Review of Resolutions for 2012

I had forgotten I even wrote out goals for 2012. That’s pretty sad, pretty pathetic. It is certainly not the way to make progress. A entire year later! and I just found this in the download of my previous, now defunct blog! Wow! Well, 2013 has to be better than that!

I have learned a lot about setting goals, and I intend to have specific ones in place by Christmas Day.
Everything I have been learning about goals since May suggests demands that the goals are broken into smaller pieces. I certainly failed to do that. I generalized and that was the end of it.

But here they are, my 2012 resolutions, as presented on my prior blog.

1. Meet my goal for weight loss.
2. Wear the diamond again, after losing weight.
3. Read through the Bible with the church plan.
4. Plan ahead for Christmas, including decorating over Thanksgiving.
5. Make my Christmas cards (must plan ahead).
6. Memorize Scripture.
7. List regularly on eBay, Craigslist, and Vegsource.

As time permits:

1. Play chess and other games with son or both son and daughter.
2. Watch some movies with daughter or both husband and daughter.
3. Cross-stitch, draw, watercolor.

Other plans include work on our home and our home business.

Our youth pastor had discussed resolutions, which made me decide to set some for 2012. I felt a vague sense of accountability by having a blog, so I gave it a shot. “No, it is better than that,” I wrote, “I’ll give it a strong effort.” Today I am reminded that that is not enough! Does a lack of success in accomplishing these bother me some? A little. But you will eventually see, as I share more about myself, that I did accomplish a lot.

For 2013, I will take a new approach. Will you?

Do not worry about the past failures.

• Be strategic as you work on your goals
• Keep the list in front of you in some way.
• Find lost hours by examining your schedule and plan how to use those minutes.
• Break the goals into monthly, weekly, and daily pieces to be accomplished.