A Slightly Belated New Year's Resolution List

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I tend to think that New Year's Resolutions are silly, but not for the reason that others do. Many people believe that New Year's Resolutions are easily broken, and joke about how they'll last a couple of weeks and then the motivation and drive will fade, and the resolutions will be forgotten until January 0f 2010.

I'm not one of those people, however. The reason I think they're silly is because I spend every month of the year setting resolutions for myself! I'm a goal-setter. It's what I do. I make lists of goals for the day, for the week, for the month, and for the year. Scott and I set goals for ourselves and challenge each other with goals to keep ourselves accountable.

So in the spirit of the New Year, I'll set some resolutions (although I call them goals, so there!) and the steps I plan on taking to achieve them.

Goal #1: Build my Creative Memories business. I will achieve this by verbally spreading the word about my business, inviting people to my workshops and events, and engaging people in conversations about their photos.


Goal #2: Lose 10 lbs. Ever since I stopped running (due to a toe injury that I have on both feet), I have been quickly packing on the pounds. I've enrolled in a boot camp for January and hope to have 10 lbs. gone by March!

Goal #3: Pursue a new job title within my school district. While I love teaching, I'm ready for a new challenge. The current budget crisis means that I might not have any opportunities for a change in my field, but I'm sure going to keep my eyes and ears open! March/April will be key months for this.

Goal #4: Pay down credit card debt. I would be lying if I said that the wedding in August didn't put us into a bit of debt. I wouldn't change a thing about it, but it's now my responsibility (and Scott's, of course) to eliminate what's left of our debt so we can save for other things!


Goal #5: Keep my house clean. Ugh. I really need to work on this. We have beautiful hardwood floors, and in our living room we have a carpet that is made of wool. The wool carpet sheds like crazy!! I can vacuum the whole house, and by the time I'm done, little wool strands are already making their way onto the hardwood from the carpet. It's awful. I need to get some major Swiffer action up in this place to keep this under control.

That's it! 5 goals are enough for now. I'm excited for 2009, I think it's going to bring a lot of change to our country and some great things for Scott, myself, and our marriage.

Cheers!