Whimsical and Nerdy Goals (I can dream right?)

     Two days ago I posted 30 Fun Goals for 2014 mostly covering music, books, writing, and various little things I've always wanted to try. This year is looking to be quite the busy year full of school, work, and, hopefully, personal growth. However, despite my wonderful list I've made, there are a few other little goals that are either insensible or I simply don't have a lot of time for this year (though, I'd love to get through these goals- except maybe the first haha). I'd love to share these whimsical "goals" because they show a bit of insight into the nerdy me:

1. Play more video games: especially Minecraft, Lego Harry Potter, and Infinity Blade. Plus I would love to check out Shadows of Mordor when it comes out (geeky side right there. Love LoTR and the graphics on that game look great, exactly the kind I like)
2. Dress more artistically at least a couple times a week- this is a big one, that I will in all honestly likely dip in and out of it throughout this year. I just need to get up the guts to wear what I want to.
3. Buy Harry Potter Wizarding Collections (this will likely never happen considering it is $400! But my little fan heart can dream, right?)
4. Sew my own dresses, at least a simple black one that fits me perfectly and attractively and can be used at most seasons of the year (we're talking Michigan seasons here haha- cold!)
5. Learn to skateboard- childhood dream right here :)
6. Do more DIYs. This is a biggy seeing as I have many little things I want to do, particularly concerning my room: curtains, painting my room, artwork or display wall, and the list goes on.
7. Discover more music- indie, folk, ect. I love music and really hope to add a few more favorite artists this year
8. Buy or make more flower crowns: I love these so much! I own one, but I'm hoping to buy a really big one someday :)
9.  I must go to the Renaissance festival. There's no doubt about it, this must happen. I'll likely go with just my friends this year. Last year I went with my family, and it was so much fun! But the big thing about this year is that I want to finally buy a corset, and I would love to buy a cloak. And a sword and armor, but those won't happen. ;)
10. Read 100 books this year!

     Obviously these don't take priority in life. I mean seriously, more video games? ;P But some, like sewing and dressing more to my taste are ones that I would love to build into this year. If I don't, then these are taking top priority next year!

30 Fun Goals for 2014

     I saw on Her Library Adventures, a blog I follow, a fun little list of 30 Fun Goals to do this year. She did a similar list for last year. And I absolutely love the idea! So I created my own list of 30 Fun Goals for 2014. Some of them require building habits day to day, week to week, and others are just things I want to do this year- one time, check, activities.

1. Go to the concert of a folk/indie band: I would love if it was The Vespers, Lyric Everly, or Jenny and Tyler, but most of my favorite bands just toured in Michigan last year. :( However, I just found out that Lorde is coming here next month! I don't love her music, but it definitely has been categorized as indie and the music part (not the lyric part) is pretty good :)
2. Learn the ukulele
3. Read minimum 25 (high goal of 50) classics
4. Read more non-fiction
5. Spend less time surfing Internet, more time being productive
6. Journal more
7. Take more pictures and PRINT my pictures (I never print my pictures and wish I did, especially for hanging on the walls in collages)
8. Make 3 art pieces (we are talking finished, big art pieces here)
9. Do Devotions everyday
10. Doodle more- fill my small sketchbook (crazy idea!)
11. Fill one notebook (writing notebook, which is, of course, different than a drawing notebook)
12. Eat more healthy foods- don't munch on unhealthy foods
13. Girls night sleepover, cut out magazines
14. Lord of the Rings extended edition marathon
15. Read all Jane Austen's novels
16. Go to Liz's Bookstore and sift through the stacks, finding books
17. Get up early
18. Go to Rhema's, the coffee shop in Flint
19. Start writing the book I would want to read
20. Drink tea more often
21. Have tea with someone- proper tea party either at home or Sweet Thymes in Hartland
22. Go to a midnight premiere! (I'm thinking the last Hobbit installation hehe)
23. Get a tattoo
24. Get more piercings (cardilage, nose, third piercing?)
25. Find a nice pair of leather riding boots
26. Make bread
27. Cook 1 meal every week
28. Make ice cream
29. Road trip (would love to go to Kentucky to my relatives or my best friend's, Sarah's, house)
30. Learn some of my favorite songs on the piano:
• Dawn from Pride and Prejudice
• Hedwig's Theme
• Downton Abbey- The Suite
• Colors of the Wind

     Evidently, reading is heavily featured here. I've realized I have read very few of the classics I own, and since working at the local library, I have begun to discover the gems in non-fiction. Number 16 on the list is crossed out because I just recently did it! I discovered that I own a lot of the classics I want to read. Therefore, I hope to move from collecting classics to reading them aggressively. :) At Liz's I found some great contemporary books: Water for Elephants, One Day, and The Notebook, to name a few.
     So far cooking one meal a week has gone down unsuccessfully, but I won't put too much pressure on myself. I still have eleven months left, and I likely won't finish everything on this list. Nonetheless, this being the last day of January has made me realize I have very little time left until I turn eighteen. It's been my goal to read all of Jane Austen's novels and Little Woman before I become an adult. I have less than 4 months! Yikes! Right now I'm reading Emma and Les Miserables (oh my goodness, amazing!)
     And that's it! 30 Fun Goals for this year. I look forward to the rest of the year so much. :)

I Should do this... but I Want to Do...Balancing the Two?!?!?!

Goals for 2014 to do a bit of everything

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      I feel like I've been missing out on life lately. I've missed doing fun little things that I really enjoy. I haven't been listening to the music I really like. I haven't been reading YA romances. I haven't been spinning in circles, laughing. All my life has been lately is very serious stuff. My focus has been feeling guilty about not getting much homework done, doing my best at work, and feeling guilty about not reading enough classics. I guess I'm tired of feeling guilty about things that are fun and not bad when I should just enjoy them; laugh with the earth, dream, dance, dwell on pleasant things. Everything that I should be doing I fool myself into thinking I really want to. And I guess in a way I do. I want to read more classics. I want to listen to classical music (I really do like it). I want to do really well at work and constantly be working hard and getting lots done. After all I would love for the library to be clean and organized. I want to eat healthy because I like fruits and veggies. I want to do my homework because I like learning.

     But I also want to listen to Katy Perry, Lyric Everly, Jenny and Tyler, The Vespers, and Disney songs. I want to wear dresses more often. I want to dream of pretty little things: cute tea cups, flower fields, and a good book. I want to go back to my love of bohemian style.
     Basically my life isn't very well balanced with things I want to do and things I need to do. So here are some simply written goals for 2014:

1. Wake up earlier
2. Listen to fun music more often
3. Do more homework
4. Read more good books: a mix of classics and YA
5. Do my devotions each morning or night
6. Drink more tea
7. Write in my journal more often- this is a big one
8. Attempt to write more blog posts (:P haha)
9. Evaluate when I really need to be on the internet and when I could be doing something better, but yes, let myself go on the computer a little bit each day.
10. Print out more pictures and things I find from the internet and build an inspiration collage on my wall

    Then there are a few things I really want to do soon to feel more at home in the kind of room I want to live in:

• Paint my room. What color should I paint it?
• Completely organize my closet
• Draw with the new media I just got for Christmas