2012 Goals - Practice
I borrowed from Rachel Wilkerson’s idea that a verb is better than a resolution. I chose practice, because most of what I want to accomplish will require a lot of practice on my part. I’ll use practice as a mantra, especially when I’m struggling with practicing the tasks that will lead to my goals.
I wanted more specific goals to work towards, so after I did some mind-mapping of areas I wanted to improve, I chose a few SMART goals for some different categories.
Here are my 2012 goals:
Organization: Have the house always be ready for visitors at any time.
Swedish: Attain conversational speaking ability
Money: Save a specific amount per month.
Friends: Make 6 new good friends
Health: Weigh < 130lb (59kg), Body Fat % < 25% and no anemia or major stomach incidents.
Based on what I’ve read from Willpower and the Happiness Project, I’ll be tackling only a few new activities each month. Changing my habits slowly should lead to longer lasting change.
For January, I’ll be adding these tasks:
Exercise/Move 45 min/day
Record Food daily
Record expenses weekly
Wash dishes after each meal
Watch 1 hr Swedish tv/day
And my reward will be a new robe at the end of January.
