New Year ~ New Goals
Happy New Year!! Each and every one of us starts off the new year with a list of resolutions and goals and thoughts on what we want to accomplish this year, places to visit, goals to achieve. And we all try for a week or few months.
For a review of the last couple years, I invite you to step back to the past blogs! My imperfect life and happy new year give a look at what I had hoped to achieve in the last 2 years!
This year.... I have given it a bit of thought and I have 5 solid things to accomplish this year.... They won't be easy (challenging things never are easy!) and it doesn't matter if I succeed, what matters most is that I try....
#1 Run not just any runs, but some challenging ones.... last year we ran some hard challenging courses. This year we will push a bit farther.... We start with easy training today including walking, running and strength training with P90x and T25. We do it at home, outside and with Espen. We do it in a way to inspire other people like us with limited budgets and no gym membership. We do it for fun and to challenge ourselves. We do it with our son because it is a family affair! Join us in sprit or on the trail but we will push on. Of course we will need help on occasion need help with Espen or with some encouragement but we will get them done! Our first one is an easy trail one so we can test my knee and build strength.
February 1 ~ Empyrean 5 K Trail Run, Ashland NE
April 27 ~ Oklahoma City Memorial, Oklahoma City (1/2 marathon)
May 3 ~ Tough Mudder, Topeka, KS (10am start)
June 7 ~ Warrior Dash, Tekahama, NE (10am start)
June 28 ~ Slacker 1/2 Marathon, Loveland, CO
There may be one later in the fall that I have not yet determined... but rest assured we will be at these locations!!
#2 I blog. I have 2 blogs and several social media pages. I do it for me mostly and if folks read them then great. Sometimes I have offended, hurt feelings and said things that are hard. This year once a month with one blog or the other, I want to submit it for distribution in some other fashion. I may on occasion have something important to say... so 12 submissions. May not lead to anything just want to get it out there.
#3 This year I will work on my business plan. That means dedicate hours to the studio making and finishing pieces that are quality and clever! It means to dedicate some time monthly to keeping my pottery website and etsy page current. It means to set a plan for the re-purposed and turn it over quickly. It means hours of work. It means researching and marketing my work and my shop. It means getting my self out for fairs and events. It means making time and energy for a plan to come together. It will be a year of hard work!
#4 I started a little book for preschool children when Espen was a toddler and we first learned about Sensory Processing. At that time I purchased all the books I could find for children on the topic and they all had to do with school aged children. I have the majority of it finished just need to refine it and put some pictures in it. Even if I don't "publish" it, to have it finished for Espen is a milestone.
#5 Drink water! I can drink coffee all day long. I love ice tea. But the body just needs water. So I will drink more water! (I imagine this will be the hardest one!)
For a review of the last couple years, I invite you to step back to the past blogs! My imperfect life and happy new year give a look at what I had hoped to achieve in the last 2 years!
This year.... I have given it a bit of thought and I have 5 solid things to accomplish this year.... They won't be easy (challenging things never are easy!) and it doesn't matter if I succeed, what matters most is that I try....
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| I had the courage to start. |
February 1 ~ Empyrean 5 K Trail Run, Ashland NE
April 27 ~ Oklahoma City Memorial, Oklahoma City (1/2 marathon)
May 3 ~ Tough Mudder, Topeka, KS (10am start)
June 7 ~ Warrior Dash, Tekahama, NE (10am start)
June 28 ~ Slacker 1/2 Marathon, Loveland, CO
There may be one later in the fall that I have not yet determined... but rest assured we will be at these locations!!
#2 I blog. I have 2 blogs and several social media pages. I do it for me mostly and if folks read them then great. Sometimes I have offended, hurt feelings and said things that are hard. This year once a month with one blog or the other, I want to submit it for distribution in some other fashion. I may on occasion have something important to say... so 12 submissions. May not lead to anything just want to get it out there.
#3 This year I will work on my business plan. That means dedicate hours to the studio making and finishing pieces that are quality and clever! It means to dedicate some time monthly to keeping my pottery website and etsy page current. It means to set a plan for the re-purposed and turn it over quickly. It means hours of work. It means researching and marketing my work and my shop. It means getting my self out for fairs and events. It means making time and energy for a plan to come together. It will be a year of hard work! 
#4 I started a little book for preschool children when Espen was a toddler and we first learned about Sensory Processing. At that time I purchased all the books I could find for children on the topic and they all had to do with school aged children. I have the majority of it finished just need to refine it and put some pictures in it. Even if I don't "publish" it, to have it finished for Espen is a milestone.
#5 Drink water! I can drink coffee all day long. I love ice tea. But the body just needs water. So I will drink more water! (I imagine this will be the hardest one!)
very inspiring!
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