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My 2023 Life Purposes and Goals in Review

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“Make measurable progress in reasonable time.” – Jim Rohn

As we near the end of 2023 it is again time to review the goals I set at the beginning of the year

My 2023 Life Purposes and Goals in Review

My Life’s Purposes

  1. Fill the world with kindness and love [did my best]
  2. Make a difference – level the playing field for people who were born with the cards stacked against them [did my best]
  3. Change perceptions about differently-abled people [did my best]

2023 Goals

  1. Continue to be kind, honest, generous, grateful, loyal and filled with wonderment
  2. Every day be the best SuperSidekick to Superhero Catherine Constantinides (she’s the best, most hardworking real-life Superhero I’ve ever met she totally deserves me forever  and no matter what else I’m doing in life I will always be here for her)
  3. Maintain and strengthen my deep friendship with Michelle Rielly  
  4. Sign up 5-10 cot guardians for Breath of Life  and additionally  raise at least R32 000 (Breath of Life is a place of safety for vulnerable babies here in my city I JUST LOVE THEIR WORK) [raised more than R32 000 but the cot guardians plans changed]
  5. Be a great support to Abigail Boshoff [I have tried and will continue to]
  6. Focus on wellness – have good diet, exercise, good sleep, gratitude and get more sun [need to work on sleep, exercise and diet]
  7. Go on a boat cruise here in East London with Southern Cross Cruises -hopefully see whales or dolphins [failed]
  8. Practice Patience [tried sometimes]
  9. Become financially free [failed]
  10. Teach kids and adults worldwide that Different Is COOL [did my best]
  11. Continue to raise awareness about the Western Sahara conflict – the Western Sahara has been illegally occupied by Morocco since 1975 due to the fact that it’s rich in natural and though the UN promised a referendum in 1991 it has yet to come to pass meanwhile half of the Saharawi People have been living in the refugee camps in Algeria since 1975 [did my best]
  12. Choose people who choose me [I’m trying]
  13. Read 24+ books [read 12 books]
  14. Plant 1-5 trees [somebody else planted the trees oonn my behalf during the Knysna reforestation project]
  15. Do 32+ good deeds [I wasn’t counting but I’m sure i surpassed my goal]

My 2022 Life Purposes and Goals in Review

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“Make measurable progress in reasonable time.” – Jim Rohn

As we near the end of 2022 it is again time to review the goals I set at the beginning of the year

My 2022 Life Purposes and Goals in Review

My Life’s Purposes

  1. Fill the world with kindness and love [did my best]
  2. Make a difference – level the playing field for people who were born with the cards stacked against them [did my best]
  3. Change perceptions about differently-abled people [did my best]

2022 Goals

  1. Continue to be kind, honest, generous, grateful, loyal and filled with wonderment [ self-assessment: I did my best – I give myself an A+]
  2. Every day be the best SuperSidekick to Superhero Catherine Constantinides (she’s the best, most hardworking real-life Superhero I’ve ever met she totally deserves me forever  and no matter what else I’m doing in life I will always be here for her) [ again self-assessment: I knocked it out of the park I’m so proud of myself– I give myself an A+]
  1. Raise at least R31 000 for Breath of Life   [ self-assessment: I did the math and  I raised a minimum of R33 600 ]
  2. Eat healthily and Exercise – reduce sugar by a lot and exercise back muscles [ self-assessment: I failed]
  3. Sleep better [ self-assessment: failed]
  4. Spend more time outside [ self-assessment: failed]
  5. Practice Patience [ self-assessment: failed epically]
  6. Make a steady income [ self-assessment: failed – my priority was making a difference]
  7. Teach kids and adults worldwide that Different Is COOL [ self-assessment: I tried]
  8. Continue to raise awareness about the Western Sahara conflict – the Western Sahara has been illegally occupied by Morocco since 1975 due to the fact that it’s rich in natural and though the UN promised a referendum in 1991 it has yet to come to pass meanwhile half of the Saharawi People have been living in the refugee camps in Algeria since 1975 [ self-assessment: I tried]
  9. Choose people who choose me [ self-assessment: it’s a work-in-progress]
  10. Read 12+ books [read 7 books]
  11. Plant 1-5 trees [failed – no trees planted]
  12. Do 31+ good deeds [ self-assessment: I don’t count my good deeds but if I did I’m sure over the course of this year I have done 31 or more]

Day 1570: 2014 To-Do List Reviewed

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You need to celebrate all that you’ve accomplished while keeping in mind that there’s a lot still to be accomplished   – that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s 12 : 10 PM on day 1570 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  brush my teeth,  pray,  read Isaiah 55, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread and a banana  for breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign– still on $1 315 but I’m grateful 🙂 .

 

Yesterday I took a look at my 2014 to-do list and crossed a few goals off. Take a look:

2014 To-Do List Reviewed

  1. Improve my health (according to some people I’m grossly underweight I’m starting to think they’re right) [goal status: achieved – my body weight has increased to the point where every system in my body is functioning as it should]
  2. Be more respectful of and honest with everybody [goal status: achieved I think – I tried to be respectful of and honest with everybody this year]
  3.  Self-publish my book Life: My thoughts on everything from faith to beauty [goal status: still to be achieved]
  4. Support myself financially through this blog [goal status: still to be achieved]
  5. Raise money for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS [goal status: achieved – see https://www.justgiving.com/Eradicate-AIDS/]
  6. Raise money to send a few kids to school [goal status: currently working on it – see https://www.classy.org/fundraise?fcid=355198]
  7. Continue to make sandwiches for our housekeeper’s neighbourhood as part of  Virginia’s Sandwich Run [goal status: achieved]
  8. Learn to fully undress and redress myself [goal status: still to be achieved]
  9. Learn to help myself in the bathroom properly [goal status: still to be achieved]
  10. Continue trying to finish reading The Bible [goal status: achieved – I’m on Isaiah 55 right now]
  11. Read 52 good books [goal status: semi-achieved – looking back I realize setting a goal to read 52 books this year was a bit over ambitious in the end I managed to read 8+ books this year]
  12. Be open to new sights, sounds, tastes and experiences [goal status: achieved – I had a Red Velvet cupcake for the first time this year]

Day 1565: Gone Girl Review

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“Men actually think this girl exists. Maybe they’re fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. For a long time Cool Girl offended me. I used to see men — friends, coworkers, strangers — giddy over these awful pretender women, and I’d want to sit these men down and calmly say: You are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men who’d like to believe that this kind of woman exists and might kiss them. I’d want to grab the poor guy by his lapels or messenger bag and say: The bitch doesn’t really love chili dogs that much — no one loves chili dogs that much! And the Cool Girls are even more pathetic: They’re not even pretending to be the woman they want to be, they’re pretending to be the woman a man wants them to be. Oh, and if you’re not a Cool Girl, I beg you not to believe that your man doesn’t want the Cool Girl. It may be a slightly different version — maybe he’s a vegetarian, so Cool Girl loves seitan and is great with dogs; or maybe he’s a hipster artist, so Cool Girl is a tattooed, bespectacled nerd who loves comics. There are variations to the window dressing, but believe me, he wants Cool Girl, who is basically the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain.” – Gillian Schieber Flynn, Gone Girl

 

It’s 11 : 03 AM on day 1565 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth,  read Isaiah 50,   publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself  for breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign–my parents donated $10 yesterday (thanks mom and dad) which brings my total raised to $1 265  only $1 235 more to raise to reach goal :)

 

Recently I watched Gone Girl the movie is about a scorned woman who tries to frame her cheating husband for her murder I would give it a 9 out of 10 it’s a bit graphic but I would recommend it to everyone over the age of 16.

Day 1558: Mockingjay Part 1 Review

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“I have a message for President Snow: You can torture or bombed us, blasted our district to the grounds. But do you see that ? Fire Is Catching… If we burn, you burn with us!” – Katniss Everdeen, Mockingjay Part 1

 

It’s 12 : 03 PM on day 1558 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth,  read Isaiah 43,   publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich and a banana for breakfast and  promote my Educate Generations campaign– still on $1 190  I know God will answer my prayers when he has a free moment he’s just busy what with children being killed and people being taken hostage I am willing to wait I know that the world doesn’t revolve around me and my “problems”.

 

A couple of days ago I watched Mockingjay Part 1 the movie started with Katniss after she was rescued from the second Hunger Games and ended shorty after President Snow attacked District 13 I know this movie is fictional but there are aspects of it that reflect reality President Snow reminded me of the terrorists of the world and Katniss Everdeen reminded me of people who stand up against injustice in all its forms all in all it was a good movie I enjoyed it.