Setting goals and my Bucket List

So I first must apologize for the severe lack of blogging going on by the Phi Kap staff lately! We like many of you had the holidays, vacation, President's Academy and now many of us are prepping for some spring chapter visits (so we look forward to actually getting to SEE some of you!).

I've been thinking a lot lately about goals. I chose not to make a New Years Resolution this year as I never actually follow through, but instead I was inspired by the new MTV show The Buried Life to go back and review, revise, and work towards my Bucket List! When I was in grad school I made the list and recently I expanded my list to 100 things I want to do in my lifetime! (I am now officially admitting to being an MTV addict, so if you aren't as nuts as I and haven't seen the show yet, check these guys out at www.theburiedlife.com ).The difficult part of course is deciding where to even start on my list. Whenever we as staff do strategic planning with chapters, we often have to have this same conversation. Where to prioritize and how to start breaking down each goal into something more manageable for the short term? Take each goal and give yourself strategies or mini goals to help complete them! Think about balancing short term and long term goals, as well as prioritizing what you or your chapter find the most important to accomplish. It is helpful to have some accountability as well. We encourage chapters to share goals with a staff member or advisor to help keep them on track!

So to start the goal momentum I'm going to share some goals on my bucket list that I'm working on:

#5 Run a half marathon (Rob and I will be running this in May!)
#21 Pay off my grad school debt (by following a budget with monthly goals!)
#23 Learn to make a Key Lime Pie (my favorite dessert)
#57 Visit all 50 states (thanks to Phi Kappa Theta, I've added PA this year)

Now that I'm putting some of mine in the open, I hope it encourages all of you to revisit what you want both personally and out of your Phi Kappa Theta experience. How do you plan to get there?

So are you willing to share your personal goals or chapter goals for accountability? We'd love to hear them! Leave us a comment!