Wednesday, January 2, 2008

2008 New Year Hopes, Dreams, & Goals

Yea, new year resolutions are a crock but that doesn't stop me from making my lists.

what do I hope to achieve in 2008? above everything is health. I need to treat myself better. That means being active, eating better foods, learning to deal with stress, learning to relax when I need to, deal with difficult people (like my mother) in a harmonious manner. I am also going to pamper myself better. I don't spend any "me" time anymore. I used to hang out in my bathroom doing my nails, inspecting my face close-up, fiddling with my hair & makeup, experimenting with soaps, lotions, etc. I just don't do that anymore. I just go into the bathroom to poop and brush my teeth these days.

I started off 2008 with a very luxurious and long long overdue hot bath. I felt a tinge of guilt because of the drought but then I justified myself because I don't run water, I flush less, take really quick showers, only wash with full loads of laundry/dishes, reuse watever water I can and am implementing a rainwater collection system. so I deserve one lousy bath, right?

It was splendid. I dissolved some epsom salts with a generous dash of chamomile oil and some lavendar bath soap. I read my new favorite book, a slice of organic life, and just soaked. Marvelous. I shall do it more often - like at least once a month I think. I even got to really scrub my feet, which is harder for me to do because of my ankle and oh yea, I got really fat in college which makes it harder to bend.

On a side note, I had a dream the other night but the only part I remember was trying to teach my kid that compassion gives you strength. I don't really know why but it felt like something I should remember.

So, besides the obvious I wanna lose weight goal, I have to seriously work on implementing a strategy. Having asthma and a bad ankle (and now knee) definitely makes it harder but it's not like I have another option. I must lose weight or have a heart attack way before my time. I also want to be healthy when I have kids. So, strategies. Make excersizing and eating right impossible to bypass. Which means I need it to be staring me in the face. I need an excersize machine in my living room. I need a thorough meal plan for every meal of the week. I need Johnny to be on-board. That's the hard part cause he likes his meat and salt and I try to keep that down but it feels like he'll suffer if I eliminate it. God I wish he would quit smoking, it's pissing me off. I want to just have ONE DAY where I don't smell any smoke. And not just secondhand smoke but aftersmell. I hate cigarette aftersmell, it triggers my asthma just as strong as if I were standing next to him while he's smoking.

I also want to lead a more organised life. Financially and professionally mostly. I'm slowly working on that and making some progress so I am happy with it. I need to conquer the Roth IRA thing this year. And I will do the heck out of my taxes.

I also want to be more involved with the community. I need to volunteer with habitat for humanity or something. That ties in with my LEED certification goal.

I would really like to start the printing business thing but I don't think Johnny is enthusiastic enough about it and I don't have the energy to carry us both. So that probably won't be happening. It's too bad cause it's a really good business plan. My goal for 2008 will be to not be too dissapointed in this and just let it happen naturally.

Also in 2008 is my house. I want to finish up all the loose ends and finally get my mini-farm up and running. I am going to plant raised bed vegetable gardens, install a chicken coop, set up my worm farm, plant my herb and flower garden and landscaping. I also need to make repairs to the roof and install the rainwater collection system.

This year we must get bibi's legs fixed. We just have to.

I think that's about all for now. I will be a very happy person if I can accomplish these things this year. It's going to be a busy but very fulfilling year.