{"id":2396,"date":"2012-01-05T06:27:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T06:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2012-01-05T06:27:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T06:27:57","slug":"new-years-2012-goals-and-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=2396","title":{"rendered":"New Years 2012- Goals and Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year (2011), I made resolutions<\/a> and goals<\/a> for the very first time!\u00a0 It’s time to review, and to make new ones . . . maybe?\u00a0<\/p>\n

2011 Check In – Resolutions –<\/span><\/strong> How did I do?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Learn how to budget<\/strong> . . . stick to in . . . and stop spending money on unnecessary things.\u00a0 I’m definitely better at this than I used to be, I would have to say!\u00a0 Not perfect, as the draw of going to Winners on a Friday night is sometimes to strong to resist, but I came leaps and bounds compared to where I used to be.\u00a0 Like, now, I actually have money in my back account!\u00a0 That’s what it’s there for I’m learning!<\/span><\/em>
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2. I\u2019m giving up magazines<\/strong>. \u00a0I find that they used to be an enjoyable event, to what is now a stressful occurrence. \u00a0When I look at the pile that just seems to grow and grow and grow, I get stressed out. \u00a0I guess I\u2019m spending my time doing different activities these days . . . like blogging!!\u00a0 I have DEFINITELY succeeded at this resolution! I did not spend unnecessary time, or money reading magazines . . . and truthfully, I didn’t really miss them!\u00a0 I never would have thought that I wouldn’t miss them, as I lived and breathed for the new issue of my favourites to come out. \u00a0<\/span><\/em> \u00a0<\/p>\n

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2011 Check In – Goals<\/span><\/strong> – How did I do?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. I am not going to gossip<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oops.\u00a0 Pretty sure I did . . . at least once that I can think of, off the top of my head . . . this morning.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2. I am going to read (at least) one book<\/strong> a month.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

I should have added . . . “if I don’t start a business”.\u00a0 Little did I know!\u00a0 I have read . . . a book this year.\u00a0 Actually, I think I read at least 4.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

3. I need to learn to let go of things that I have no control<\/strong> over. Water off a duck\u2019s back . . . <\/em><\/p>\n

Hmm.\u00a0 This one is a hard one.\u00a0 I’m trying hard not to obsess about other people’s opinions, but it’s so hard!\u00a0<\/span>
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4. I am going to train to run<\/strong> a distance > 10k.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Nope.<\/span><\/em> My excuse for this one will be gallbladder surgery.\u00a0 I’m really good at excuses!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

5. I am going to learn to be more forgiving<\/strong> and patient<\/strong> with others. \u00a0They are not me, I am not them.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Nope. Definitely haven’t master this goal yet!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

6. I am going to learn how to work on\u00a0Cookies, Cupcakes and Cardio while balancing my full time teaching<\/strong> job.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

And cake business and instructing spinning!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

7. I am going to stick with a gym<\/strong> routine that works for me. M\/W\/F 6:00am+ spinning = gym routine!\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Continued spinning Wednesday mornings at 6:00, but the Monday and Friday of this goal fell through!<\/span>
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8. I am going to learn to be less selfish<\/strong>. \u00a0This one is going to be difficult as I\u2019ve been working this way for 32 years!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ask Paul.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. \u00a0I am going to learn to work my Sony Alpha 200 DSLR camera<\/strong> and take (amazing) food pictures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I improved from where I was a year ago, but I’m definitely not taking great food pictures yet.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

10. I am going to learn how to decorate beautiful cakes<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

11. I am going to learn to accept criticism<\/strong>. \u00a0Without hating the other person.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Why are #3, #5 and #11, so much alike?\u00a0 Might I have a problem dealing with other people?<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

Where I was a year ago, seems like so long ago.\u00a0 I had no idea what 2011 had in store for me, and it took me to a place where, I may have failed on my goals for 2011, but I have succeeded in so many other areas.\u00a0 I had NO IDEA that starting a cake business, and buying a house was in the cards for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even though I did so “poorly” on 2011 Goals, I’m going to make them again for 2012.\u00a0 I like the look back that it gives the following year . . . it’s interesting to see where I have come from and what was important a year ago.<\/p>\n

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12 Goals for 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Cook dinner once a week.\u00a0 It’s too easy just to grab something when you’re busy.<\/p>\n

2. I am going to read (at least) one book<\/strong> every two months.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 To excercise with Paul (hike, bike, snowshoe, ski)<\/strong> every Sunday.\u00a0 It’s our only day a week to relax.<\/p>\n

4. I am going to train to run<\/strong> a distance > 5k.<\/p>\n

5. Pay off my remaining Student Loan.<\/p>\n

6. Pay down my Line of Credit.<\/p>\n

7. Be more organized!\u00a0 Or Paul will move out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

8. Work at being more healthy (food, weight, exercise)<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 To do more Cardio blog posts and YouTube videso<\/p>\n

10. Continue to learn how to decorate beautiful cakes, <\/strong>and find inspiration to make my own designs.<\/p>\n

11. Stay out of the Staff Room at work! There is too much noise and gossip in there.<\/p>\n

12. Learn how to use my Cricut Cake better!<\/p>\n

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That should about do it!\u00a0 Hopefully I can make it through 2012 with as much success, and uncharted territory as I did this year! \u00a0<\/p>\n

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What are YOUR goals or resolutions for 2012?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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