Johanna\’s Blog

I’m always trying to find a little direction and focus in my life.  Even at my age, I don’t know what I really want to “be when I grow up!”  Don’t get me wrong, there are several things I absolutely know I want in life (like to live in a place I love, have a job I love, have a family, etc.) but I don’t know how to get them.  For example, I know I want to have a job that I love doing and don’t mind going to everyday.  But, I still don’t know exactly what that job may be.  What job is there for someone with a history degree who loves to research, has lots of customer service, retail management, and banking experience under her belt?  I tell myself too, that it’s frivolous to want a job that I love when I should just be happy to have a job with great benefits, especially these days when there are so many individuals who don’t have either.  I will figure it out someday, right?  Anywho, I digress.  Really my point it starting this post was to talk about setting goals, which I have been trying to articulate and write down lately.  I found a cool site 43things.com that allows you to make a list of goals in your life and keep track of when these goals are accomplished.  For example, the goals you list can be anything from finding a job you love to learning to speak German.  Whatever you want.  The unique thing about this site is that you can see other users who want to accomplish or have already accomplished the same things you want for yourself.  You can read others’ comments about how they are working on any particular goal or how they finally reached it.  I think it’s pretty cool!  At any rate, I have started my list of 43 things.  I have found myself really thinking about what I want for myself and my life.  I’m only to 15 things that I want…but the list will surely grow!

Well, I’m finally giving in to my mom’s not so subtle comments that I really needed to work on my blog. For fear of being removed from her blog roll (not really!) I came to do an update.  When I sat down to see where I was the last time I posted, I was a little embarrassed–it had been almost two years since I’d updated!!  I don’t even know what to say to that.   Only that I want to do better mom!   I want to promise my readers (all two of you) that I will write more often.  Hopefully, it will help me focus this here brain of mine if I do a little writing from time to time.