos are there, which was the important first step.

-Read through the Bible by the end of 2012: I went back to Lifeway and picked up a second copy of my chronological Bible, because I have no idea how long it will take me to get my first copy back from my brother's house. I read about half of the days this week because I've been sick for about six days now and been sleeping as much as I can.

So, all in all, an alright week here. How about everyone out there?

FinishYear Week 13

Well, it's been 13 weeks! Week 13 of FinishYear is over and I've been excited to post about it because it was a big week for me!

Here’s my list of goals, and the progress that I made:

-Finish Master's Degree: To quote my friend Beth - DONE! FINISHED! THROUGH! COMPLETED! OVER! FULFILLED! REALIZED! SUCCEEDED! This one is done, and I simultaneously feel 1) proud/excited/like I want to shout from the rooftops that I finally DID IT, and 2) completely the same. So yeah, I guess I'll be taking this one of the list!

-Finish Health Psych Cert: This was week 12 of class. Three more to go! We had a guest speaker in class and I completed our second to last online assignment. I plan to write the bulk of the paper this week or next.

-Finish a letter to Karabo: Today starts April! And little Karabo turns 3 this month!  Time to start him another letter.

-Finish a storage/classification system for clients' photographs: I saved enough money for my 1 TB external hard drive last week and placed the order. It shipped SO quickly, and arrived in my mailbox yesterday! I was away photographing a wedding, so I just got it this morning. I hope to spend some time this evening beginning the process of transferring clients's photographs from my personal computer to the drive.

-Read through the Bible by the end of 2012: I read every day this week! I'm really enjoying this Bible so far. However, I completely failed and left it at my brother and sister in law's house when I stayed there last night after an out of town wedding. Realized it about halfway home this morning. So, I'm not sure how much progress I'll make on this goal this coming week because I'm not sure how long it will take me to get it back. BUMMER!

So that's Week 13! YAY! How is it going for everyone else?