December 31, 2006, 10:31am

OK, time to review my new year goal in 2006 and set up new goals for 2007. :)

From 2006:
1. Driving -- I got my license on July 14 and bought my first car on September 20. Sure I began having auto insurance and paying for maintanence and gas...
2. Swimming -- I learnt swimming (breaststroke) suddenly in June... after practising in the small pool for two days in Tanglewood.
3. As in all coursework -- Achieved... and beginning to wonder why I want to get an A even for those stupid classes...
4. Master's research -- About done... give me two more weeks...
5. Teaching -- Did one guest lecture on adolescence and school.
6. My knees -- Generally better, just not when I was traveling in California. And not when I'm here walking on snow and digging out my car.
7. Maintain health in general -- I made soup at least once a week!
8. Figure out what I can do about my memories of my terrible childhood and young adulthood -- Nightmares are getting much less frequent. The memories will be there unless I get dementia. So, I will try to look at my childhood positively.
9. Figure out what the options about my family are -- 1. Ignore them, 2. Go back, 3. Maintain a loose relationship. It's not an urgent need to worry about which option to take. I still have three years to go here.

For 2007:
1. Driving -- Get on highway! Have more practice driving in snow
2. Swimming -- Find a class to learn freestyle
3. As in all coursework
4. More research work in the lab
5. I don't want to do teaching. Maybe I'll give a guest lecture or join a discussion panel in class
6. My knees -- Regular exercises in the gym
7. Health -- Make soup
8. Childhood memories -- Put trust in how adversities make me strong
9. Family -- Observe friends how they make a family
10. Maintain good spirit at work -- Time to get up from the fall in those dark three years. No self-pitying or self-blaming anymore
11. Travel -- Scotland