As always, the previous report is right here.
We're almost halfway through the year, it's time for my 5th Resolution Report!
1. Get a new job! This past month, I've had 2 job interviews......... and I've heard from neither, since....... The company that I talked about at the start of April hasn't reached out to me, despite saying that I'd hear back from them within 3-5 business days (in other words, a week, at most), but I've heard nothing from them! With the other company, I was supposed to hear back from them within 48 hours! It's honestly disheartening and I should probably cut my losses with those two. On the upside, I'm getting more hours at my current job, so there's that. I'll still be applying to whatever suits me best, back to the drawing board....
2. Get a car! I've only done one driving lesson, so far, as I've had a hard time scheduling another with my teacher; my next lesson will be next Tuesday. For some reason, I thought it was today, I had all my stuff together, waiting for my teacher to show up, so I decided to check my text messages and saw that I had the date wrong ....... My Dad's gonna give me his second car, so I won't have to worry about buying one, for the time being. I was nervous during my first lesson, but I managed well enough.
3. Lose weight! My weight is just about the same as last month, despite skipping a few too many days in a row, so that should be fine. I've been eating less often per day, sticking with a meal every 3-5 hours and avoiding junk food when I can. I've added jogging to my workout routine; at first I tried jogging for 2 blocks..... only to tire out after the 1st block, so I stuck to doing 1 block per session. My goal for this month is to get back to doing daily workouts, including jogging.
4. Get a girlfriend! ........ Same as last month, lol. Slowly getting better at engaging in small talk with her, though, so progress is progress.
5. Beat 5 games in my backlog!
I haven't touched FF7 in a month and I've spent this past month on PS2 and PS3. I unlocked every character in Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3...... does that count as beating it? I have no real interest in unlocking everything else, so eh, I'll count it. I think the reason why I fell off of FF7 a bit is because I saw that there was this Materia called "Enemy Skill" that let's you steal certain moves from certain enemies that hit you with them, basically a "Blue Mage" class that you can equip on anyone. I looked up what kind of skills you can get online and realized that I missed a bunch of enemies and that kinda just scared me off from playing it, since I want to make use of that skill, but I don't want to backtrack just to fill up that list. Then there's the process of unlocking everyone's Limit Breaks; the criteria is a little too demanding for my taste, especially since you have 9 party members and you have to kill hundreds of enemies to get to that point. I'll get back to it, just felt a little intimidated is all.
6. Save enough money to move out! Again, same as last month, but it should be easier, now that I have more work hours.
7. Read more! Uhhhh.... I started reading Kinnikuman a few weeks back, that's a book. I haven't touched "Manga in Theory and Practice" since February, I really should get back to that. Speaking of books that caught my interest, I found about this series called Guin Saga. Yoshitaka Amano of Final Fantasy fame did some art for a few of the novels and the art is as gorgeous as you'd expect from him. The series has over 100 volumes and it's a completed story, but only 5 of them have been translated into English and there doesn't seem to be a fan translation in sight. I'll still pick up the 5 that are available and give em a shot.
8. Cook more! As some of you may know, I had a bit of a SNAFU last week, trying to bake a cake. I've also been making myself breakfast, just pancakes, beef bacon, and eggs. I'm thinking about trying my hand at pepper steak and white rice, it's one of my favorite dishes.
Conclusion: Definitely a bit of an upward trend, compared to last month with some hiccups along the way. Aside from #1 (which feels like a dice roll, at this point) I think I just need to keep applying myself to my goals. What matters most right now is that my progress is palpable and I think April has been my most successful month, yet.
