Monday, January 6, 2014

New Year, Clean Slate

Finally, feeling better! I have been sick until today. Since last week. I hate being sick this long. It also means I haven't been able to do a really solid end of the year review. I don't do Resolutions, becuase I think having goals only once a year is silly. I have goals all year.

This year my word for the year is Intention. I intend it to be my guiding theme for the year.
1. Writing/Editing
     260,000 words (500,000 stretch goal)
     Edit 2 of the 5 books I intend to write this year.
2. Relationship work
     Make my husband and son a greater focus in my life
     This needs to be something we work on together, as I am not sure what is the most important thing to each of them. That is what I want to focus on this year.
3. Physical
    Move every day. Work counts as it takes up so much of my day, but I would like to work up to running on the treadmill in the morning before work. I watched a documentary about happiness. People who experience FLOW are happier. I experience FLOW when I run.
4. Organize
   10-30 minutes a day of cleaning the house and 2 big projects, the closet (clothes) and the storage room downstairs where all my stuff is languishing after my move...4 years ago.

How will I do it?
Goal notebook. I have always had a poster or a notebook that gives me the visual motivation I need
Plan every day. I'll use my journal and then take it with me so that I remember what I am trying to accomplish.
Affirmation/meditation daily. This will help me to stay less stressed out and advertise in my own brain the things I want.

This week: I am going to aim for 10,000 words by Friday.
I will plan food (daily menus) and write affirmations.
Here we gooo!