Hobbies and goals

At this age in my life, I still think it is important to stay well rounded and balanced. It's just a lot more difficult than it was in college to focus on a variety of hobbies when your job becomes a majority of your week and life. I especially need to limit my hobbies because otherwise, I will never get anything done.

HOBBIES:
1. Run races. Ultimate goal is to do a marathon (to keep me fit)
2. Volunteer on the side (to keep me grounded)
3. Travel at least once every year (to keep me cultured)
4. Read more. Fiction, nonfiction, current events (to keep me knowledgeable) 

It is important for me to have short term and long term goals, but it must be broken up in the same way as hobbies in order to stay balanced physically, mentally and financially. For me, short term is pretty much a goal I can get started right away and will probably be reached in a few months or a year from today. A long term goal is a little more ambiguous because it takes more discipline, perseverance and planning such as grad school, which can be started right away but it takes so much longer to make headway.

1. Career goal

• Short term: Job hunting again?
• Long term: Grad school

2. Financial goal (Refer to financial post for break-down)

• Short term: Pay off unsubsidized stafford loan with the 6.8% (part 2 of Acct 6), AND pay off credit card 1125
• Long term: Reach $10k in savings

3. Spiritual goal

• Short term: Write down/blog more about my thoughts
• Long term: Connect with God and have a relationship with him

4. Physical goal

• Short term: 5 mile Turkey Trot in November, decide on a race for December
• Long term: Half marathon and marathon