I cannot believe it is February! It seems like the new year just rolled in with my One Little Word project, bucket list wish, new goals, and birthday!
As you know, I do not have new years resolutions. Instead I create goals each year on my birthday. This year, in light of my One Little Word, {simple} I decided to create a few general goals for the year, and each month set new goals specific for what is going on in my life at that time.
To keep it as {simple} as possible, I'll post them at the beginning of each month with a recap of the previous month. I'll also post updates to specific goals during the month. I'm also going to find a common place to host an ongoing list of all my goals, as even as a month passes, I will continue to update as I complete items, even if "late".
A quick recap, my general 2011 goals are:
- Connect with family and friends, frequently, though all possible ways, but particularly in person, on the phone and through snail mail.
- Use fresh produce for meals
- Organize and prioritize - rid my life of unnecessary clutter and burden
- Connect with people, pets and things around me - do not take anything for granted
- Be creative
- Breath - pray - relax - enjoy - appreciate
My January goals were made prior to me deciding on my general goals.
My specific January goals were:
Update library card- Renew passport - paperwork done. Needs to be submitted
Finish new paperwork for work- S&S wedding photos to DVD
- C&D wedding photos to DVD
Have envelope ready to collect tax information as it arrives- Re-hang bench back
- Finish Alpha-blocks project - In progress, however about 1/2 way through, it wasn't looking how I wanted it to. Now I'm stuck.
This month I set my goals while specifically thinking about simplifying my life as well as my general year goals.
My February goals are:
- Finish CA Scrapbook - this is quite the lofty goal - I'll be posting updates specific to this one for sure!
- Write 2 handwritten letters
- Try 4 new recipes using fresh produce (I welcome recipe ideas!)
- Set up an exercise routine
- Actually finish reading a book
- Spend more time just talking with Alan, no TV, no knitting, no computer, nothing between us. Just talking.
How often do you set goals and how do you measure success?
I don't know if I'm a good person to be giving advice about goal-making. ;) I go a little nuts over making lists. I can't possibly do everything on the list (but oh, do I ever want to!). So I just do what I can when I can. Being a mom has forced me to be flexible and realize that the really important things get done each day. What doesn't get done can totally wait.
ReplyDeleteStill, I obsess over projects and getting things done, etc. I think it's great that you're going to finish a book! I read six or seven this past month. But I read really fast and that's one thing I won't even give up, no matter how busy I am.
I sure can ramble. ;)