I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. While I am sure some people have had great success with them, I personally have never met anyone who lost 50 pounds, stopped smoking, run a marathon, or learned a foreign language because of a resolution.
I do believe in setting goals for the upcoming year. So this week, since we are not back into a full school schedule yet I am spending time creating a list of goals for 2009. I think it is easiest to break your goals into categories. I also believe in writing out your goals in pencil, erasable pen or on the computer so they can be changed. No lists in Sharpie! As time goes by, you might realize that some goals are not appropriate or doable, and there are others you want to add to your list.
Here are the categories for my 2009 Goals. I hope to have them written out by the end of the week.
- Books to Read
- Family Goals
- Financial Goals
- Homemaking Goals
- Homeschool Goals
- Personal Goals
- Places to Visit
- Spiritual Goals
On January 1, 2009 I will publish my goals. Just for fun I will put up a Mr. Linky and if you have a list of goals you can link up. It will be helpful to see what others our doing, not to compare ourselves, but to be able to encourage one another in our journey.
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Writing goals down is vital and I love your category list. I’m going to steal it for my goals! Thanks!
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I always right goals for each year. I make sure they are measurable too. If it’s not measurable, there isn’t any way you are going to be able to check it off your list.
I like your idea about the different categories! I’ve already come up with my list for this year but I’ll have to remember that for next year! Or maybe I’ll tweak mine this year. Hmmm.
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