2013 Goals in Review

In December 2012 I wrote a list of 100 goals for 2013. The reason I chose 100 goals was because it was my 100th post and I thought it sounded like a good idea. I knew when I wrote it that I would not get all of them done. I knew that, but it is still a little discouraging to see how much I didn't get done. But I also know that one main reason that I didn't get things done is because I got pregnant. When I wrote this list I didn't know that I was pregnant. I wrote this in early December and found out on Christmas day that I was pregnant. So the entire year that I had to fulfill the list I was either pregnant or had a newborn. That definitely changes your ability to get things done. It is also interesting to see the goals that are no longer goals for me anymore, that are no longer even on my radar for goal setting, or that I find silly. Anyways, if you are still interested (and I assume you are or you wouldn't have read this far) here are my 100 2013 goals and how I did at accomplishing them. I will be posting my 2014 goals soon, and trust me there will not be 100 of them :).

Long Term

1.      Pay Off House (working on it, and doing well, thanks to God)

2.      Save up and either add on to current house or buy a new house with cash (this will have to wait until we get the house paid off I think)

3.      Have good relationships (this is doing pretty good for the most part :) )

4.      Have more children (we had #2 this year, so doing fine :) )

5.      Serve the community and world (I don't feel like I am doing enough, but I do a little)

6.      Continue as a Stay at Home Mom (check, so far)

7.      Home school our children (still planning to)

8.      Be Organized (I am trying to get together a household binder, but this one is slow going, organization is hard for me)

9.      Have book(s) published (not yet, maybe one day)

10.  Express myself through Art (not as much as I'd like, but I did get my craft area organized, that's the first step, the second step is find time to)

11.  Travel (we went on 1 vacation last year, any others were not possible because of having baby 2)

12.  Be more positive (I think I am doing better)

13.  Have better posture (not doing great, but occasionally remember)

14.  Be healthy (working on it)

Personal

15.  Go to bed by 11 pm (didn't do well on this one. I have a hard time because frequently if I go to bed at 11 I wont fall asleep for an hour or two, so I feel like I might as well be up working)

16.  Get up by 9 am (Doing better at this, the boys usually wake me up between 8 and 9, on the few occasions that they let me I happily sleep past 9)

17.  Only check email during email time (I haven't yet established an email time, so not happening so far, but in the spirit of the goal, I am doing better at not wasting as much time on email, it helps that I started unsubscribing from emails I don't really need to be getting)

18.  Think about (and adjust) my posture twice a day (didn't do well at all)

19.  Write down one good thing someone else did every day (I totally forgot about this goal)

20.  Listen to WBCL's midmorning program one day a week (did well on this for a while, but not any more. I used to listen when I was working in the kitchen or around the house but for some reason it is not streamable on my ipad and it would be a pain to turn on my laptop just to listen, so this one has fallen off my list)

21.  Enter at least 20 sweepstakes per week (I stopped doing this because I didn't have time, maybe I will start again later if I find it worth it again, there are many  things more important right now)

22.  Make a To Do List (Did about average on this)

23.  Make my own laundry detergent (still hasn't happened yet, but I have all the ingredients)

24.  Try at least 1 pin per month (I haven't kept track of this, but I do try new recipes fairly regularly)

25.  Make schedule cards or personal binder (didnt get it made, still hoping to)

26.  Find out how to publish a children's book (haven't had time to work on this)

27.  Attempt to get the Children's books I have written published (same)

28.  Write 1 more Children's book (nope)

29.  Learn how to publish ebook (I have read a little, but not enough)

30.  Write 1 ebook (thought of ideas, but nothing written yet)

31.  Read 2 books on parenting toddlers (umm, I don't remember if I have read toddler books, I have read several on random child/teen issues/ parenting)

32.  Read at least 1 relationship book (I am pretty sure that I have done this)

33.  Read at least 1 spiritual book (Also pretty sure I have done this, I don't keep track of everything I read because I read tons of books)

34.  Clean up email so I don't spend so much time in it (have been working on this, seems like no matter how many I unsubscribe from there is always more, but it is way better)

Family

35.  Do devotions as a family after supper every day (we kinda fell away from this, we need to get started again)

36.  Go to at least 1 Moms and Munchkins event every month (unfortunately Mom and Munchkins is no longer happening :( )

37.  Go on at least 1 family vacation (we took a weekend away :) )

38.  Go away for the weekend at least 4 times (We went on 1, the others didn't happen because of the pregnancy, most of Mr. Random's pto was used for after  the delivery and Christmas, and about half of the weekends this year we couldn't go away because it was too close to the delivery or we had a newborn)

39.  Paint the back room in the basement (Mr. Random did that several months ago)

Marriage

40.  Have 2 date nights per month (I would say we did this about 2/3 of the time)

41.  Go on at least one vacation without Little Man (This didn't happen, but we are planning to go in February)

42.  Go on a marriage retreat (didn't happen)

43.  Read one book together with Mr. Random (this didn't happen)

44.  Do The Husband Project (didnt happen this year, maybe next)

45.  Go to at least 3 ballroom dances (We did a dance at our church talent show, but other than that, no)

Children

46.  Spend 15 minutes a day just playing with Little Man (I do play with him probably more than 15 min a day, but not in one chunk of time like I was wanting to yet)

47.  Read at least 1 book to Little Man every day (If he brings me a book I read it to him, but I haven't been offering to read to him. This means that some days we read the same book 30 times and others we don't read any.)

48.  Have Little Man try 1 new food every week (having him try more than that some weeks, and he is doing a lot better at branching out to new foods!)

49.  Have at least one photo day per month (I do not even remember what I meant by this, but I do take pics and videos of both of them regularly)

50.  Have one Mother/Son date night every other month with Little Man (haven't started this yet but we are hoping to srt this soon, we meant to start a few months ao, but with the busyness of the holidays and sickness it hasn't happened yet)

51.  Let Mr. Random go on one Father/Son date night every other month with Little Man (same)

52.  Write down Little Man’s new schedule (check)

53.  Begin preschool with Little Man (I have started reading to him more and he "helps" me with cooking and such so he has been learning a lot of new stuff. I would like to find a curriculum for 2 year olds for next year, so if you know of one let me know)

54.  Find information on home school groups for preschoolers (haven't yet, but I should)

Extended Family/Friends

55.  Get together with each side of the family at least once a month (most months we did, some months didn't because of different people being out of town, but we did as much as we could)

56.  Get together with aunts to scrapbook once a month (that fell apart because of busy schedules, I would love to start again this year, we'll see)

57.  Have people over 1-2 times a month (we didn't do get on this, but did some)

58.  Visit my Sister at least twice (We didn't, hoping to this year)

Spiritual

59.  Do my devotions 4 days a week (I did pretty good at the beginning of the year, but I have had a really hard time getting back into it since little man 2 was born, hopefully with the holidays past and Little Man 2 a little older I can get back into it)

60.  Go on time to BSF (what is on time, really?, obviously didn't do well on this)

61.  Finish this year's BSF lessons (I got about half of them done so far I think)

62.  Sign up for BSF for next year (check for signing up for this year, I will have to wait untill the end of this year (goes by school year) to sign up for next year)

63.  Continue being involved in family group (check!)

Serving

64.  Write at least 1 note of encouragement every month (I forgot this one, so I didn't get it done)

65.  Take in a Foster Child (this one stopped being a possibility when we found out we were expecting again. With the first pregnancy I was put on couch rest at the end, and the second time I was on semi-couch rest at the beginning. We knew that if I couldn't take care of myself and our child we shouldn't take on someone else's child, we will see if God leads that way again, it is up to him)

66.  Volunteer outside of the home at least once (I didn't have the opportunity to do this. I have volunteered for our church community several times, but I was hoping to do something more)

Health

67.  Maintain my weight through the holidays (I don't remember for sure, but I think I did pretty well on this even though I was pregnant :) )

68.  Exercise at least 3 times a week (I did not get this done very often)

69.  Fill out the Calorie Counter every day (I stopped doing this while I was pregnant, I havent started again because we are headed toward Paleo and we have no need to count calories with that)

70.  Lose 10 pounds in 2 months (This one and the next one stopped being goals the minute I found out I was pregnant)

71.  Lose 50 pounds in 1 year

Financial

72.  Work on budget 2 days every month (I did pretty well on this, I am a few months behind right now because of Holiday craziness but I did pretty well on this most of the year)

73.  Calculate how much extra we need to pay on the house to have it paid off in 3 years (I am not sure if three years will happen because the new tax codes hit us hard, but we are on a good track to get it paid off in 6 years or less)

74.  Go through the Dave Ramsey course again (Mr. Random didn't think it was necessary this year since we did it the year before)

75.  Pray and talk to other leaders about teaching a Dave Ramsey course (haven't started this process yet)

76.  Get the house on a mortgage from the bank (check!)

77.  Give generously as God prompts

78.  Continue to tithe 10% of gross income

79.  Continue to put at least 5% of income in Blessings fund

80.  Build up to 15% of our income going into our retirement funds (we are holding steady at this point)

81.  Continue to pay extra on the house

82.  Save up and pay cash for a new air conditioner when it goes out (working on saving up)

83.  Save up and go on a big vacation next year or the year after (didn't happen last year, maybe this year)

Blogging

84.  Write 2-3 posts per week (I think I am averaged 1-2)

85.  Apply at least 1 of the Six Sister’s ways to grow my blog every week (didn't get this done)

86.  Write posts at least 1 week in advance (My weekly Sunday post is written in advance, other posts I sometimes get scheduled in advance)

87.  Plan out posts at least 1 weeks in advance (didn't happen)

88.  Host a biweekly linky party (I decided to cancel it because it was not getting enough traffic to be worth my time)

89.  Contact 1 company a month about sponsoring my blog (didn't happen)

90.  Post 1 Let's Talk post a month (I posted a few)

91.  Post at least 1 recipe per month (didn't do well on this)

92.  Post 1 Swagbucks post a month (didn't do well on this either)

93.  Post at least 1 product review per month (I posted some)

94.  Write 1 guest post every other month (didn't happen)

95.  Post a giveaway at least every other month (I had a couple :))

96.  Host a big linky/giveaway party for my 1 year blogiversary (I did, and it was great! although a lot of work :))

97.  Make a Blog Binder (didn't happen, I need to start working on it again)

98.  Read the Six Sister's 10 ways to grow your blog book (haven't read any in several months)

99.  Find some sponsors for/Save up and go to a blog conference this year or next (Didn't happen last year, maybe in a couple years)

100.                      Grow my blog to at least 200 pageviews per day (I got over that for a while, but with baby and holiday business my posts have fallen off and so have my pageviews)

Well there you have it, obviously I got nowhere near doing them all, but it was good to review, it gives me ideas as to what I need to focus on next year.

Did you made any goals this year? How are you doing with them?

100 goals update

Last December I posted my 100th post. To celebrate I posted 100 goals for 2013. Yes, I knew that it was completely impossible to think I would get anywhere near accomplishing all of them, I just thought it would be good for me to know what directions I wanted to head. Anyways, I think it would be interesting (and fun :)) to see how I am doing on my goals.

Long Term

1.      Pay Off House (working on it, and doing well)

2.      Save up and either add on to current house or buy a new house with cash (this will have to wait until we get the house paid off I think)

3.      Have good relationships (this is doing pretty good for the most part)

4.      Have more children (working on #2 now so going well :))

5.      Serve the community and world (I don't feel like I am doing enough, but I do a little)

6.      Continue as a Stay at Home Mom (check, so far)

7.      Home school our children (still planning to)

8.      Be Organized (I am trying to get together a household binder, but this one is slow going, organization is hard for me)

9.      Have book(s) published (not yet, maybe one day)

10.  Express myself through Art (not as much as I'd like, but I did get my craft area organized, that's the first step, the second step is wait until it is done being a construction zone)

11.  Travel (we went on 1 vacation so far this year)

12.  Be more positive (I think I am doing better)

13.  Have better posture (not doing great, but occasionally remember)

14.  Be healthy (working on it)

Personal

15.  Go to bed by 11 pm (not doing well on this one. I have a hard time because frequently if I go to bed at 11 I wont fall asleep for an hour or two, so I feel like I might as well be up working)

16.  Get up by 9 am (this one flew out the window when I got pregnant, I need to sleep when I can actually sleep)

17.  Only check email during email time (I haven't yet established an email time, so not happening so far, but in the spirit of the goal, I am doing better at not wasting as much time on email, it helps that I started unsubscribing from emails I don't really need to be getting)

18.  Think about (and adjust) my posture twice a day (not doing great on this one)

19.  Write down one good thing someone else did every day (oh, I totally forgot about this goal, I need to work on it)

20.  Listen to WBCL's midmorning program one day a week (I don't always do one day every week, but I try to listen if I am working in the kitchen or around the house, and then I listen to several that day)

21.  Enter at least 20 sweepstakes per week (I stopped doing this because I don't have time now, maybe I will start again later if I get organized)

22.  Make a To Do List (I do sometimes when I remember, it always helps me stay focused)

23.  Make my own laundry detergent (still hasn't happened yet, but I have all the ingredients)

24.  Try at least 1 pin per month (I haven't kept track of this, but I do try new recipes fairly regularly)

25.  Make schedule cards or personal binder (working on it, slow going)

26.  Find out how to publish a children's book (haven't had time to work on this yet)

27.  Attempt to get the Children's books I have written published (same)

28.  Write 1 more Children's book (not yet)

29.  Learn how to publish ebook (I have read a little, but not enough)

30.  Write 1 ebook (thought of ideas, but nothing written yet)

31.  Read 2 books on parenting toddlers (umm, I don't remember if I have read toddler books, I have read several on random child/teen issues/ parenting)

32.  Read at least 1 relationship book (I am pretty sure that I have done this)

33.  Read at least 1 spiritual book (Also pretty sure I have done this, I don't keep track of everything I read because I read tons of books)

34.  Clean up email so I don't spend so much time in it (have been working on this, seems like no matter how many I unsubscribe from there is always more, but it is way better)

Family

35.  Do devotions as a family after supper every day (we kinda fell away from this, we need to get started again)

36.  Go to at least 1 Moms and Munchkins event every month (unfortunately Mom and Munchkins is no longer happening :( )

37.  Go on at least 1 family vacation (we took a weekend away :))

38.  Go away for the weekend at least 4 times (1 down, unlikely to get in all of the others because of trying to stay nearby in case I go into labor :))

39.  Paint the back room in the basement (Mr. Random is working on this now!)

Marriage

40.  Have 2 date nights per month (we haven't had one for a while, time to get back on the horse)

41.  Go on at least one vacation without Little Man (Not sure if this will happen because of the pregnancy/ waiting for delivery/ will be dealing with a newborn, but we'll see)

42.  Go on a marriage retreat (unfortunately not going to happen unless we can find one for free that is close)

43.  Read one book together with Mr. Random (does the bible count? oh wait, we haven't finished that either, well he did show interest in America's Cheapest Family, maybe we can read that)

44.  Do The Husband Project (I keep meaning to do this)

45.  Go to at least 3 ballroom dances (We did a dance at our church talent show, but other than that, no)

Children

46.  Spend 15 minutes a day just playing with Little Man (I do play with him probably more than 15 min a day, but not in one chunk of time like I was wanting to yet)

47.  Read at least 1 book to Little Man every day (many days I read him Hello Baby, his current favorite book)

48.  Have Little Man try 1 new food every week (having him try it, most of the time he doesn't eat it, but I am doing my part)

49.  Have at least one photo day per month (I do not even remember what I meant by this, but I do take pics and videos of him regularly)

50.  Have one Mother/Son date night every other month with Little Man (haven't started this yet because we spend so much time together, I am thinking that it will prolly be more important once Little Man 2 is here)

51.  Let Mr. Random go on one Father/Son date night every other month with Little Man (same)

52.  Write down Little Man’s new schedule (check)

53.  Begin preschool with Little Man (nothing official after I posted this I realized there is not much official that you do with a 1.5 year old)

54.  Find information on home school groups for preschoolers (not yet, but I should)

Extended Family/Friends

55.  Get together with each side of the family at least once a month (most months we do, some months we haven't because of different people being out of town, but do as much as we can)

56.  Get together with aunts to scrapbook once a month (that fell apart because of busy schedules, maybe we can start again soon?)

57.  Have people over 1-2 times a month (umm, we need to do better on this)

58.  Visit my Sister at least twice (not yet, she lives a couple hours away, so we'll see if it happens after the baby is born)

Spiritual

59.  Do my devotions 4 days a week (I did pretty good while in BSF, not doing well this summer)

60.  Go on time to BSF (what is on time, really?, obviously didn't do well on this)

61.  Finish this year's BSF lessons (I got many of them done)

62.  Sign up for BSF for next year (check!)

63.  Continue being involved in family group (check!)

Serving

64.  Write at least 1 note of encouragement every month (I forgot this one, so I haven't done it yet, I will try to remember this month)

65.  Take in a Foster Child (this one stopped being a possibility when we found out we were expecting again. With the first pregnancy I was put on couch rest at the end, and this time I was on semi-couch rest at the beginning. We knew that if I couldn't take care of myself and our child we shouldn't take on someone else's child, we will see if God leads that way again after we get settled with Little Man 2)

66.  Volunteer outside of the home at least once (I haven't had the opportunity to do this yet. I have volunteered for our church community several times, but I was hoping to do something more)

Health

67.  Maintain my weight through the holidays (I don't remember for sure, but I think I did pretty well on this even though I was pregnant :)

68.  Exercise at least 3 times a week (I am really bad at this)

69.  Fill out the Calorie Counter every day (I stopped doing this when I found out how many calories I am supposed to be eating when pregnant. It is depressing to see that many calories when I got used to far less)

70.  Lose 10 pounds in 2 months (umm, this and the next one obviously went the opposite direction since I got pregnant)

71.  Lose 50 pounds in 1 year

Financial

72.  Work on budget 2 days every month (check!)

73.  Calculate how much extra we need to pay on the house to have it paid off in 3 years (I am not sure if three years will happen because the new tax codes hit us hard, but we are on a good track to get it paid off in 6 years or less)

74.  Go through the Dave Ramsey course again (Mr. Random doesn't think we need to this year so we'll prolly wait)

75.  Pray and talk to other leaders about teaching a Dave Ramsey course (haven't started this process yet)

76.  Get the house on a mortgage from the bank (check!)

77.  Give generously as God prompts

78.  Continue to tithe 10% of gross income

79.  Continue to put at least 5% of income in God only knows fund

80.  Build up to 15% of our income going into our retirement funds (we are holding steady at this point)

81.  Continue to pay extra on the house

82.  Save up and pay cash for a new air conditioner when it goes out (working on saving up)

83.  Save up and go on a big vacation next year or the year after (not happening this year, we'll see about next year)

Blogging

84.  Write 2-3 posts per week (I think I am averaging 1-2)

85.  Apply at least 1 of the Six Sister’s ways to grow my blog every week (haven't started this)

86.  Write posts at least 1 week in advance (every once in a while)

87.  Plan out posts at least 1 weeks in advance (not happening yet)

88.  Host a biweekly linky party (I decided to cancel it because it was not getting enough trafic to be worth my time)

89.  Contact 1 company a month about sponsoring my blog (hasn't happened yet, but I have had a couple sponsor s and sponsored posts come in, yay!)

90.  Post 1 Let's Talk post a month (I have posted a few)

91.  Post at least 1 recipe per month (haven't done well on this)

92.  Post 1 Swagbucks post a month (haven't done well on this either)

93.  Post at least 1 product review per month (I have posted one)

94.  Write 1 guest post every other month (this is not happening right now)

95.  Post a giveaway at least every other month (I have had a couple :))

96.  Host a big linky/giveaway party for my 1 year blogiversary (I did, and it was great! although a lot of work :))

97.  Make a Blog Binder (still working on it)

98.  Read the Six Sister's 10 ways to grow your blog book (not finished)

99.  Find some sponsors for/Save up and go to a blog conference this year or next (Not going to be going this year, maybe next)

100.                      Grow my blog to at least 200 pageviews per day (way over, yay!)


Well there you have it, obviously I got nowhere near doing them all, but it was good to review. And exciting to see the things that I could check off :)

Have you made any goals this year? How are you doing with them?

Blast from the Past 25 - 50 Goals

This series consists of notes that I wrote on facebook in the past. Enjoy reading my thoughts during my college years. Please comment but please be nice! Also please feel free to check out my other Blast from the Past Posts.


From April 2007

50 goals

My cousin has 103, I was determined to think of at least 50. I realized the other day through various conversations that not even my close friends and family knew that I had a lot of goals for my life. So I started making a list, and here is the first 50, I will continue making the list and post more when it seems to be worthwhile.

[Me current day - I thought it would be fun to add into this post what I have achieved from this list, so I will be inserting comments. They will be in [] so you can tell what is new]

So anyways here are 50 goals that I hope to achive sometime in my life:

1. graduate college [done!]
2. get a degree [done!]
3. teach English in Taiwan [Not done, and unlikely to happen since I have a husband and kids now, but oh well, I like this path better :)]
4. write a novel and get it published [hasn't happened, still possible, but I have found that I am really more of a short works writer, like this blog and children's stories. I have trouble concentrating on one story long enough to write a novel]
5. write a series of children’s books [I have written a couple, none published yet]
6. buy my own kiln, or work somewhere that I can use one regularly [hasn't happened yet, still possible but expensive, so we'll see]
7. make a movie [I have made some short stuff]
8. train myself to get up earlier for devotions [I don't get up earlier, but I have gotten to the point where I do devotions every morning, currently I am not doing well on this but I have before]
9. grow closer to God everyday [I am trying]
10. surround myself with people who are actively growing in God and who will encourage me to do the same [We have done a pretty good job of this, we have an awesome church family and family group!]
11. become fluent in Spanish [hasn't happened, but I do remember a few words from high school, for some reason pinguino is the word that most often comes to mind, it means penguin, not sure why but it is stuck in my head]
12. be a nanny [I have nannied for several families, before I became a mom]
13. get married [done!]
14. have children [done!]
15. tour Europe [hasn't happened yet, who knows, maybe someday]
16. travel as much as possible [well we take a couple vacations a year, as much as we can afford]
17. visit each of the 50 states [I have been to some, going to a new one in a couple months]
18. visit every country in the world (highly doubting that this will happen) [Unlikely and expensive, but who knows :)]
19. bake a soufflé [haven't yet, anyone have a good recipe]
20. invent a new food [well I have lots of recipes, I'm not sure if I can say any of them are truly new]
21. do all of my hw every night, or even better the night before (yeah, that’s not going to happen :) [yeah, totally didn't happen]
22. invent a way to cook without having to clean up afterwards [Well I guess I kinda did, because my husband does the dishes, but I can't eliminate all the cleaning, sorry sweetie]
23. worship God fully with all of my talents [This could probably use some work]
24. be good enough to, and not too nervous to, sing up front at church sometime [I did this for a while, but then felt that it wasn't where I was called to serve]
25. learn to overcome my nervousness in talking and singing in front of people [I have done this somewhat, I still get nervous but I can function through it, so it doesn't stop me, but it could use some more work]
26. paint a mural [haven't done this, but still hope to someday]
27. become fluent in at least one other language, maybe more [unlikely to happen, but who knows, maybe someday]
28. learn to ballroom dance really well [well, I do ballroom dance, don't know if it is really well, it is good enough for me, I no longer want to be really good, I just want to be good enough to have fun]
29. learn to play the piano [hasn't happened yet, well I know 2 songs, but that's it]
30. study culinary arts [I took a baking class, it was fun]
31. learn how to start my own business [I have learned, and I did start this blog]
32. make a pair of glass or ceramic slippers that are functional [haven't done this yet, and I don't know if they will be functional but I still love this idea]
33. have a library room in my home, and have enough books that I have read to fill all the shelves [We really don't have room in this house for a library, honestly it kinda seems like a waste of space now, but we do have plenty of books]
34. have met 1,000,000 people I my lifetime [I'm not keeping track, so I will have no idea if I will or have ever met this goal]
35. have lead a lot of people to the lord [I have led some, but not for a while]
36. become the person God wants me to be [I hope so :)]
37. invent something new that is really useful [I have ideas, but no actual inventions yet :)]
38. figure out what I (or God) want to do with my life [Well I know what I am supposed to be doing now, I think, that is the best I can do :)]
39. own a white bug with pastel polka dots [hasn't happened yet, and is unlikely since it is a little impractical for a family, but you never know]
40. pay off all my college loans before I graduate, or enough of them that it won't be a hardship for me to finish [Well I didn't pay them off before I graduated but we paid them off before they started collecting interest]
41. learn to invest in stocks well [Well I didn't do this one and the next one, and have no plans to
because I found a better way, playing the stock market is gambling, investing in mutual funds is a good investment]
42. play the stock market and win
43. build a ceramic house [hasn't happened yet, I don't even remember why I wanted to do this anymore]
44. learn to fly an airplane [Hasn't happened yet, pretty unlikely, but I suppose possible]
45. overcome my fear of Frisbees (or discover a way to make them all disappear from the earth) [I don't think either of these things is going to happen, oh well :)]
46. have enough money every year to fill at least two shoeboxes for the shoe box mission thing [so far this has happened, yay! Last year I made six!]
47. be financially worry free (someday, hopefully, but not likely :) [This is pretty true right now.I don't know if it is possible to never worry about money, but we are in a good spot thanks to God, Dave Ramsey, and my husband's job]
48. figure guys out [is that possible? I know Mr. Random really well, but I don't know if I would say I have him or any man figured out]
49. have enough time to volunteer wherever I feel called [well I'm not working any more, but I'm not sure I have time, hopefully I will be able to get organized enough to have time :)]
50. think of 50 goals !! [obviously I did :) And recently I made 100 goals!]

 

100 Goals for 2013

Today I am not posting a  Blast From the Past Post because I have something even more cool for you. This is my 100th post. Whoohoo! So I thought it fitting given our proximity to the new year to post 100 goals for 2013. I got the Idea from Money Saving Mom's 2012 Goals Update. This post was was my inspiration and also provided me some of my goals. If you haven't heard of Money Saving Mom you need to go over and check out her blog, she has all sorts of amazing information on ways to save money and earn extra money and just make sure you are in a good place financially. I also got some ideas for goals from 43 Things and Mind Tools.

Yes, I know that they are not all for 2013, but I thought it sounded better that way :)

By the way, I am not insane, I know that I will not be able to achieve all these goals. I just figured that it would help me know what I was working toward and keep me on a track that I want to be on and choose to be on, instead of one that just happened to me. I want to start happening to my life instead of letting it happen to me (or however that saying goes).

So anyways, here they are:

Long Term

1.      Pay Off House 

2.      Save up and either add on to current house or buy a new house with cash

3.      Have good relationships

4.      Have more children

5.      Serve the community and world

6.      Continue as a Stay at Home Mom

7.      Home school our children

8.      Be Organized

9.      Have book(s) published

10.  Express myself through Art

11.  Travel

12.  Be more positive

13.  Have better posture

14.  Be healthy

Personal

15.  Go to bed by 11 pm

16.  Get up by 9 am

17.  Only check email during email time

18.  Think about (and adjust) my posture twice a day

19.  Write down one good thing someone else did every day

20.  Listen to WBCL's midmorning program one day a week

21.  Enter at least 20 sweepstakes per week

22.  Make a To Do List

23.  Make my own laundry detergent

24.  Try at least 1 pin per month

25.  Make schedule cards or personal binder

26.  Find out how to publish a children's book

27.  Attempt to get the Children's books I have written published

28.  Write 1 more Children's book

29.  Learn how to publish ebook

30.  Write 1 ebook

31.  Read 2 books on parenting toddlers

32.  Read at least 1 relationship book

33.  Read at least 1 spiritual book

34.  Clean up email so I don't spend so much time in it

Family

35.  Do devotions as a family after supper every day

36.  Go to at least 1 Moms and Munchkins event every month

37.  Go on at least 1 family vacation

38.  Go away for the weekend at least 4 times

39.  Paint the back room in the basement

Marriage

40.  Have 2 date nights per month

41.  Go on at least one vacation without Little Man

42.  Go on a marriage retreat

43.  Read one book together with Mr. Random

44.  Do The Husband Project

45.  Go to at least 3 ballroom dances

Children

46.  Spend 15 minutes a day just playing with Little Man

47.  Read at least 1 book to Little Man every day

48.  Have Little Man try 1 new food every week

49.  Have at least one photo day per month

50.  Have one Mother/Son date night every other month with Little Man

51.  Let Mr. Random go on one Father/Son date night every other month with Little Man

52.  Write down a Little Man’s new schedule

53.  Begin preschool with Little Man

54.  Find information on home school groups for preschoolers

Extended Family/Friends

55.  Get together with each side of the family at least once a month

56.  Get together with aunts to scrapbook once a month

57.  Have people over 1-2 times a month

58.  Visit my Sister at least twice

Spiritual

59.  Do my devotions 4 days a week

60.  Go on time to BSF

61.  Finish this year's BSF lessons

62.  Sign up for BSF for next year

63.  Continue being involved in family group

Serving

64.  Write at least 1 note of encouragement every month

65.  Take in a Foster Child

66.  Volunteer outside of the home at least once

Health

67.  Maintain my weight through the holidays

68.  Exercise at least 3 times a week

69.  Fill out the Calorie Counter every day

70.  Lose 10 pounds in 2 months

71.  Lose 50 pounds in 1 year

Financial

72.  Work on budget 2 days every month

73.  Calculate how much extra we need to pay on the house to have it paid off in 3 years

74.  Go through the Dave Ramsey course again

75.  Pray and talk to other leaders about teaching a Dave Ramsey course

76.  Get the house on a mortgage from the bank

77.  Give generously as God prompts

78.  Continue to tithe 10% of gross income

79.  Continue to put at least 5% of income in God only knows fund

80.  Build up to 15% of our income going into our retirement funds

81.  Continue to pay extra on the house

82.  Save up and pay cash for a new air conditioner when it goes out

83.  Save up and go on a big vacation next year or the year after

Blogging

84.  Write 2-3 posts per week

85.  Apply at least 1 of the Six Sister’s ways to grow my blog every week

86.  Write posts at least 1 week in advance

87.  Plan out posts at least 1 weeks in advance

88.  Host a biweekly linky party

89.  Contact 1 company a month about sponsoring my blog

90.  Post 1 Let's Talk post a month

91.  Post at least 1 recipe per month

92.  Post 1 Swagbucks post a month

93.  Post at least 1 product review per month

94.  Write 1 guest post every other month

95.  Post a giveaway at least every other month

96.  Host a big linky/giveaway party for my 1 year blogiversary

97.  Make a Blog Binder

98.  Read the Six Sister's 10 ways to grow your blog book

99.  Find some sponsors for/Save up and go to a blog conference this year or next

100.                      Grow my blog to at least 200 pageviews per day

So there they are, my 100 goals. What goals do you have for 2013?

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