goals, not resolutions

new years resolutions....i have said a few times that i don't really believe in them because they set people up for failure. i do have goals though....and i don't think that goals are the same as resolutions, and webster even agrees with me. in fact a goal is just something that you 'put effort towards' where as a resolution is something that you are 'determined' to do.

i am always working on things, or working towards a goal. some will be life time goals (ones which i could not complete in the timeline of a year) and others are smaller things that i may achieve, and hopefully i WILL achieve.

here are some of my goals:

• recycle more
• do some form of exercise 3-4 times a week (which will be way easier once i have my new weight set tomorrow)
• chill out and work on not letting things get under my skin (especially little things like water on the bathroom counter.....yes i AM that anal!)
• uplift people more, gossip less
• be a better wife (life time goal....i don't think anyone in a marriage should ever stop working on their relationship)
• cook more, eat out less (that pains me to write since i don't feel confident in my cooking skills and i am confident in the skills of cooks at restaurants)
• get more involved at church....maybe with the kids program
• be more money conscious (asking myself "do i really need this?)
• read the books that i have bought.....there are about 30+ that i need to read....this is possibly a life time goal since i keep buying books. hehe

that's all i can think of right now. i have an ongoing list in my head and this is the first time i have actually written it down for people to see. consider yourself privileged. :)