Goals for 2008

We all have the best of intentions, don’t we? Remember my goals for 2007? Well, I didn’t quite succeed. I did better…but I didn’t succeed.

My health and weight goals for 2007, included getting down to my goal weight of 110. I almost got there; reaching a low of 113 (before gaining 14 of those pounds back).

The goals also included getting plenty of exercise; walking at least 15 miles per week, working out for at least four hours per week, and hooping for at least 2 hours per week. I had a very good start — until we moved in August. *sigh* The current neighborhood has no gym and the current house is lacking the private lanai that I needed to “hoop” inconspicuously. I hate to have the neighbors see me hooping. As for the walking, my only excuse is a lack of motivation. Exercise really IS the key though. Prior to moving, I was 113 lbs. The lack of exercise which resulted from the move has NOT been kind to me.

The good news is, I still weigh ten pounds less than I did last year at this time, so at least I ended up in the right direction.

Water? My goal was 70 oz. + per day. I haven’t even come close to this goal in months.

You can see my Bible reading goal for 2007 here. I have failed miserably.

I need help. I have great difficulty “just reading” the Bible. If there is no application, I zone out — end up just reading the words, with nothing registering. I suppose that is the ADHD in me…but I just can’t focus.

How do you do it? Please share. What devotional materials, if any, do you use? How do you maintain a focus or gain life application? When do you do it? The whole “getting up earlier” thing doesn’t work for me because I already physically wake up early — before 6am, but my mind remains in a fog. I can’t focus on anything in the wee hours. I don’t even start school with the children until after 10am; at which time my brain has received enough sunlight for it function properly.

And if I TRY to get up earlier, even in a brain fog, it never fails; the children decide to wake up even earlier too. This just leaves me frustrated. Not a good way for a non-morning person to start the day. So again, I really need help. Give me your ideas. What works for you? I need some suggestions and a plan so I don’t set myself up to fail again this year.

Also, what do YOU do for exercise — if you have no access to a gym?

And here is another situation that I need to address in 2008. I am a neat freak; the ultra-organizational type. I believe firmly in “a place for everything and everything in its place”. That is why the current condition of my home is driving me absolutely batty! I am SO stressed out! I have never fully recovered from this latest move — plus we have downsized from a 3200+ square foot house with nine good-sized closets and two pantries to a 2000 square foot house with seven not-so-good sized closets and one pantry. I can’t get everything into its place! Paper piles have begun to stack up everywhere…even being thrown into filing cabinets (unfiled) and drawers. Even my home organizational binder has gone awry. It’s an obsessive compulsive mother’s nightmare. So things I MUST tackle in 2008 (before we may have to move again in August) are –

Organizational Goals:

• The home organization binder
• My lesson plans
• Organizing every drawer in the house
• Organizing every cabinet in the house
• Organizing the filing cabinets
• Organizing every closet in the house
• Tackling the clothing and shoes — again!
• Making new clothes for all the little girls.

Hmmm…that’s one item for each month leading up to, and including, August. Maybe I should plan to tackle one item each month – and blog my progress.

Other goals (health and weight goals) remain the same:

• I plan to weigh 110 by this time next year. That is my”healthy weight”. That means a loss of 16 pounds.
• Water – 70 oz. + per day, starting today?
• Exercise? Yes! But I need to set a goal. I can’t do it without a plan. Your suggestions welcome and appreciated.

Bible:

• Bible reading/study? Ditto the exercise objective. Help appreciated.

In closing, without accountability, I am prone to failure. I have noticed this time and time again. Anyone care to be my accountability partner? Please?