I know this is kind of late into the "New Year", but hey...better late than never, right! Anyways, at the start of every year, my mom would have us all sit down and right resolutions and goals for ourselves. Even though I forgot about most of the goals I set by February, I'm really glad she made us do it because it's something that stuck with me and made me understand the importance of setting goals. So this year is no different. Since it's 2012, I decided to set 12 goals for myself. Here they are:
1. Find a job as an elementary teacher.
Now that I'm graduated with a degree, I really want to have my own classroom and start teaching. It hasn't been easy with the move to Colorado and the transferring of teaching licenses that I need to do, but I will be a full time teacher here by the end of the year! And...we really need the money. Haha.
2. Attend the temple at least twice a month.
Attending the temple with my husband is something I really enjoy. It brings blessings to both those we are doing work for and ourselves. It allows me to keep the right state of mind and I'm reminded of what I need to be doing to go where I need to go. Attending the temple isn't as easy here as it was when we lived in La'ie, so we're really gonna need to make it a priority to get there as much as possible.
3. Have personal and family prayer daily.
My personal prayer has been going well, but we need to work on our family prayer. I also need to make more of an effort to get on my knees and pray rather than say it while I'm laying in bed drifting to la-la land.
4. Study my scriptures.
I emphasize
study because I need to do more than just read. I need to start taking what I read, turning it into understanding, and apply it to my life. Not as easy as it sounds. So I decided to start with the Book of Mormon (again, lol) since it's easier to understand.
5. Be a better blogger.
I'll admit...I'm a pretty lame blogger. But this year, I will be better. Especially since I'm living so far away from home. I want to document our new lives here for me to remember and for my family to read so they know what we're up to. I started by changing the look of my blog :)
6. Be more patient and kind, especially with my husband. Stop with the "you's", more of the "I's"
This is a tough one. Both my husband and I have really strong personalities. And we both
hate being wrong. So you can imagine what happens when we disagree or have an argument. I blame him, he blames me and we keep going around in circles. Rather than telling him what he needs to change or what he's doing wrong, I'm gonna try to step back and look at myself. Like I said...this one's tough ;)
7. Get crafty.
I'm addicted to
Pinterest. I love browsing through all the neat crafts and DIY projects. There's so many cheap, easy ideas that would add so much to my home! I already know what my first project will be and I'm just waiting till I get a job to buy the materials I need. I'm really excited to get crafty and pick up some DIY skills.
8. Brush up on my photography skills.
Three Christmas' ago, I got a DSLR camera. It was the only thing I really wanted because I loved photography and I wanted to pick it up as a serious hobby. I had big dreams to start a portfolio and eventually get clients. Yeah...epic fail. For about a year, I read a lot of books and took a lot of pictures to practice. Cory's naturally good at a lot of things (annoying, I know) so of course he took some pretty amazing pictures. He taught me a lot and I got kind of good. Haha. No matter how good I was, I loved it. And I still do. So I want to pick it up again and learn more. There's still hope for me to one day be a side-job photographer. Lol.
9. Create a budget and follow it.
I'm jobless. My husband is jobless. Enough said.
10. Exercise more. Much more.
Exercise is not my friend, but I so wish it was. I envy those people who actually enjoy working out. My life would be so much easier if I loved it. And I might even have a bangin' body! But I don't, so I need to make exercise my friend. Swimming is the only type of work-out I truly enjoy so I need to go find some indoor pools around my house. Then maybe I'll make some progress.
11. Become a better cook/baker.
I
love baking. I like to cook, but I love to bake. Mostly cause I have a huge sweet tooth and I get to eat the yummy things I bake :) But also because I think it's so neat that you can make all kinds of different delicious things that make people (and their tummies) smile! So this year I will bake more and build my recipe book as a chef. Maybe I'll put up some pictures of the things I make.
12. Coupon!
I want to be a krazy coupon lady. If you want to be one too, you will learn everything you need to know
here. I'm a beginner and I'm really excited to get started. It was kind of hard to coupon in Hawaii, but it seems like there's much more opportunity for couponing here in Colorado. It seems like a lot of work but the savings seem so worth it! Maybe I'll get to the point where the store ends up owing me money!
I'm going to try really, really hard to accomplish all of these goals this year. It won't be easy, but if I do it, my life will be just what I want it to be. I'll become a better person and develop new skills and possibly talents. This new year will be full of change and new things, so I'm excited to get out there and put these goals into action!
