I’m liking these lists. Last year I just really had one main goal that I had serious intentions of keeping: find more joy in the everyday. {It’s there! It’s right there! I just needed to focus a little bit.} I don’t want to just survive my life. Other people are happy, gosh darn it! I want to be too. So, gratitude, new perspective, reflection, paying attention to little things {and not in a bad way…}, living-enjoying-revelling in the simple joys of my days; that one goal trickled out and into so many aspects of my life that need a little tweaking, and so, in the end, I really achieved more than I ever set out to do. (What? Did I just say[in the]end? I think I’m going to go for year two. Joy is good. I like it.)

My joke has been that my one goal this year is to give birth. (Much like what Lee said.) And I actually do think that’s PLENTY.

Other than (or, actually, along with) that, if I just keep plugging away at what’s already on my plate, it will keep me very challenged. I *have* been thinking it would be great if we could start doing family council in our family (we’ve only tried a couple times ever) since I think it might help my older kids to feel less indignant and surprised to find out about chores my husband and I have been plotting for them, etc. I just think it’s a good thing to do, yet it’s for some reason something we’ve found very very hard to do.

Thanks to all of you who shared your goals/resolutions/non-resolutions; they were all fun to read.

And Justine, I love the concept of aiming for Hoboken. I always tell my boys that my life goal for them is to become great home teachers.

I decided at 11:49 pm on Jan. 1st that it wasn’t too late to make a goal to read my scriptures every day this year, no matter what. So I started right then. 3for3 so far.

Learn a new, challenging piece on the piano. This does not mean a hymn I haven’t decided on what song yet. Any suggestions? Something moving and beautiful?

Exercise…just wrapped up week three of working out 6 days a week. I’m not sure it’s a habit yet. I haven’t gotten to the “I want to work out” stage, but I am at least committed to working out. It’s a start. And I think it’s a key in staving off the blues (though I am partial to blue).

Take the kids skiing on Fridays. They get out of school earlier, and it’s free after 3:00 at Alta. Which I appreciate greatly.

Eat as a family whenever possible. And as a partial family whenever it’s not. Whoever’s here, we eat together.

Start writing again. This will require a leap of courage, but it’s therapeutic and highly beneficial.

Earn $600 by June (outside my [ir]regular flight attendant income)…doing whatever jobs I can come up with on the side or selling some of my stuff online etc.

Cultivate gratitude. Live in the present day and not in the past or future. Work on unconditional acceptance and love.

I’m also going to be a better team player with my husband. That will make everybody in our house happier.

I love your list, Justine.

I spent four years commuting this corridor of the NJ turnpike each day. If this is our measure of ease in success, we are all eternally doomed! I still wake up in a cold sweat some nights. You think I’m kidding . . .

Im going to:

Have a baby girl. That’s a lot right there.

Continue making my house organized, beautiful and simple.

Use games and bookes to teach my 3rd and 4th kids to read and reason better.

Continue excercising because its fun and makes me feel good. That was last year’s resolution, and yippee, I did it, –the whole year!

Thanks for getting me thinking Justine.