At the beginning of 2012 I set myself some goals. I thought I
should look back to see how I have got on. I set out goals in various areas of my life.
Soul and
spirit: friends, faith, fellowship, community
In this area I set myself 10 goals and I was
successful in 3 of them.
Body: fitness,
diet, sleep
I set myself 6 goals here. I managed 1.5
Mind: art, reading,
Etsy, photography, blog This area
takes up most of my time.
Art
I set 7 goals and gave up on most of them for a
variety of reasons.
Reading
Read a book each week Some weeks I read
three and some months I didn't read at all. However I did download about
400 books onto my Kindle App. Perhaps I should read them!
Photography
I set 3 goals - 2 of which went by the wayside in
the first week of January!
Etsy
There were 4 goals for my Etsy shop. I
haven't given any time to it at all. However I did make some journals and
sell them at a Craft Fair.
2012 in focus
Looking back at the fact that I didn't achieve very
many of my goals could be very depressing. However I think one thing it proves is that I
probably set too many goals and had signed up to things that really didn't suit
me. Or is that 2 things!?!
I took part in an online course called Ashes to
Beauty at the beginning of the year and successfully completed it - although I
have to admit I didn't actually finish it the way Nana Campana intended but I was pleased
with what I found out about myself. In addition I got to know quite a
few lovely ladies including Anita Van Hal
and Robin Norgren. I already knew the lovely Carolyn Philips who I
invited to join the journey with me.
As a result of meeting Anita and Robin, I have
become part of Anita's Design Team and become the Art Journaling group
coordinator on Anita's forum: Just Be
Yourself.
I received 4 hours of Life Coaching from Robin
which enabled me to change my perspective on how I view myself and my
work. As a result I set up the blog: An Attitude of Gratitude and completed 30 days of gratitude prompts and a
complete 30 days of a Gratitude Journal.
I'm pretty sure as well that prior to the coaching I would have become very
depressed about my lack of completing the goals I set myself, so I have a great
deal to thank Robin for.
I also completed a 13 week series on my blog called
Celebrating UK Artists. If you haven't read the interviews yet you can
find a link to them here.
I chose FOCUS as my One Little Word for 2012.
However I lost sight of it around the middle of the year along with the class I
was doing with Ali Edwards on Big Picture Classes.
I’m going to try again for 2013 and I have chosen
the word PRESENT. I am going to look at
being ‘present in the moment’ and the gifts that God has given me. Come back in January to find out more.
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Prior to 2012 I rarely walked much more than from
the front door to the car or around the supermarket and I set myself the goal
of walking one long walk each week for this year. It has been my most successful goal. I completed a walk every week for 52 weeks
and a few extra ones!!! If you haven't already, you can see a photograph from each week here and here.
If you're interested in my goals for 2013, please come back tomorrow.
In the meantime I wish you a very Happy New Year.
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| from Walk 50 of 52. Newgale Beach, Pembrokeshire |
If you're interested in my goals for 2013, please come back tomorrow.
In the meantime I wish you a very Happy New Year.
