January Goals 2020

So usually to start the year I have a BUNCH of ideas about how
I can improve and make my life perfect!! 
Like way too many. 
So many that it all falls apart before it even gets started,
aaaand I get feeling defeated and frustrated.

 

Plus then there's supporting family goals, and kids goals,
and lets not get started on hubs goals!

 This year is no different,
20 goals for 2020 sound familiar?
It sounded really appealing to me.

But this year I'm trying something new.
I'm thinking more long term about my goals.

One thing that usually happens is after the rush of October
through Christmas I'm usually really restless in January. 
I make big plans to be SUPER productive all year. 

Forgetting that I usually like to travel, play outside, garden,
adventure and read during the summer. Instead of sit at a
computer, sew, bake, or sometimes even cook dinner. 
SHHHH don't tell.

So this year I tried to be realistic about what I actually
 could accomplish and how I was going
to go about doing that.

So here's my list of goals for 2020.
And no there are not 20 haha.

#1 go on a date with one of my kids each month!

#2 Go on a date with Shane each month.

#3 Read 2 fiction books and 1 non fiction book each month.

#4 Stay current with family blog - never more than a month behind.

#5 Complete writing project I began over a year ago.

#6 Complete at least 5 Naked Baby Princess Stories

#7 Sew one table runner a month.
(confession I already had two completed.)

#8 Sew 3 full sized quilts.
(confession I already had one
completed ready to quilt.)

#9 Sew Primarily from my stash.

#10 Explore more local trails and pathways with the kids.

#11 Road trip to the Columbia Icefields this summer.

#12 More week night biking, skiing, skating, and
  
That my friends is it!

To Excell aka Turning 30

I confess, I have been a bit confused about turning 30!!

Who cares - I know - 30 is the new 20!

Confused because . . .
I just can't figure out how to feel about it!

Over the last month I have been thinking
about some of my life experiences.
Some of them, I am desperately trying to overcome
and some I have enjoyed remembering.

I found that I am a dabbler of sorts.
Believe me I know it doesn't sound good and it isn't meant to.

My criticism of myself is simply that I do a
WHOLE LOT of things a bit.
I do not have something that I feel I really excel at.

I have been talking with Shane about a few of them
and in process I started thinking about
what it means to EXCEL.

I tend to spurt as well - getting in a groove
with a project almost till it consumes me and then
I have problems following through!

So pulling up my socks after coming to this realization,
I began to read a bit about the word EXCEL.

I realized that I needed to decide what I thought it meant to excel.

I knew what it did not mean, I knew that I was not talking about
doing something with the desired outcome
being fame, or notoriety, or even money necessarily
what I found was this.
(and i love it!)

secret side note: I didn't understand the George Elliot quote
by itself until I had read it more than once.

Now that I have defined what it is to excel, the next step
is to move forward and set goals for change.

Stay Tuned!