2015 – More Thoughts and Goals

Like each year, after I thought about my word and my plans for 2014, I began to think more and more about what the word and the priorities meant. Since I tend to be self-reflective during this time of year, this is very long and mostly for my benefit (I like having a record of my plans and my thoughts) so feel free to skip. I won’t be offended.

By the way, this is influenced by Chris’s annual review article. I’ve read this before and have always liked the idea. I’m a technical person at heart and all these specific goals, measurable steps, etc. are right up my alley. Since I have my list of six priorities this year, I thought it would be a good exercise to see if I could come up with a few goals for each.

I will post about each of the projects I mention here, over the next week. I’ll then come back and link them here but I promise it’s all coming in the first week of the year.

The theme for this year will be brave. I want to do what feels brave. What makes me come alive. What makes me feel serene and generous. I want to take care of myself, inside and out. I want to open, to expand. To try new things. To find out what makes me come alive. To set new boundaries. To thrive in my life.

Family

1. Remind both kids that their lives have much to celebrate (David and Nathaniel’s Books of Happy Memories)
2. Read daily to Nathaniel
3. Work with David to help prepare him for the ISEE and help improve all of his academics
4. Take photo of full-family and write updates weekly (Project Weekly Diary)
5. Create a weekly celebration ritual as a family.
6. Volunteer in both David and Nathaniel’s schools
7. Reserve one night every other week to do something special with Jake.
8. Capture and Tell our family stories (Stories of Twenty Fifteen)
9. Visit my family and Jake’s family. Take a skiing  and camping trip together.

Healthy

1. Create an exercise routine for the week that involves running, weights, strength exercises and do something each day
2. Take a minimum of 10K steps daily
3. Do the 5-2 plan all year long. Even on my 5 days, eat whole and healthy
4. Get my vitamin C levels tested again and take the vitamin daily to bring my levels back up
5. Get minimum 7 hours of sleep every night and 8 on the weekends
6. Take regular walks with the kids, go out in nature regularly
7. Take care of my skin regularly.
8. Floss daily.
9. Drink 45oz of water daily.
10. Eat a vegetable with each meal.

Brave

1. Drive on the freeway more regularly
2. Keep track of my daily brave acts  (Project Everyday Brave)
3. Take my kids on a vacation just the three of us
4. Go on a vacation alone
5. Go on monthly adventures with Jake
6. Block out the hours for each of my weeks. Designate what i will do in each block.

Serene

1. Read a book a week (Project A Book a Week)
2. Journal each morning.
3. Carve Stamps. (Project Fifty-Two Stamps)
4. Go camping
5. Take daily walks
6. Get 7-8 hours of sleep each day
7. Do a body-scan each night.

Alive

1. Learn to carve stamps (Project Fifty-Two Stamps)
2. Practice Collage. (Project You Choose)
3. Practice Sketching (Project Everyday Brave)
4. Do something brave every day
5. Learn new art techniques (Project Remember This)
6. Continue to coach clients
7. Spend some time outside every day
8. Hug and kiss the kids a lot every day!
9. Learn something new each month

Abundance

1. Volunteer in the kids’ schools.
2. Spend time with Jake and the kids each day.
3. Regularly attend both book clubs
4. Extend an invitation to someone new once a month
5. Create a monthly night to reach out to people I love
6. Go out to breakfast/lunch once a week with a good friend (or a potential good friend). If not possible, call/email a friend to reconnect
7. Donate something each month.
8. Find a volunteer opportunity to do as a family or with David.
9. Volunteer at work.

Open

1. Make and keep regular pedicure and hair appointments
2. Come up with a self-care routine (lotion, floss, etc.)
3. Say yes to invitations
4. Show up at events/parties
5. Say yes to my boys. Say yes.

There we go. As more creep up over the year, I will likely come here and add/alter as needed.

Schedule for Blog
I’ve also come up with a tentative schedule for my blog for 2014:

• Mondays : Everyday Brave
• Tuesdays : Note to Self
• Wednesdays : A Book a Week + Fifty-Two Stamps
• Thursdays : You Choose
• Fridays : Stories of Twenty Fifteen
• Saturdays : David and Nathaniel’s Books of Happy Memories
• Sundays : Weekly Diary

• Coaching
• What I Learned
• Productivity
• Brave
• Lessons from Ordinary Life

These coupled with my core desired feelings are what I hope guides me this year. I know this year will come with its own challenges and surprises. I want to be open to all it plans to offer to me and I want to stay serene in the face of my challenges. I want to live each and every moment of my life fully alive and brave.

Here’s to a wonderful 2015!