My Report Card

It's a month past the halfway point in my stay on Martha's Vineyard, and I thought it would be a good idea to re-assess my goals and grade myself on what I've done so far.

Original Goals                                                     Grade

Learn more about Dad's family and childhood:            A

Get involved in the community here on MV:              F

Get in shape physically:                                              F

Write about Dad's first 25 years:                                B

Spend time by the ocean                                             D

Extra Curricular                                                 Grade

Travel:                                                                       A

Publish writing online:                                              B

Spend time with family:                                             A

Spend time with friends:                                            C

Blog and photograph my time away:                          C

A pretty poor showing overall, but I have learned some things:

• I am not likely to ever be more social than I am now
• I lack motivation to exercise and I'm lazy
• I do love to write
• I miss New York, the City and all my friends
• I really enjoy watercolor painting
• I'm excited about the prospect of getting certified in Project Mgmt and in Training

Any changes I want to make going forward?

• Get outside more (better weather will help this)
• Spend tons more time on the beach (again, spring will help this)
• More things I can't think of right now

For those of you who are still with me, thank you.  I'm happy I made the choice to take this time away from the regular routine of life, and I've enjoyed sharing it with you so far.