Ahhhh ... it's time for New Years Resolutions

I have been having a think, on my walk with Stella-D, about how my life is shaping up, and what I want to achieve in 2012, since a new year and a new beginning all happens tomorrow.

I have decided I will be best to actually write down everything I do, and then alongside it everything I hope to do.  I think I might find that my biggest problem, along with a lot of people, is that I hope to do too much, so what I really need to do is prioritise what is most important and focus on those things, and then commit any 'spare' time to 'everything' else.

So tonights job will be to create this list, and how I plan to tackle it - month by month - starting, of course, with January!

I shall be back …

And here it is;

What I achieved 2011	What I hope to achieve 2012
Finances Records of daily spending	Finances Records of daily spending Spending within my means Debt free aside from mortgage
Farming Hose out shed most mornings	Farming Hose out shed most mornings Milk four times a week Finances once a week MINDA once a week Blog weekly
Photography Increased sales Good customer service Daily records of finances	Photography Increase profile and sales Excellent customer service Daily records of finances Increase skills Exhibition in Winter Thorough backups and records of photos Make a file of outstanding photos
House and Garden House cleanish and tidyish Flower garden planted and mostly weeded Vegetable garden partly planted and mostly weeded	House and Garden House on a cleaning schedule Flower garden weeded weekly Vegetable garden weeded weekly Vegetable garden harvested when required Berry garden birdproofed Flower and vegetable seedlings ready in continuous manner
Friends and Family Reconnected with Carmen Reconnected with Heather	Friends and Family More proactive with birthdays Phone Mum and Dad monthly Dinner monthly with Trent Lunch monthly with Trent Movies with Thelma Email contact with Manda, Heather
Personal Quit my job, less stress Got engaged Got accepted as foster parents Walk Stella-D twice a day	Personal Connect more with God Get fit and healthy Stop watching so much TV Read more books Expand breakfast/lunch/dinner menus Walk Stella-D twice a day Blog weekly

January 2012

Finances

Pay all bills in full, work out total debt or credit

Work out average weekly income from photography business

Work out average weekly expenses (including rental house)

Construct a budget to live within my means

Farming

Milk twice a week

Hose out most mornings

Get MINDA up-to-date

Read newspapers daily for weekly blog

Photography

Mark all events for January in calendar

Daily records of finances

Outstanding January photos to file

Study one chapter of Photography book

House and Garden

Follow cleaning schedule

One day a week vegetable garden weeding

One day a week flower garden weeding

One day (a month) seeds into punnets

Bird netting for raspberries

Friends and Family

Note all January birthdays

Go to Manda’s leaving

Email Thelma about movies

Email Heather to see how Christmas and New Year went

Work out what day of yearling sales to go to with Carmen

Julies wedding - 07th

Personal

Read Bible 5 minutes a day (starting anywhere)

12 week plan starts 16 January

Treat food - small amount twice a week

Walk Stella-D twice a day

Read Skywatch and select movies/programmes that I REALLY want to watch, write down day and time

Watch 1 x cooking programme a week for fresh ideas on what to make for meals

Read 1 x recipe book for fresh meal ideas

Blog weekly x fitness and general blog