When I look back on 2010, I see a year of fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants craziness. 2011 is going to be different. My theme for the year…
I can’t think of a single area in my life that could not use a bit of pruning. I’m tired of complicated. So for 2011, you’ll see more:
- Simple Living
- Simple Homeschool
- Simple Home Management
- Simple Recipes
- Simple Savings
Now for my 2011 Goals.
Spiritual:
- Read one book a month.
- Set and stick with a consistent bible reading/ prayer time.
Personal:
- Read one fun book a month.
- Complete FB 365 project.
- Walk 3x a week with Cora.
- Remember to take my SuperMom vitamins. (Once again, something I can NEVER remember to do!)
- Consistent wake-up time.
- Plan our yearly trips in January and budget accordingly.
- Sew twice a month.
- Build a photo light box.
- Schedule one date night a week.
School:
- Incorporate more hands on projects with the younger kids.
- Preschool with Trouble 3 times a week.
- Find a better system for record keeping.
- Enroll in a local co-op.
- Plan two field trips a month.
- Research colleges. (I cannot believe I am typing those words!!!!)
In the Kitchen:
- Research and find sources of local/organic food.
- Keep grocery budget under $700 a month.
- One bulk cooking day every two months.
Homemaking:
- Deep clean and organize one room a month in my home.
- Purchase and use the Motivated Moms’ Planner.
- Update phone contacts and address book and transfer information to the computer.
- Find a different coupon organization system.
- Organize storage space in garage.
- Complete all Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving.
- Set up sewing area.
Home Improvement:
- Make curtains for ds’s bedroom
- Make curtains for living room.
- Finish photo collage for dining room.
- Paint living room/ dining room.
- Make headboard for ds’s bed.
- Make headboard for my bed.
- Install fan in back porch. (Already completed!)
- Remove kitchen wallpaper.
- Install new kitchen sink.
- Install office bookshelves. (once my dad makes them.
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Financial:
- Change monthly budget meetings to weekly budget meetings.
- Begin using Mvelopes.
- Reread The Complete Tightwad Gazette
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- Add an extra 10% on our mortgage every month which will shorten it by 5 years.
What are some of your goals this year?
Looking forward to it! Thanks for sharing!
great list, this is my word also!!
Great goals! And, I’m all about Simplify too! I read two amazing talks by two of our church leaders that just truly inspired me. These two talks truly changed my life…both talks compliment each other so nicely so I love them both. But, these talks and the messages spread through them have become my goal 2011! Hope you enjoy the talks as much as I did…
http://lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/of-things-that-matter-most?lang=eng
http://lds.org/general-conference/2007/10/good-better-best?lang=eng
Wow- what an impressive list of goals! I’m so glad to have found your site through the Hip Homeschool Hop. You have so much great information. I’ll be following you on Twitter & keeping up with your updates. Happy New Year!
Thanks for sharing. I really never made a List of goals but this year I felt the same way about simplifying. So I will start my list today ( I have already cleaned out my whole kitchen yesterday and sewed my kitchen curtains) This will be some garage sale by the end of this month
I love the word Simplify! Looks like you’ve got a great list.
I found this article today about a Bible reading plan that I’m sure will be wonderful for me…hope it will help you, too. It’s pretty simple.
http://www.crossway.org/blog/2011/01/a-new-way-to-spend-the-year-in-gods-word/
My biggest goal this year is to figure out how to be a stay-at-home mommy to my 4 month old daughter! Our biggest issue right now is health insurance, since it’s provided through my job.
I’m also purposing to start cooking the majority of our meals, rather than going out 95% of the time, and to read through the Bible (I already signed up for the 90 days challenge)!
Great list! My word this year is Purpose!
Blessings & Giggles
I love it! Purpose is an awesome word for the year.
I love the idea of having a word for the year! Hadn’t never seen that idea until tonight! I think simplify is such a good one! I could use a little more of that around my house too! The word, “intentional”, came to mind to me tonight…will see where that takes me!
Whatever the “word” is though, we share many of the same goals!
Wishing you a happy, “simplified” 2011!
Wow–a goal of mine needs to clearly be better proofreading! “Hadn’t never”?! LOL! That was supposed to say “hadn’t ever”. Oops!
Simplify is our families resolution of the year too! For us it’s more about the amount of stuff we have. We have too much, especially for a family that moves every few years. I am doing the flylady system. I’m sure you’ve heard of her. I don’t neccessarily follow all of her steps and routines but I do follow the daily room missions and it makes it so much easier for me to stay focused.
My goals are remarkably similar–I’d say at least 75% identical! Good luck!