As the end of the year very quickly draws near, I’m thinking about setting my goals for 2014. Goals are like resolutions, but without the guilt if I fail … because they’re only goals (I know, that’s the lamest thing you’ve ever heard). But as with most years, I feel the need to look back at what I have and haven’t achieved and where better to start than with my goals for 2013?
In brief, they were:
- Finish at least 1 personal web project
- Take up an outdoor activity
- Go one month without using a supermarket / chain store
- Take more pictures
- Put up my prices
- Acknowledge one positive from every day
- Get my budgeting back on track
- Reach ‘inbox zero’ on my personal email
- Finish a job to a deadline
- Give up sugar for a month
- Finish a project around the house
- Sort out my junk & sell it off
- Grow out my hair
I managed to complete #1 – finished switching this blog to Genesis – although created a bunch more projects over the year which now need finishing too. I successfully managed #5 and didn’t go out of business :) I finished a couple of jobs to deadline AND finished a project around the house (painted the hall) – albeit on Christmas eve! I sold a lot of junk but made a loss, which was annoying. Lastly, I grew out my hair, which is now back down past my shoulders but is top of the list of things to get rid of next year.
I’m disappointed I couldn’t manage #2 – I took up running but illness and then work got in the way. I’m hoping Oliver being in nursery from Jan will free up some time so I don’t have excuses to not run, though. I’m similarly disappointed that I didn’t manage to go the whole month without sugar, as it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be (and I still take my coffee without sugar now, so that’s a plus).
The rest… pah. I think they will form the basis of my goals for next year. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again – right?
29 Dec at 12:13 am
Hey, better one and a half than none! Not bad at all! Plus number 1 was quite a lot of things you accomplished! Good luck in 2014!
30 Dec at 3:19 pm
:D thanks Caity
29 Dec at 5:26 am
I’d say 2013 was a success for you. You accomplished a lot of what you set out to and a lot of non-goal stuff as well. Good work and good luck in 2014.
30 Dec at 3:19 pm
Thanks Chantelle :)
30 Dec at 1:38 pm
I recently looked over my list and I accomplished one thing … so whatever ;p
30 Dec at 3:19 pm
1 thing is better than no things ;D