2010 Goals...and lots of confessions.

WARNING - LONG POST!  Don't say I didn't warn you.  I'm just sayin'.

ALSO - Don't start thinking I'm crafty because of this post.  I don't want to fail you in the future.

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I can't believe I haven't posted hardly at all this week.  Sorry for that.  I wasn't feeling well and juggling work (even though it's not that many hours) I find it hard to post as much as my pre-work days.  So it may be sporadic until we move and I finish working.

MOVING ON!

2010 GOALS

I know...it's February and I'm just finally figuring out what my 2010 goals are.

Usually by now I've failed them.

And that's why I've taken so long to figure them out.

Because this year I didn't want new things that I'd PROMISE to conquer.

I wanted things that I always struggle with or need reminders to do. I wanted to begin the journey of mastering them.

{deep I know}

I started out with like three lists. 3 LISTS! By the time I finished the lists of all the things I want to do better (cutting back on chocolate was one of them) I had failed and went to the cupboard and had a handful of chocolate chips. They were un-reasonable. Not doable. And definitely setting me up to FAIL hard!

Thing is - I think we all know the things we need to work on. I know I need to work on my food allergies and avoiding the foods that make me sick. Because aside from the initial pain in the stomach....the allergies can make me tired and feeling "off" for days after.

We all know in our minds what we need to work on. Lists are super good. But when there is three of them that are UBER detailed, it can be overwhelming.

I had some inspiration from Ashley over at Lil' Blue Boo.  This is hers...



Now to be honest....I LOVED the way she did it, however I think I'd do it differently.  Which I sort of did. Her's is WAAAAY nicer then mine. And if I had the resources I would have done something just like it but closer to the steps in which I made it.


If you're not going to go check it out (which you should for reals)....what she did was make a "Resolution Board" that she can display in her kitchen of her goals for the year.

And with that I got an idea.

{The photo is UGG. It was the best I could do. It was just one of those bad photo taking days. You just can't always wait for good ones. Especially in the winter. Just sayin'.}

So here it is.



First I'm going to tell you what I love about this.

How I did it.

What the goals mean.

And how I'd do it differently.

ARE YOU STILL WITH ME????

Okay.

I love this project because it took me less then an hour to do.  It was SUPER cheap.  And I used materials that I already had.  It cost me maybe $6.00 in total.  I love the color.  I love those rub on's that I had left over from my recipe boxes.  I have it hung by my desk where I can see it daily as a reminder of the things I want to work on in my life.   Some of them I've always worked on...all of them I want to be better at.

All I did was paint the canvas a color I liked.  And with not much thought at all....transferred my words on there.  The canvas is from Dollarama.  It was a larger one. $2.00.  The rub on stickers were left over as I said from the recipe boxes...those came from the Dollarma.  I had to use from a few of these to get all the letters.  So you may have to use three. They are $1.00 each pack.  And the paint was left over from a project my friend Danielle did way back in the day and so it was free for me.  But really you could also get the paint at the Dollarstore.

Here's me goals...... (Yes I meant to say me.  I'm a pirate. And a nerd.)

LOVE - I just think it's important to love love love.  Love your Hot Husband and your Cute Kid (or kids if you have more then one).  LOVE the things that matters most in life.

BE PRESENT - Well I have such a hard time with this.  I can't relax.  I can't just be.  I'm thinking of all the things that need to be done.  All the things I want to try.  All of my failures.  All of my faults.  I need to take a breath.  Live.  Do one thing at a time.  Focus on the good in the now.  Give my brain a break.

CREATE - I think this is an obvious one as well.  I want to create more.  However I'm learning that I need to do the creating that I first LOVE to do rather then what I think is cute or like that someone else does.  I'm not a huge sewer.  Or a huge crafter.  I do want to try someday but right now that's not my movie.  I'm not into crafts that take more then an hour.  That too is not my movie.  I like to take photos...blog....play on the computer with graphics...journal.  That's how I create.  I need to focus on what I love and how I like to create.  And with that I'll grow to do other things.

BE WHO YOU ARE - I'm almost 30.  I'm almost 30 and if I like to watch The Hills and if I like pink and if I like {FILL IN THE BLANK}....I am allowed to like it.  It has taken me almost 30 years to understand this.  I've noticed that a lot of people that I know have no problem telling me what they love...and stating what I love is not what they like.  Now I still believe that we should all be supportive of what one is passionate about (as long as it's reciprocated).  I had a friend once who was super passionate about surfing and snowboarding.  She LOVED it and followed a job that would allow her to do more of it.  And she once told me "I love when people are passionate about what they love.  If you love to knit....be PASSIONATE about it.  Whatever it is.  I love when people just love what they love."  And that has stuck with me.  And I'm so glad for her for saying that to me.  I had a boyfriend back in the day who I had to dress differently when I was around him, listen to different music when I was around him and basically anything that I liked I kept quiet (I was a silly teen...don't ask why I stayed with him) because he would make fun of the very things that I loved in life.  I'm almost 30....I can love what I love.  I want you to love what you love.  But support me in what I love too.

SIMPLIFY - Like this post....I should have simplified it a bit.  Ha ha ha!  But no...I need to cut back, cut out and get rid of.  Less stuff, less to do, less worry....just less.  I need to simplify my life.  Less stuff means less cleaning.  Which makes less to do and less to worry about.  It allows me to be present, to love, to create and to be who I am.  Just since cleaning up Cute Kids toys and making the rotation bin....clean up is so much easier.   I can move on from the clean up.  And it makes it easier for him to help me.  He's not overwhelmed.  Make life more simple.  And try not to think too much about simplifying and complicate it while you do! Ha! I'm a nerd.

BE HEALTHY - Okay so this is a given for me.  Work on my allergies.  I'm hoping to cure my allergies someday.  I don't want them in my life.  I don't want to miss out on things because I get sneezy at my friends house.  I don't want to feel sick and tired because of a Pizza Night or a Girls Night....I want to just live.  I want to eat healthy, don't get me wrong...but I think it's a MUST to live a little and treat yourself.  Exercise, more sleep, mental health etc....I don't need to tell you what "being healthy" really entails.  Just walk to the grocery store or news stand ('cause y'all can do that kind of junk) and pick up a health magazine and it'll tell you the same things over and over!  I just need to BE HEALTHY.

Last....

PRAY - I know not all of my readers share my faith.  But I believe in the power of prayer no matter how you do it.  Whether you kneel down and do it, say it in your head as you walk down the street, or just quietly declare random thoughts and hope "someone" is listening.  I believe in it's power.  And I believe prayers get answered.  And I believe that EVERYONE has this gift from God to be able to ask him daily all day long for help, for answers and to express gratitude.  Pray.  Pray all the time.


Umm....are you here?

No for reals?

Did you just skip to here?

That's okay...

We're still friends.

You may have to buy me something but whatev's.  WAIT!  Don't!  I'm trying to simplify.

Okay so how I'd do this project differently.


FIRST - I would have done my canvas black.  I always go black with this sort of thing...so I tried to think outside of the box and be daring.  NOPE I still would have preferred black.

NEXT - If I didn't do it on a whim I would have ordered some vinyl letters all ready to go.

ALSO - As much as I like my funky letters there's just WAY too many of them and I like things to be clean like Ashley's.

LAST - If I lived near stores I would have done it larger like Ashley's.  I may have even have done it on wood but I don't think I'd make out the frame or anything like that. 

I like hour long projects people.



WELL there you have it! 

Tell me how are you doing with your goals?  How do you keep track of them?  And did you read this all??  I don't like to write SOOO much but I do it once in awhile when I get all smart and deep like.

xoxo


PS- Stay tuned tomorrow for a giveaway and I'm doing a guest post.