2010 was a wonderful year for us. lots to be thankful for and so many memories that filled our year. i love that so much of it was documented on this blog. i love that i got to share it with my family. and i am really looking forward to this new year.
with that i do have some goals that i am hoping to achieve this year. first off i wanted to share my word for 2011. i have chosen a word for the last few years and it has been helpful in getting me to tackle some of the areas in my life that i feel need to change. my words have been RESOLVE, GRATITUDE and last year my word was TIME. i wanted to work on taking better care of my time, not giving away my time, being to places on time, not wasting time. i say it worked pretty well. i was very conscious all year about making the best use of my time and being realistic about how much time i have. there are still things that i need to work on, like making more time for certain chores around the house and getting to bed earlier. but overall it was a success.
this year my word is FOCUS
i have to say that this word chose me. i was thinking about it for a while and as i became open to possibilities this word kept popping up. and it is such a perfect time for this. i have been feeling scattered and all over the place lately. i worry about what could happen, i have a hard time getting things completed. and i think my problem is focus. i have a hard time working on, thinking about, and dealing with the task at hand. i am thinking about what's next. i am washing the dishing and get distracted by the "ding" from my email. i have so many areas in my life where i just need to simplify and focus on what i really want/need. it just seems to suit my life right now. so focus i will.
and i really want to start here. my blog is such a great place for me. but i feel like i am missing something. i love sharing stories about my family but i feel like there is more i want to share. i know i started my food blog a while ago but my heart just wasn't into keeping it up.
so my thought is to expand this blog and incorporate other things that make me, me. i have a weekly schedule that i will start out with and adjust as i go along. see what works and the response i get. i will include posts on food, crafting, family and home, photography and a little section i will call "in focus". things that i want to share that may not fall into any particular category. i also intend on sharing the post more widely. on facebook and twitter.
i am super excited about taking this on. i plan on treating this blog like a job for a while. who knows maybe it could turn into one. if nothing else, and my real purpose for doing this, is to discover what i want to focus my life on. sofia will start kindergarten in the fall and i want to move in a direction that i can spend time doing while they are in school. i am hoping that writing posts about the things that i love will help me focus in on out what that is.
looking forward to it. and thanks for reading along.
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