Workin' my plans...

With a New Year comes a chance to refocus on goals. I've spent the last week or so thinking about what my current goals are and created a little list. I broke the list into four different areas that make up "Canoe of Life".

Personal:
-Sticking to our budget, and being able to say at the end of 2011 that I am debt free.

-Learning to use our new toy- Canon T2i! I've been using it for a month now, and I've seen some improvement in the blog photos, but I'd like to learn more about the manual modes.

-Planning, saving, and taking our real honeymoon in Germany!


Professional:
-Working hard at my current position and making new connections whenever possible.

-Looking for new opportunities that can improve my chances to get the position I'm hoping to get in the next two or three years.

Fitness/Health:
-Fine tuning my current eating and activity levels to continue working toward my goals.

-Competing in at least one race greater than 5K, and possibly the Iron Girl Triathlon if I can figure out an affordable place to get pool time.

-Working to hold plank for 2 minutes!

-Supporting those around me that want to include more fitness and health in their daily lives.

Blogging:
-Starting each post with the lyrics of a song. Since I'm always listening to some kind of music in the car, at work, while in the kitchen, while at the gym, and even when the alarm goes off each morning. (Let me know if you like it!)

-Trying one new recipe a week, taken from the shelf of cookbooks.

-Posting at least three times a week whenever possible.

And there you have it, my ever evolving plans. What do you think?

"Life’s not the breaths you take, But the moments that take your breath away..."
-George Strait, The Breath You Take

Change of focus...

It's a new month, so it's time to change the focus. For the last few months my focus has been to get through each week, accomplish something each weekend either at home or while traveling, and only fitting in personal focus when time allows. Basically that means I need to get the focus back on me, not the tasks around me.

As Matt's dad would say, "Focus, Focus, Focus..."

So this month I will be bringing it all back to health and wellness in my life. It's easy to get off track when life gets so busy, but the imporatnt thing is to realize you need more focus.

Matt and I have both come to this realization for ourselves and will each be working to a healthy October- both mentally and physically.

More to come later...