January Mini-Goal Update

Here's a brief update...

Goal #1 of keeping the table cleared off seems to be the bigger challenge of the two. Coming home from work mentally exhausted doesn't help. Of course I want to come in and just throw everything somewhere... and since the table is the first flat surface I come in contact with - there's where it goes. Having this as a goal, however, has made me more aware and the table is more clear on a daily basis than before.

Goal #2 is why I write. I'm quite excited to say that I found out what I need to do to get a continuing contract. I've met most of the qualifications already. In March, I will have to write a brief letter about my current contract and then I can wait for board approval of the continuing contract in April. As far as January is concerned, I've done everything I can do for this goal!

Now to start thinking about February's mini-goals...

Happy 2008!

I've been looking through some other blogs today and noticed that most of them have posted Happy New Year posts, so I guess I'll go along with that. Their blogs speak of making resolutions or not making resolutions or making anti-resolutions.

I think I'll start with a reflection of 2007. It was okay. We went through some tough times this year, but nothing ultimately terrible. I'm not sure that people around me would say that I was laid back, but that's definately how I feel I handled life this past year. Maybe a little bit too much, if you saw the condition of my house. I tried to accept the fact that I have little control over my life and trusting God will get me to where I'm supposed to be. And for this moment, I'm supposed to be here, dealing with and/or accepting things as they are.

So, I wasn't going to make any resolutions, but as I was typing this, I was thinking of years that I have made resolutions. I wrote them down and I actually did pretty good with them. Writing them down is an important aspect of making resolutions/goals. A couple months back, I made a goal to write at least four times a week on my blog. Well, that hasn't exactly happened, but I haven't given up on it either.

I am going to go back to a goal that I had for many years of my life and I've fallen away from it - I want to read the Bible everyday. I'll admit that I just squeezed it in today. A couple minutes before midnight, I read Ecclesiates 3. I think a passage that is just right for New Year's Day.

Another goal I have for the year is to get rid some of the clutter in our house. I need to make some sort of plan or I'll never get this done. One idea I have to accomplish this goal is to have a yard sale or two in the spring. Everything I don't sell, will go elsewhere. It has to be that way. I just need the strength to do it.

That's quite a bit to think of for the moment, but I do like the idea that a goal can be set at anytime. I can make changes in my life whenever I feel they're beneficial. An example of that from the past year is that we are now eating more meals at the table (even when it's cluttered!) After years of having hubby on third shift, eating at the table was never something we did. It was also never a habit I learned in my childhood. I think this is an extremely positive change.

2008 - here we go!