New Year’s Resolutions

We had a very (welcomed) mellow New Year’s Eve which gave me the time to actually reflect on the past year and begin to form some goals about the coming year. Goal setting is new for me. It’s such an obvious and simple task in some ways, but for many reasons I have just never really done it. I’ve always struggled with the idea of having new year’s resolutions as I tend to just avoid or break any trend that I try to set for myself, but I have learned to take an idea, tweak it with my own guidelines, and allow that to be ok.
I’ve done a pretty good job of passively manifesting things in my life but it’s time to stop being passive about it.
This year I have several goals which I am hesitant to write here in case I DON”T follow through, but here is a brief preview. I will preface this (as I do most things in my life) with the disclaimer that they might not all happen but I am going to try and what doesn’t happen, well, I’m ok with that. (Also as part of my own guidelines I allow for these to grow and evolve and maybe even become something else entirely… I’m also sure some will get added.)
My goals for this year include but are not limited to:
~ become a better cook. I mean, I make things that are edible, but they are often not amazing…
~ exercise Lola (our pup) more. Off leash exercise is better for her and me so that is going to be more of a priority!
~ exercise myself more (this works well with the previous goal… already killing two birds with one stone!)
~watch less TV. I’m doing well with this one so far and it allows much more time for following through on other goals and doing other things that make me happy! I’ve gotten on a roll with creating my own pottery… goal #1 there is creating my palate. 10 years later I finally feel like I’m getting there! This picture doesn’t really do it justice…

~take action and do the things there is “never enough time for.” Because if you don’t do them now, when will you do them? I’m learning that there is enough time I just have to choose wisely, keep my priorities in check and my mind focused on what I truly want out of my days. So far I’ve been quite productive, happy and feeling good this year! It started with butter dishes…

~ be on time. I have this memory of being really good at being on time for things that were important… the reality is that was when I was a teenager and I’ve deluded myself for many. many years into thinking that wasn’t so long ago. Time to change that. At least a little. Being on time will mean less stress which is always good.
~identify future life goals. As previously stated I am not so good at this. I have lots of grand dreams but not very many concrete, make them happen, goals… So I’m taking this year to figure some out.
~And the biggest, hardest goal which in turn involves lots of little goals to get there is to make more money this year. I have always had enough, but just barely. I have always had dreams, but no real means to make them happen… luckily some don’t require a ton of money, but some do, and I am tired of struggling. SO you are going to be hearing more from me about massage, pottery, aprons and other crafts as I attempt to really improve my life! Time to focus on my mad skills and make myself a decent living!
So this is me putting these things out into the world… we’ll see how I do with them, but I will say, for some reason this year they are really sticking so far. It turns out goals seem to snowball and reproduce on their own. So by setting a couple of goals I have in turn been eating better, planning ahead, sleeping more, and doing good things for myself all as a side note to say, not watching so much TV and wanting to do things I love. I think the older I get the more I realize it’s time to make the most out of life. It passes too quickly to take it for granted.