Goals for '09:

It's fun to think about goals for this year, because they get to be pretty lofty! I'll hopefully graduate with my MBA and have a fabulous new job by this time next year.

So, here goes:

• Internship(s). I'd like to do an internship or two before I graduate, which will hopefully help me to further clarify the type of work that I want to do after graduation and give me the opportunity to get some experience and meet some interesting people.
• Volunteer work. I haven't done quite as much of this during my first semester as would have liked, so I'm going to try to add it back into my schedule this semester.
• Team Consulting Project. I have to do this to graduate, but I'm really looking forward to it. I'm excited to see what organizations applied and who I'll get to work with on this project.
• Securing a job! This will probably (hopefully) happen closer to the end of '09, but it never hurts to start thinking ahead.
• Balance. I am setting the goal for myself to have all of my work done an hour before I want to go to bed on most evenings so I can spend that time reading for fun or writing or just mindlessly watching TV. I've determined that laying in bed falling asleep while reading cases is not a productive use of my time and I'm going to change that.

There's my short list. Good luck on your goals (or resolutions, as some like to say) for this year!