December 2014 Goals
2 Dec 2014
December, you are a fun one. And you’re going to be a busy one! We have all kinds of exciting stuff planned, so I’m trying to keep the goals short and sweet.
My first goal is to finish something I started last month–A Week in the Life. I have photos and text for Monday through Wednesday up on Micah’s blog already, so I am almost halfway there. Hopefully I can get it finished during a good nap or two. I want to finish it before I forget that week in all its sweet and funny goodness.
I also want to finish my final painting from the Bloom True class I took last year. I have two out of three done, and my motivation to finish the third is partly that the family who are visiting this month can help us hang them on our really high living room wall. (This will involve a ladder and some couch-shifting.)
I didn’t bake for Thanksgiving, and that’s totally okay, but I do have a few things in mind for the holidays. And hopefully it will be cool enough outside that we’ll be happy to have the oven on too.
Of course, I am looking forward to Micah’s first Christmas! My family will be here with us for the first time, and I am really excited about it! (And I am really happy we’ll have a big enough table to seat them all–IKEA, here we come!)
Obviously, I want to take a million pictures–some candids, but also some family Christmas shots, which are a fun tradition.
I never really gave much thought to the the new year until I started choosing a word for the year and setting a few big goals for each one. I feel very focused on the day-to-day right now, which is a beautiful thing, but I am also looking forward to thinking about the bigger picture and asking myself what I want to focus on in 2015, personally and professionally. Hoping to have some time to talk it through with family over the holidays.
That’s all for December! Please share a link in the comments if you are posting monthly goals too! I’ll be back in January with a progress report. November goals have been updated here. December 2012 goals are here, and December 2013 goals are here.
Dec 02, 2014 @ 16:20:24
Yes December is a fun one! Here we come!
Dec 02, 2014 @ 18:18:01
I am absolutely counting he days until we come out there! What fun we will have.
Dec 03, 2014 @ 06:36:30
I hope you find the time to get your goals done! little by little it can happen!
Dec 03, 2014 @ 09:32:40
Even with a baby, in addition to a husband & blog, you are such a go-getter! (I mean, goal-setter!!) 😀
Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:52:28
Hello, friend; I am home today because of the rain and I was excited to see there was a new post here. 🙂 I’m also looking forward to finding out what the word of 2015 will be (I, too, am thinking about my own yearly slogan. I don’t think I’ll ever really top “be bold,” though; it was just so right for that moment in time) and to hearing about your holiday with your family.
Also, yay for getting back into baking! I don’t know what you have in mind, but I made this buckwheat pumpkin loaf (http://asweetspoonful.com/2014/11/dark-and-spicy-pumpkin-loaf.html) last night that was * absolutely glorious * (Kostas called it “the bomb” and I agree wholeheartedly). It’s gluten free, but you would never know it; the buckwheat and pumpkin with the chocolate are, hyperbole aside, heavenly. It made me think of you and your love of pumpkin-y things. 😉
Jan 22, 2015 @ 19:58:30
How awesome! That sounds delicious! Please forgive this ridiculously late reply! Did you decide on your slogan for this year? Inquiring minds want to know! I have missed you around the blog water cooler, but I guess I haven’t been around here very much either! In any case, I love getting to follow your adventures on the old IG, and I hope you had a fabulous Christmas and Novyi God!