committing myself
last year, i made a long list of creative goals for the year, carefully typed them all out into a text file, filed it away... and promptly forgot it existed. this year, i'm going to wave my list about here and see if it helps me remember that i actually do have goals i want to meet in 2009.
music
finish and send the satie arrangement
try out the music of four new composers (that's one every three months - shouldn't be too hard, should it??)
finisht the walt whitman songs (this was on last year's list - only 2 or 3 of them to go)
convert at least two minidisc LP recordings over to MP3 so i can listen to them easily
play the piano more often
BUY A FLUTE! (cos this has been on the to-do list for about 2 years now)
finish layout on album of piano "eggs"
artsy craftsy stuff
try to draw at least once a month
book myself in for some sort of course (still really interested in this one at central st martins)
try to get to at least 60% of the exhibitions that interest me, rather than the approximately 10% i get to now.try knitting cables first one off the list! february
knit myself a properly fitted jumper
finish the yellow bag i started knitting in june 2008
knit my da a scarf
web/professional
only take on contracts of two months' duration or less
sort out caitlinrowley.com (which i've been meaning to do for two years - to separate out the commercial part of what i do from the creative part)get things moving on the much-discussed collaboration with my friend in dundee - set up systems, work out first steps then actually do something creative have got this underway at last and we're working on first steps now (march). Hopefully April will see the development of actual artistic concepts to build on the technical research that's happening now.
health/wellbeing
reach and maintain goal weight of 62kg (about 6 1/2 kilos to go)
work out how to get a little bit of composition done in every working week - if this means i have to buy an ultraportable laptop, then so be it.
rest when i need to
drink more water
see the dentist twice have made a start on this by booking an appointment for april. think i should probably book the follow-up appointment as i'm leaving to avoid delays by not wanting to use the telephone.
get back to yoga
let myself buy some new clothes without feeling guilty - too many of the clothes i wear are now huge or falling apart or both. i feel so much better when i have new clothes that actually make me look good.
