Making it up

courtesy of a timely reminder from Deb I thought this was going to be a very depressing post, but having quickly flipped through my list….

5 Personal Goals for this Year.
* watch less tv that is just on, read more books instead.
* finish things.
* get fitter
* learn how and when to say no instead of yes.
* work out who I want to be and how to be her. This will start by involving more colour, I’m tired of wearing black!

Actually, we’re doing quite well with the tv thing - we’ve taken to turning it off if there isn’t anything on we want to watch. I’m not reading many books as an alternative, but I have been doing crafty things, and I’ve recently finished a hat and two slippers!
I think I’m getting better at not volunteering for things, which is along the lines of saying no. Still need to put in some more work on the last one.

5 Work Goals for this Year.
* relaunch my business and actually make it work this time. (This will require some thought and planning).
* sell books!
* get a php qualification
* figure out whether I want to work solely for myself or not.
* be happier in my work. (work to live, not live to work )

Perhaps we’d better gloss over this one! I haven’t relaunched, I don’t have time. I’ve sold a very few books, but not done anything in a concerted manner. I still have my eye on that php qual
Last two, I’m working on.

5 Home Ed Goals for this Year.
* work out the bits that I never learnt in school that I’ve needed and how and when to introduce them.
* make a plan with Big and help her follow it on a month by month basis
* learn a language (what, I can’t be home educated too?)
* do more of the things the children want when they want to
* thin out our resources!

Given that we are now three days flexi-schooling, I probably need to revisit this to take that into account.

5 Family goals for this Year.
* remember every day that I wanted to have children, and remember to let them know that they are wanted and loved.
* do something nice with all the family at least once a week (even if it’s just share a meal).
* work out how to cope with the rest of my family and do it.
* spend time with dp that isn’t virtual
* make my family my focus instead of my laptop!

Um…

5 house and home goals for this Year.
* more out than in (at least until we are decluttered!)
* pick an area of the house each month and make it a habit to keep it sorted
* plan menus and shopping lists around them (start with a home cooked meal a week)
* decide whether we are moving or not and deal with it
* work out what I’m doing with the garden and do it.

Oh dear. I’m still working on more out than in, but it’s tough. Having just last week reworked my working patterns, I’m hoping that that is going to help. The decision is that we *are* moving, but the practicalities are no nearer sorted. And the garden!!!

The article that Bob linked to about work life balance in my comments a few days ago seems like something I should meditate on profusely.

I’d add to this that I need to work out a written budget and keep to it - especially if we are going to manage to move.

So, not quite as bad as I’d feared.