We celebrated Thanksgiving a little early around here, because of course you don't get Thanksgiving off when you live abroad. It was such an awesome night. All the food was really good, and my friends were so sweet to try and make side dishes that in their opinion were very American, so I wouldn't feel homesick. This years, very expensive turkey was amazing, I adapted this recipe from a beautiful mess. I am proud to say that I accomplished all but one of my wishes last week, and I learned that I love having people over, something I have never really done before. 

This week, my goals are really simple. 

1. Meet my sales quota, it is the end of the month and behind is not where you want to be.
2. Make an editorial calendar and think about how to start the new year off fresh. 
3. Go to Amsterdam to pick up my bike. 

What do you want to do this week? Happy Thanksgiving! 

How do I manage to link up with Weekly Wishes only every other week? Seriously Kait, you can do better than this. You used to love this blog, you need your passion back. Actually, I am saying this a lot lately, I think I am in a non-creative phase, and it is driving me crazy!

As you probably know by now, I am linking up with Melyssa of the Nectar Collective for this one, go check it out.

And now for the wishes:

1. Pick a fig. I saw this poem by Sylvia Plath illustrated on Life Hack, and I pretty much see it as a wake up call for those of us who have a thousand "maybe I could be a ..." career paths. This week I am going to work on developing and sticking to a plan about what I want to be when I grow up.

2. Finalize Thanksgiving. Last year, Loek and I had an amazing time at Lily's for Thanksgiving, even though all the other Americans who went last year no longer resides in the Netherlands. This year, I am bringing 1st Thanksgivings to several nationalities and it is a lot of pressure to be about 8 people's first Thanksgiving experience. 

3. Find a Turkey: I was in charge of the Turkey last year and it was an adventure! First, I had to find a turkey, which I bought in Amsterdam, bring it home, debone it because it wouldn't fit in our oven, then bring the cooked bird back up to Amsterdam. This year, I don't have to take the turkey anywhere but to the table, but I don't want to have to go to Amsterdam and bring home a turkey on a train again. Utrecht, you have them right? Because I need to order one.

What are you doing this week?

I am linking up with Melyssa from the Nectar Collective for her Weekly Wishes link up. Each week you are meant to come up with weekly goals and share some love with your other linkies. On an unrelated topic, I have noticed that the more I work in an international office the more I say the word meant. Actually, a lot of my vocabulary has changed. 

Last week. my only goal was to celebrate my 2 years of living in the Netherlands. I didn't get to celebrate quite the way I wanted it to due to Dutch weather being well, Dutch weather. We did however book a trip on the 3 triple border (The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium) for a weekend in December!

This week, I want to focus on 4 things:

• Continue to be a morning person. I really feel so much better when I wake up early, but I love being in bed, so it is a long struggle.
• Finalize my plans for NTVN- Tune in on Wednesday to find out what the heck that means.
• Send off some of the packages I need to send. The only time I hate not having a car, when I have to go mail something big!
• Meet my targets at work. I had a really kick ass week last week, and I want to keep it up!

What are your plans for the week?

Today I am linking up with Melyssa of the Nectar Collective, you might remember her as my first Snail Mail Collective partner. Every Monday, she does a series called Weekly Wishes, which is about focusing on short-term goals. As you guys have probably guessed, I am a huge planner so this appeals to me greatly. Here it goes for this week:

1. Make and put into place plans for blog posts, a study schedule, a meal plan for October, a writing schedule, a new budget and a chore list. I haven't been doing a great job of adjusting now that I have a set schedule and a job to go to full time. This needs to stop because it is wearing me out! 

2. Finish the back loads of laundry I have. I really, really want to donate out about half my wardrobe. Either it doesn't fit, or is old fashion. Plus I have to except the fact that I live in Europe and clothes storage will always be much less than what I had in the States. Plus, people tend to care less if you wear the same thing often.

3. Eat more whole foods. Have you guys watched Forks over Knives? I don't necessarily agree with every single point in the documentary, but some if it is pretty compelling. Plus, I have some medical tests coming up in 2 weeks for some ongoing issues and it can never hurt to eat better right?

What are you wanting to do this week?