New Years Goals

I've decided to make a list of goals for 2011. I'm not calling them resolutions, because nobody ever sticks with their resolutions. I am making goals that will be challenging for me, but that are completely doable. Here they are:

Personal/Spiritual
1. Read 104 books in 52 weeks (I was originally going to put 52, but that's too easy for me)
2. Blog regularly
3. Complete One Day My Soul Just Opened Up (I have started this several times and never continue)
4. Take a vacation with Jason (we have never done this)
5. Take 365 pictures in 365 days, then put them together in a book to remember the year
6. Find a church and go regularly
7. Volunteer
8. Pray more often
9. Eat healthily
10. Exercise regularly
11. Express gratitude daily

Social
12. Have a game night quarterly with friends
13. Keep in touch with friends better

Family
14. Take Josie for more walks
15. Improve my relationship with Jason
16. Spend more time with family and develop relationships
17. Acknowledge birthdays

Financial
18. Pay off 2 debts
19. Eat out only 4 times/month
20. Deposit money into savings

Career
21. Be able to take LCSW exam by the end of the year
22. Network with other social workers for the job after the Lake (not planning on leaving just yet)
23. Rejoin NASW

Home
24. Begin and finish nursery set for when we have a child (I am not pregnant right now, this is just for in the future)
25. Clean out the junk room and get all of my stuff from my mom's house
26. Come up with a cleaning schedule and actually stick to it
27. Paint the interior of the house

I will keep everyone updated on how these are coming along. Have a great rest of the year! See you in 2011.

Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to my blog. I'm new at this, so please give me some time to get used to what I'm doing. My intention with this blog is to blog my way through 2011. In an effort to be more transparent in my life, I decided to create this blog so that people close to me know what's going on, even if I don't speak to them regularly. I will be posting my list of things to do in 2011, along with progress on how well I'm doing and what I'm accomplishing. Please feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think. I'm looking forward to a great year and hoping to entertain you in the process!