It's been some time since I wrote about goals. This is not
a particularly interesting entry, but I am sworn to write
about goals whether it is interesting or not. Here are some:

• The five-year plan includes spending at least six months
  outside of the USA. Likely more.
  

Hmmm. Maybe I should write instead about what I'm working on.

• Work. I want to write some code. I've been avoiding writing
  code for money for years now, because the design part of coding
  stirs up the scary stuff that came up when I was in massage school.
  I want to learn a big complex system and be able to make it work
  a lot better.
  
• Learning Mandarin. I feel this could use a lot more time
  than I am giving it, since work is quite demanding. I miss
  the furious pace at which I used to be learning to write characters.
  And learning vocabulary could use more time than I'm giving it.
  
• Riding my bicycle. This isn't really something I'm working
  on; it's something I'm making the time for. It makes me feel
  fully alive.
  
• I have been making more efforts to reach out and connect with
  people more. I couldn't do that for a while after massage school.
  And it's taking more effort now with an economic recession hitting
  in these parts and the people I had met moving away.
  

And things I'm not working on right now, but am thinking about:

• I've been itching to do yoga, almost physically itching.
  My muscles are crying for it. And so is my mind. For the first
  time since massage school, I can contemplate doing something
  meditative without feeling dread.
  
• Meditating. I did it once, a few weeks ago, at a time
  when I really needed it. But it is only regular meditation,
  not occasional meditation, that causes me to feel that I am
  losing my sanity.
  
• Music. I am moving into a place where I can have a piano.
  Now what to do with that? I've also been tempted to take up
  the accordion.
  
• Dancing. I just love to do it, in spite of the disadvantages,
  most of which have to do with aching knees and the difficulty
  of finding dance clothes.