Setting Goals

So, I'm still pretty high on this dissertation camp train. I love it. Seriously, this is the most productive I've been ever in a long time. Don't believe me? I have pretty much finished drafts of my first three chapters. Not impressed? 70 pages. I have written 70 pages of text for my dissertation, which will be micro-analyzed and surely torn apart by my advisor. But that's beside the point. On to the topic at hand...The thing about camp is that everyone wants to talk about goals.

Goals, goals, goals.

I find that I really have a hard time setting realistic goals (I will lose 40lbs by reunion, which is like 2.5 months away-- sooooooooo not happening). And at the same time, I've made it pretty far setting my crappy goals (I am in graduate school, and I'm abd). But... I should probably start setting real, realistic goals. And when we had our mini-session on success today, one of the things they talked about is accountability. As in, tell someone your goals.

So blog-o-verse, I'm going to take this time to share some of my goals with you. Hopefully they are better than previous goals. And it's your turn to keep me accountable, however that looks for you. To keep things simple, I'm going to make one goal in three categories: Work, Health, and Job. And keep in mind a good goal is specific, measurable, and has a distinct timeline.

Work:  I will submit the draft copy of the first three chapters of my dissertation to my advisor by April 15.

Health: I will continue to log my food in my WeightWatchers tracker for the remainder of my WW week (weigh in on Tuesday). Oh, and yes I'm a weight watcher. And I'm also pretty bad on sticking to it.

Job: I will contact three potential PI's in regards to post-doctoral positions by May 1.

Okay. There it is. It's public (well at least if you are seeing this because I've posted it). But look at me, World. I'm setting goals. If you want to join me in this journey, feel free to link up. Or comment. Or whatever.