2013 Goals.

I am a very goal-oriented person, so it makes sense that I make new goals at the beginning of every calendar year. I also make goals at the beginning of every school year (since that makes more sense for my professional life as a teacher), but there is something about the new year that gets me all excited and worked up for what the year will bring.

This year, I am dividing my goals into a few broader categories. I did this last year as well-it made it easier to work on the smaller (sometimes silly) goals. :)

Please let me know if you think I should add anything, and what your goals are as well!

Reading/Blogging:

• Return to a 75/25 split between Classics/Other genres. I totally threw my classics out the window and I really miss that balance.
• Blog at minimum 2x/week (I'm hoping I can get to where I was before (about 4x/week), but I want to start small).
• Comment on 10 blogs each time I log online for blogging, etc.
• Host 1 event (it looks like I'm hosting an Odyssey readalong in July for The Classics Club)
• Read 50 books off the 250 list. :)
• Continue collecting my Penguin English Library editions I love so much (and share pictures, of course).

 Health:

• Get my crazy symptoms under control with meds, etc
• reduce my gluten intake
• Lose some weight 

Household:

• Finish reorganizing the bookshelves
• Print and put up some wedding pictures (only three years later...)
• Continue my ten minute clean-ups every night before bed
• Go through and discard/donate old clothing, clutter, etc (probably in the Spring over my break)
• Continue putting money into our house fund!

Cooking:

• Continue trying new recipes (at least 1 every 2 weeks)
• Continue trying new foods!
• Post/blog more about food/cooking

Other:

• Date night with Matt at least once every 2 weeks
• Work on some of my unfinished writing projects!
• Spend as much time as possible with my family, including all 7 of my nieces and nephews. :)

There you have it, my general goals for 2013. I hope I can achieve all of them by the year's end!