Goals

As part of my 30 Day Blog effort, I listed 6 goals for the month. I learned some things about myself and about setting goals. I just reviewed the goals I had made and realized that I should have printed them out and put them where I could see them because I remembered a couple but not all of them. I also was glad that I set them so that they would be accomplished during that calendar month. It seems like a much more managable period of time to work on something than setting goals for a year. So here is the report on how I did:

1. Bedroom cleaned and organized. While I made significant headway in this project (there are now only the most used two suitcases in our bedroom) it is a project that takes continual effort and is never "done."

2. Clean the basement. I worked on this quite a bit throughout the month but I had to push pretty hard at the end to get it to the point that was acceptable to me. Last Saturday, I finally got the last of the Christmas garlands and such put away so Christmas is officially put away and that storage room is organized. The food storage room is so much better and while it is not perfect and I still can't get everything to fit on shelves, I think we can probably find and/or get to everything we need.

3.Clean up the sewing room. Much like the bedroom - I made progress but I have a gazillion projects waiting to be done so while it is much better, it is not perfect.

4. Choose a blogger publisher - forgot all about this one.

5. Start an exercise program. I worked on this one and have increased my flexibility a bit but haven't done anything consistently. Alyna and I got weighted hola hoops and have had fun working with them. I have also been working on my back exercises and did a little beginning Yoga.

6. No caffeinated soft drinks. Okay, so this was a lot harder than I expected it to be. The first 15 days were the worst. I ended up drinking Dr. Pepper three times this month. While that is not perfect, it is a huge improvement over what I would have done if I hadn't set the goal so it was good goal. I think I will try to be careful in the future but I am in no hurry to set that as a goal again any time soon.

So, even though I may not have achieved all my goals for the month, at least I got some things done and did better at some things (like the no caffeine) than I would have had I not set the goals. I think 4 or 5 good goals in a month would be an appropriate number to manage and I might could even remember that many. So what goals to work on in February??????