As I start my second year in Campinas and Brazil I look back at some of the goals I had when I first touched down in São Paulo 12 months ago. I did not accomplish all the goals I had set for myself, and as busy as last year was, I am okay with that:
Learn Portuguese- Check (?) ...mais o menos. Always in progress!- Dance samba - I have gone to samba clubs a couple times, need to make more effort to truly learn and not just slip into salsa.
- Make a delicious caipirinha myself - As delicious as these are, I try to avoid them for the instant rassaca they give me so this goal is not one I'm motivated to achieve...we'll see.
- Find a guitar teacher (preferably with limited English) - Before 2014 it will happen.
- Get a bike and then bike to work - Not a goal at the moment.
Volunteer- Check! Co-sponsored a school Social Justice Club working with kids in a favela.Find and run a marathon within 12 months of arrival- Check...kind of. Find? Yes. Register? Yes. Train for? Yes. Marathon postponed until October 2013? Also, yes. So...pending.- Get back in the pool - Not a goal at the moment.
52 in 52- Check!
Two original goals are no longer logical or logistical, however, I may decide to refocus on them in the future, so, I will leave them on the master list. Without Portuguese class twice a week in the evenings anymore, I plan to replace that with guitar classes.
So, what do you do when you've crossed off goals? You make more!
- Travel more!
- Present at a PD Workshop
- Finish four Masters classes
- Get World Cup tickets to see Selección Colombia
