I’m a big fan of setting goals and working hard to achieve them. Some of the biggest goals I’ve had and achieved were not resolutions at all, but I do love the ‘fresh start’ feeling of January, even though it’s already 1\/4 of the way through the school year and doesn’t really actually change anything. Ahem. I love January! Resolutions are fun and I usually set a few for the blog and for my knitting and so far I’ve come pretty close to doing what I set out to do. The only times I really fall short of the goals set in January is when I unexpectedly set harder goals halfway through the year and kick my own butt to reach them. You know, like moving to a different country or homeschooling. <\/p>\n
Two years ago, I listed all of my goals for the year (2012) in my blog sidebar and achieved almost all of them. Last year, I blogged a list of goals for 2013 but I didn’t add them to the sidebar and I mostly didn’t do them. I think I need the visual reminder. This year I will add them to the sidebar and use that to keep track of them. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I think I will even set aside a day once a week where I post about them and how it is going. I have noticed that while most of my new visitors are not so into commenting, you’re there and knowing you’re reading is helpful motivation.<\/p>\n
Personal Goals
\n1. stay at least one week ahead of our homeschool schedule
\n2. celebrate everyone’s birthday (local and long distance) with a card in the mail and a little letter
\n3. keep our family photo site updated (in the 10 years we’ve had that site, we’ve always been about 3-5 months behind)
\n4. start a ‘what we did today’ journal (index card version is cute)
\n5. quit social media that’s not blog related (this is part of a bigger move to be more present in all of my relationships)<\/p>\n
Professional Goals
\n6. blog 3-5 times a week
\n7. make a lightbox and get better at food photography<\/p>\n