What sweet friends I have! Thank you for the encouragement. My friend's blog inspired me to revise some of my goals and post an update. I noticed that I was really resisting some of these. One thing that can cause resistance is the perception that the goal is too difficult. I made some of mine more vague, but in effect easier. I highlighted most of the changes. How is your new year going?
1.
Purge and
organize basement storage room – partially completed 1/15/10
2.
Organize printed
photos once a month
3.
Have
Disney photobook printed
4.
Clean out
office sewing closet
5.
Go scuba diving
6.
Clean
upstairs carpet
7.
Groom dog – completed 1/14/10
completely
8.
See dentist
9.
Have
youngest’s cavity filled
10. Take dog to vet
11. Organize contents of over-sized art files
12. Work on home photo projects once a month
13. Wash MBR comforter
14. Make 22 meals for the freezer in a day
15. Bake from scratch twice a month – on target
16. Spend less time thinking
about how I look
17. Create a motivational plan for kids’ schoolwork
18. Do chores with the kids more consistently
19. Do laundry more consistently – on track
20. Use a meal plan the majority of the time – on track
21. Read most scheduled Omnibus books
22. Limit recreational computer time
23. Clean email inbox out regularly – ok
24. Make it to court 1 in tennis league at least once
25. Develop tennis serve enough to serve hard every first serve
for at least 1 league
26. Read at least 24 books for recreation – 1 complete
27. Teach piano once a week
28. Practice piano regularly
29. Refuse enough unnecessary purchases to donate $1000 to
charity
30. Train dog regularly
31. Purge my clothes
32. Blog on both blogs consistently
33. Have a family game night at least once a month
34. Have a family reading/devotion night at least twice a month
35. Finish reading chronological Bible
36. Plan an outing to the winery with friends
37. Plan a trip to Mark Twain Lake
38. Plan a picnic in Sullivan with Mom
39. Read bedtime stories to youngest regularly
40. Enforce bedtimes consistently
41. Finish filing in the school room
42. Organize all paper inbox materials
43. Organize/purge digital pictures or work on photobooks regularly
44. Clean out main floor freezers
45. Watch at least one full season of Little House on the
Prairie
46. Take friend out for lunch 4 times
47. Organize marriage Bible study
48. Keep closet floor picked up consistently
49. Plan and hold Caleb & Sam’s birthday party
50. Organize a nerf gun war at church
51. Finish and edit The Playbook
52. Get up early for devotions consistently – ok
53. Thoroughly clean and organize kids’ bathroom – partially completed
54. Plan and prepare for next school year
55. Do something for the Happiness of it daily
56. Spend at least 20 hours working on motivational book
57. Purge and organize main floor and basement pantry
58. Plan a family trip to Chicago and Michigan
59. Clean out MBR closet
60. Make a list of potential subjects for What Kids Need to Know
61. Try out for Beauty and the Beast
62. Develop a list of ideas for a speakers series at church
63. Organize and start a ministry to get kids involved in
worship
64. Write and tape another episode of GWN
65. Organize girls’ night out with church friends
66. Seek to honor God and my family through homeschooling
consistently
67. Set a fitness goal for summer and reach it
68. Spend time outside consistently in good weather
69. Have a family movie night regularly
70. Create fitness ministry video
71. Help fitness ministry with publicity before I leave
72. Have house clean and orderly before I go to Cancun – almost
complete
73. Purge files from each computer at least twice
74. Write four hand-written letters
75. Spend at least one evening making homemade cards
76. Limit kids’ total media use consistently
77. Take the kids somewhere on the train
78. Go on a hot air balloon ride
79. Use a craft kit with kids
80. Research submitting novel to publisher
81. Draft a women’s Bible study video series idea
82. Go water skiing
83. Complete videography course that I own
84. Practice tennis skills as recommended on video – some
85. Work through singing videos
86. Sing karaoke with Mom and Fran in public
87. Organize junk journal class
88. Work on junk journal once a week – doing well
89. Have another food competition with neighbors
90. Memorize Psalm 34 – doing well
91. Read College Prep Homeschooling
92. Have niece and fiancée over for dinner
93. Take other niece out for dinner
94. Plan homeschool co-ops for the rest of the year – making
progress
95. Eat at Dave & Busters
96. Finish retreat publicity
97. Prepare for Idaho retreat
98. Reduce use of omgosh and the like
99. Focus thinking re: Philippians daily (pure, lovely, true,
etc.)
100.
Write
Creative Connections talk
