New Year: Make Goals, Not Resolutions

I ran across the idea recently that for the new year, we should make goals, not resolutions.  This hit home with me, and reminded me of my 101 goals project.  My resolutions tend to be over-zealous - Never drink soda again! Get my body fat percentage down to 15%!  These don’t work.  I’m not setting any resolutions this year, just goals.  I’m using my 101 goals project to guide me through this.  Mondays will include a posting outlining my goals for the week.  These are my mini-goals to accomplish my larger goals within my 101 project.  I’ll continue updating my progress throughout the week on any completed mini-goals and completed 101 goals.  I hope you’ll stick with me throughout 2008, and even start a 101 goals project of your own!  (And I realize today is already Wednesday, but due to the holiday, I’ve been away from a computer for a time…so this week we’re starting on Wednesday ;))

My goals for the week 01/01:

1. Start a budget for 2008 in Quicken
2. Run on Wednesday/Friday/Sunday, and do yoga on Thursday/Saturday.
3. Work on my quilt
4. Set up my new sewing area

Weekly Goals: Week of 12/3

This week is all about finishing up semester work for school and completing my “Host a Holiday Party” goal. My goals for this week are:

1. Weekly Recipe - I have loads of new recipes this week to try out for the holiday party. I’m going to be trying some new cocktails, new desserts, and a new main course.
2. Finish problem set #2 for class.
3. Holiday party is Saturday! Lots of cleaning and cooking to get ready to have a house full of people, 5 of which will be sleeping at my house for Friday and Saturday night. Because of the amount of cooking involved for Saturday…I think I’m going to try to convince my overnight guests to eat dinner at Red Robin on Friday night!
4. At some point, hopefully I’ll also be able to do my weekly Quicken update.
5. Wrap remaining Christmas gifts - I need to find some gift boxes!

Goals for the Week - 11/26

After a nice Thanksgiving break, where I ate a little too much but got most of my holiday shopping done, it’s time to refocus on some goals for this week. The things I’d like to accomplish this week are:

1. Recipe of the Week - for new recipes this week I have Chai Shortbread cookies - I’d like to make a double batch of these, one to eat now, and one to freeze for the holiday party
2. Update Quicken
3. Finalize menu for holiday party (on 12/8!)
4. Get started on problem set #2 for class
5. This doesn’t have to be done this week - but I’d like to get started on some gift wrapping, as all my Black Friday deals are taking up valuable living room space!

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!

Goals for the Week

In order to keep myself moving forward on my 101 goals project, I’ve decided to put out some weekly goals. I hope this will help with motivation and a sense of actually accomplishing things from my list. So…my weekly goals for Nov. 11-17 are:

1. New Recipe for the week
2. Update Quicken
3. Take a bubble bath
4. Sort magazines to get rid of - weekend project
5. Return all my library books (Ok, not related to my 101 goals, but I really need to take the books back. I’ve renewed them all about 5 times now. I will recheck them out when I’m actually ready to read them.) UPDATE: I only had time to find half of them.  I’m a little unorganized when it comes to books/magazines.  I’ll look for the rest this weekend.