On many levels it feels like 2012 just started for me a week ago, and I'm a little late looking at what I'd like for myself in 2012, but here's what's on my mind:
- Continue organizing my life and our home. This sounds broad and it is, but last year I started taking small, dilberate stabs at this once I thought about how much time I can waste thinking about not doing something. (Disclaimer; I may come across as organized, but organization is many layers thick and there's work that needs to be done, trust me!).
- Go out on a date with Peter at least every couple of weeks. This was tough to do for a long time, finances didn't really allow a nice dinner out, and starting our own business just meant the second shift starts after dinner most evenings. Its really a new day for our business and a new era as a family. This is important stuff. And damn I love that man.
- Make this the year wise craft becomes its own legitimate business.
- Answer emails, even if its just a line or two, as soon as I can after I receive them. So many of my emails are professional ones, so I just treat this as a required task, part of the job. Let them know I got it. Its quick, and this method is actually working for me. I had weird situations pop up last year where I, myself was waiting for an email reply for several days, as much as a week, from someone who couldn't bother to email me, yet was able to update their facebook status several times a day. That clearly boiled down to priorities in my view and I don't want to make anyone who needs an answer feel as if they are being ignored. Common courtesy.
- Draw in my sketchbook more. There was a time I felt the pages of my sketchbooks were too important for me to put my little silly sketches in. How twisted is that, what did I think they were for? Over the past year I've realized that's crazy. I've started a new quilt pattern today. To say I'm excited is a complete understatement. I sketched with my fancy colored pencils, and listened to music, and I promised myself I would not begin actually cutting fabric until that sketch was complete. It was almost like meditation, very enjoyable.
- Be present and open to my children and what they need from me. Emma is very clearly a pubescent 13 year old. Its a topsy-turvy day any day you're dealing with all that 13 brings, at least around here. She's trying so hard and that makes me want to try as hard as I can. Ian is an old soul in a 10 year old's body, he needs to be gently nudged to try new things and away from his Lego's once in a while, it always proves to be worth it.
I love reading other's goals, so if you've done this on your own blog, post a link in the comment section.
