(Cue the Conan O’Brien music…)
It’s that time of year again, when we all look towards the future and try and avoid the mistakes of the past.
Laurie and I sat and talked about some of our goals for the year last night and for the sake of holding myself accountable — as dreams and goals come to mind, I like to share many of them on my blog.
We’ll hope they’re more than just good intentions – but instead, real changes in lifestyle that last year after year.
So here are a few of my goals for this year in no particular order…
- Spend more time with My Life.
- Spend more time with my boys (and less time worrying about my to-do list while they’re awake).
- Spend more time with friends over coffee or a meal.
- Pay off a large chunk of debt by year’s end.
- Enjoy a special five-year anniversary excursion without adding to said debt.
- Cook more – eat out less.
- Eat less meat – eat more vegetables.
- Buy (and grow) more fresh foods and avoid processed foods.
- Start a vegetable garden.
- Continue trying to make my own compost for said garden.
- Continue walking/jogging at least 4 times a week.
- Lose 20 more pounds. 10 pounds by Feb. 24th (my 33rd birthday).
- Live the intentional challenge.
- Blog/write more. I’ve gotten lapse in my blogging and writing this year. I want to do better – at least one quality post a week.
- Read more (offline).
- Read through the Bible again.
So those are my goals for 2012 as of Jan. 3.
A few other things I’d like to see happen but I’m not putting them down as “official goals” yet as they’re definitely not priorities and are each fairly time consuming….
- Write a 2nd book.
- Find new revenue streams (see large chunk of debt above).
- Start another podcast (I have a few ideas floating in my head).
- Etc. etc.
So what about you? What are your goals and dreams for 2012?
