I was reading my old diaries – which prompted this series cos I just got to share the funny and interesting things I’m discovering in it.
Writing in my diary as a youngster
Writing in my diary as a youngster
Anyway these were my goals for 2004 as a totally innocent 12 year old girl (I find them quite inspiring and a little amusing)
RELATIONSHIP GOALS
– Parents
- Try to avoid fighting. Usually their way is right
- To be a loving daughter and responsible daughter
– Austin (my bro)
- To avoid fighting. Remember he is very sensitive
- To encourage and build him up
- To spend wholsome time with him
– Friends
- To witness in lifestyle and choices
- To be encouraging, to help them achieve their best
- Don’t be selfish or jealous
- Dont strive to be popular but just to appreciate the friends I have
- For correspondence friends reply in good time
VIOLIN/MUSIC
- Take grade five exam and hopefully get good results (got an A!)
- To be in Davis at Border Music Camp (thats the top orchestra and i believe I did!)
- To Give music
- Practice at least every second day (Note – now im like “practice for two hours a day!)
- Guitar 0 to practice quicker chord changes (Note -Now im like learn how to go 9’s and 11’s)
- Singing – work on staying in tune and projection
WRITING GOALS
- To write regularly in this diary
- To work on poems and stories
- Enter competitions (who nkows what could happen!) *Note I did and won a short story comp that year
OTHER
- Stop picking sores (*note I achieved this)
- Stop biting nails (*note, I havent quite achieved this)
- Dont chew on hair (ewwww!) *note YES I HAVE STOPPED THIS LONG AGO!!
This ends my goals for 2004. Work on them, strive for them, achieve them.
Maybe things haven’t changed much since then (except the chewing on the hair part), it’s interesting msot of the things i was striving for then I am still striving for today. Have I come far on the jounrey? I’m certain that I have…
If you want to read some more from my diary as a 12 year old you can read these posts:
* Diary of a Twelve Year Old Girl
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