Goals for Utah…how’d I do for Year 1?

I copied and pasted my piece from last year just to see…I’m about 10 days over my 1 year “anniversary” of my return to Utah, but it’s fine.

1. Find friends to go outside and toss or kick a ball or frisbee around…ok, in an ideal world — this would happen, we’re just often too tired to do much.
2. Go skiing. Or snowboarding…I recently decided after my 3.5th concussion (long story) that I’d rather not have another…or break anything, I like having my feet planted firmly on the ground and I’m ok with not completing this goal.
3. Go down (or up) to the national parks. Hey, I did this! I went to Zion, Bryce, and then Snow Canyon State Park which was adorable. I still want to go to Arches and Yellowstone, and all the other ones down south like Grand Escalante.
4. Drive cross-country at some point — maybe just to get home at the end of school. I…am not currently sure if or when this is going to happen. I’ll keep you posted.
5. Visit Seattle…Portland…San Jose/San Fran…LA, then San Diego. There are lots of soccer teams and stadiums to check out! Ok, well I went to San Diego! Also, this coming fall I’ll be going to Portland for a tournament, and then also San Jose, AND I will get to visit my friend from Pittsburgh who just moved there for work, what an insanely small lovely world. My coworker here is from Seattle and I still really really want to go, so at some point that will have to happen.
6. Go to the hot springs in Idaho. I still don’t know where or what it’s called, but this is still on the list for…sometime.
7. Join a softball league…or volleyball! Ok, I’ve finally decided I’m too uncoordinated for softball. I could probably throw well, but batting — NOPE. I also don’t have the time or energy. But I think on Thursday my coworkers and I are going to play volleyball in the park for one last hurrah (summer is ending for me, ok, ugh).
8. Go rock climbing… Still…haven’t done this yet. I’m enjoying lifting things too much. And also, I don’t think it’s free, and I’m poor.
9. Get a library card! Hey, I did this! I just haven’t been reading much. I don’t know, I’m just really tired and I’m slightly disappointing myself in being so…lazy.
10. Stop binge-watching shows! Ok…so this didn’t happen. It may have gotten worse. Can I blame my boyfriend’s addiction to South Park, Futurama and Letterkenny? Ok.
11. I have a lot of fitness-related goals, but I don’t think this is the right place for them. I plan to be setting goals and creating plans for my fitness/health-related goals for the rest of my life…so I want to almost keep those separate! Well…I gained around 10 pounds since coming out here, but I also look more muscular, but then I lost 7 and I’m enjoying where I’m sitting. Although it’d be nice to drop below 160 again.
12. But I really do want to make gym friends. Does it count again…if my boyfriend is a gym friend? And we for some reason both have scary RBF so no one talks to us? Oops. Ok, so I’m partially there.
13. Learn how to catch a baseball properly. Honestly, I haven’t tried, but I probably haven’t made much success. I HAVE, however, figured out how to throw a football better and even sort of catch things. I’ve mastered catching Gatorade bottles my athletes throw at me…
14. Check out some minor league teams/games — yeah, no, this did not happen. I only realized how terrible it is to drive down to SLC and right back up in the same day, ugh.
15. Check out a Utah Royals game! I still have time this year to make it happen, but quite honestly, I don’t really have the money for gas, tickets, or the time to do it.
16. Look into joining some sort of student association…ok, yeah, so there is an asian student association…but I don’t have the time to spare and I just feel like I’m actually not in a place where I’d feel comfortable there. I did join the water polo team for a bit though, thaaat was fun before my schedule went insane and I had to quit.
17. Check out the museums. There’s a, uh, pioneer museum here in town…other than that I haven’t done much in this category. Oops.
18. Keep in contact with old friends. Well, my friends came through on a road trip last August…for winter break I saw a few old friends, we did a big New Years trip with friends, and then one of my best friends was out here visiting his girlfriend’s family and we got to hangout and every moment of these meetups has been utterly wonderful. We haven’t been great on the phone, necessarily, but…it’s fine. We could not talk for a few months or maybe even a year…and hangout and it’d still be great.

Ok, so I didn’t do terribly. I think I put a lot of pressure on myself to constantly be doing things, then I cycle to giving myself no pressure and being lazy, and it’s not great…but I still immensely enjoyed my first year in Utah. I feel like I can breathe here and be myself and be happy and I’m not stuck in a place where I have to be a certain way for reasons that are not…good enough. Life has truly been incredible, even in the hardest moments.