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Accomplishments from Last Year:
- Celebrated 12 great years with my Hubby
- Received my Nidan (2nd degree Black Belt) in Aikido
- Participated in AikiHorizons weekend retreat, California Aikido Association’s Fall Divisional Training Weekend, and the Shihan Seminar at Aikido of San Leandro
- Renewed interest in cooking (and getting pretty good at it)
- Raised money for the Kidney Walk and the Light the Night Walk and completed both walks.
- Completed the Turkey Trot, my first 5K (after surgery).
- Completed four high profile projects at work, two of which were very intense.
- Joined a new halau (hula group) and practicing one night a week. Learned a new hula in a month.
- Participated in a weekend hula workshop. I learned three new hulas and reconnected with some old friends.
- Helped in our halau’s Christmas show.
- Went to three San Francisco Giants games – so much fun!
- Baked a whole lot of (healthy) muffins
- … and lots of brownies (not necessarily healthy).
- Blogged, blogged, blogged.
- Oh yeah, Got a new kidney!
Wow! Even without my transplant, this
was a big year. Although some of them are my routine yearly activities, I think
this was a huge accomplishment after not even a year since my kidney
transplant. I am a bit bummed since I did not quite complete a lot of my goals (Like "learn golf");
but perhaps I over-stretched and/or did not take into account the impact of the
transplant. I thought the surgery would just be a walk in the park and I would
be able to do a lot of stuff during my recovery. Boy, I was wrong!
My hubby may be correct: I have to slow
down and pace myself. I have written about slowing down before, but my
rationale is “this is the pacing-myself
version.” I do feel much healthier and have more energy. In fact, I feel
less energized if I don’t stretch or move or get involved.
For next year, right now, I am having a
bit of difficulty in identifying what my goals are. Back when I was on hemodialysis,
things seemed to be a bit more certain; primarily because I had been on
dialysis (for what seemed like) forever. I rarely planned for more than a year
in advance.
Now, it is a whole new ballgame, and I
have not really done this in a while. I am even thinking about the possibility
of going back to school and take courses, maybe even pursue (another) advanced
degree (or start taking steps towards it).
Here’s what I have so far. This list is still in it's early stages, so I am sure it
will evolve:
- CONTINUE to eat healthy (but treat myself occasionally), specifically having vegetables with lunch and dinner, snack healthy (veggies, yogurt, whole grains), eat more grains like quinoa. In fact, I’d like to have quinoa at least 4 to 6 times a month. Note: If you are on dialysis, do not have the whole grains-thing or quinoa as a goal. Your phosphorus will shoot up.
- Increase my HDL to at least 45 mg. Take fish oil (after approval from my doctor) and have Omega-3 rich foods at least once a week.
- CONTINUE to participate in the Kidney Walk, the Light the Night Walk, and the local Turkey Trot – have some fun and raise some money for some great charities.
- For aikido: train like a Sandan (3rd degree black belt). I am not sure what that means yet.
- More for aikido: participate in the Spring and Fall Divisional Training and Summer Gasshuku (in Monterey).
- Work more in the office (rather than from home). My target is three days a week.
- Travel out of the country once again: Hubby’s choice: he is thinking about either Belize or Fiji it; it is his turn to pick-and-choose.
- STOP worrying too much. Relax and have fun!
Hmmm … Perhaps that is enough for now!
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