Realistic Goals
We are 3 days into the new year and I keep running across other people's goals via the computer or just in conversation. And for some reason I am having difficulty pin pointing my own goals for the new year. As usual, I try to set goals in the Spiritual, Physical, Mental, etc.. I have even visited some "Take the Pressure Off: Goal Setting" websites and yet I still feel unmotivated and not up for the task of setting this year's goals. I don't know about you but come April I've usually forgotten what my goals were anyway, and seem to even do worse at accomplishing the dumb list and I think I might have done better had I not even messed with the goal in the first place. With that in mind here are a few of my realistic goals:
Watch more T.V.
Sew less/craft less
Yell at my kids more
Try to keep the spare tire around my waist and fatty deposits on my legs and arms
Cook more boxed dinners/go to Del Taco more often
Don't enrich my children's lives by driving them to their after school events
Read 1st Nephi 12 times (once a month)
Spend more time on the internet
Don't worry about debt
Make everyday be about me
Try and increase my "carbon footprint" by using paper products for EVERY meal.
Make 72 hour kits into 2 hour kits/allow food storage to go out of date
Check my e-mail more
Bring a $5 buck pizza to the Ward party instead of the brownie dessert I was asked to bring
Hot glue on merit badges/use safety pins to make adjustments to kid's costumes
Never take pictures of my children so that I don't have to scrapbook
Always drive with the gas light on
Quit ironing altogether (wrinkled is the new style)
Buy more underwear rather than do the laundry
Never apologize for anything; in particular not showing up when I promised, a messy car during a carpool, no meal on the table for the 5th night in a row
Teach the Sunday lesson by reading out of the manual
Forget about the growing ring in the tub and toilet especially when company is coming
Try and be as flaky as possible
Throw away clothes that need mending, ie buttons replaced
Always overstay my welcome, especially when Visiting Teaching or "taking a casserole in"
Rather than completing family history buy and read more Harlequin Romances set in "the West"
Always be 10 minutes late to everything
10 years ago
17 comments:
Oh, I love how you keep it real.
I was laughing through most of this post, and then I started to get a little sad....I'm not sure why.
hahaha! Don't leave out "Forget birthdays."
That's hilarious. It's good to remember we're only human and take the pressure off a bit! I'm excited for you baby#3 . . . looks like you're almost there!
Hilarious! We all relate!
you are so funny. your one and only goal should be to have another healthy happy baby soon.
good luck with that one... can't wait to see her!
YES!
Shara, our lesson today in Relief Society was on goal setting. I shared items from your goal list and it caused a great amount of giggling and smiles. I think everyone relates!
you are good...I'm guessing ALL the OPPOSITES are what you're really planning on mastering, or what you tackled last year!??!
haha! This is the best post I think I've ever read. Thank you.
now these are some goals I could really hop on board with!
love the picture at the top. You guys all look fabulous!
Hey - those are my goals too!!! Small world.
You are hilarious! I was laughing out loud (not merely smiling or appreciating, but laughing) the whole time.
Thanks for that! I'm glad I can finally relate to someone else's goals.
Those ads are a crack up! I might have to copy those to my blog too, just so more people can get a good laugh!
My personal goal is to own a pair of 5 inch high heels. That's it, my goal for the year. I think I'll make it.
Hey, I am way into those kind of goals, it relieves a lot of pressure.
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