Goals for 2012

I normally don't do the "New Year's Resolution" thing because I think it's a crock of crap.  Everyone makes promises to themselves that they don't keep, or they create elaborate goals for themselves that are impossible to accomplish.  Waste. Of. Time.  But this year, I've decided I'm going to give it a try.  After all, I make goals for myself throughout the year anyway, maybe it's time I start thinking a little more long term than, "Today I need to clean my living room or I don't get a cookie."

So here's what I got. (They are not in priority order.)

1. Run a 10k. I'm also considering a half-marathon but we'll see what the year brings.  Last year I did my first 5k.

2. Do 45-50 push-ups consecutively. Right now I can barely do 10 without resting. Pathetic.

3. Become more fit overall. Vague, but I know what I mean. :)

4. Pay off all our credit cards... Which is totally doable.

5. Have over one month's worth of income in our savings account... Also doable but will take some self-control.  I hate self-control.

6. Read the whole Bible in a year.  I haven't read it much at all this year.  I've tried to read it in a year so many times and I always crap out around Deuteronomy.  Not this year.  I WILL read the whole thing... a little bit every day.

7. Read 5-10 more classics.  I love the classics.  I read about 5 in the last half of this year and loved them.

8. Read one whole book entirely in Turkish.

9. Finish 3 associates degrees and start working toward my bachelors. I know 3 associates may sound excessive, but I have so many credits from different programs that with a few classes, I could knock out 3 all at once.

10. Learn photoshop. I bought the program early this year and have no clue how to use it. Also get better at photography in general.

11. Switch to purchasing as much organic produce and meats as possible and lower the amount of processed foods we eat.

12. Learn to cook more so that Hubby and I can take turns making dinner and he can have a break once in a while.

13. Get my yard looking good and plant a garden.

14. Paint most of the rooms in my house and do some minor upgrading.

15. Learn to quilt and finish one before the end of the year.


I feel like I'm forgetting a thing or two but since can't remember them, and I don't want to end up forgetting about this post and publishing it in June, this will have to do.