The idea for the list came about after reading a Guide to Setting Goals for 2010 and thinking...how the heck can someone tell ME what my personal goals should be? With a rather defiant attitude I found a notepad and started to scribble out a few goals, some easily attainable if I tried at all and others that were going to be a challenge.
For those who are interested, here's what I wrote.
- Organize at least one closet -- This might seem too easy to some but you haven't seen my closets, right?
- Lose 5 pounds with healthy exercise not by dieting
- Check into going back to college and getting a degree in something that will be focused on green parenting like maybe becoming a family counselor or a lactation consultant
- Read and Re-read the classics so my babies will be duly impressed when they have to read them in school and mommy knows all about them
- Get a few chickens
- Visit my elderly family members who are in the nursing home. I figure if I want my kids to visit me, I should set an example.
Is it lame that I only had time to write a list that fell short of 10 goals? I took a look at a list of goals for 2010 that I found on the net that had more than 30 one of which was to star in a movie! Frankly, this made me feel like cracking the paper on a chocolate bar and throwing up my hands in shame and dismay until I realized that more than half of my list of goals was geared toward doing something for the planet and for family rather than myself. It made me feel much better until I realized that we are now five months into 2010 and I haven't attained one single goal! So, my goal for today is to get started checking the first item on my list of goals for 2010...wish me luck!
