Off To A Great Start . . .

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Who makes resolutions? What about goals?

I make goals!!

I ended up doing this by accident. I began to see how things I wanted to achieve were actually happening for me. It was an awesome feeling and this made me want to keep moving forward. In 2015, I plan to complete more goals and keep track!! I will make monthly and yearly goals . . . and so I don't forget all of these great accomplishments, I'm placing them in a jar.

I found this idea on pinterest. My green ball jar doesn't look as pretty as the one I found online, but it still works. Every time I reach a goal, make a memory or something great happens, it gets written on a piece of paper, dated and put in the jar. Pretty simple, right? Well, for me it's remembering to write it down and put it in the jar. This shall be goal #1 . . . 

Another goal will be to write more in 2015. Being in school full time and family priorities make it really hard to have the time or energy. My writing goals for January are to write a rough draft for my short story, finalize it and hit the submit button by the January 31st deadline. Guess What? I completed the first writing goal . . .  the rough draft was completed on January 4th. You can see from above, I now have my 1st accomplishment in the jar!!  . . . Yay me :-)

Some additional goals will be to finish two more semesters of school this year with good grades. This might mean different study habits, longer hours and staying up later in order to accomplish. I also plan to eat a little more healthier. Sometimes stress causes me to reach in the closest and grab that bag of chips that's been staring at me!! I might even remove the clothes and dust off the tread mill to relieve a little of that stress!! I also need to finish the afghan I started for my daughter before she left for college. I might have it done by next fall if I'm lucky!! . . . The important thing is to see the jar filling which will keep me motivated to continue to fill it all the way to the top.

But don't forget to enjoy the simple things in life .... like coffee!! Who doesn't enjoy coffee?!! :-)

Wishing everyone a productive and enjoyable 2015!!