Back again

Well the new year is almost on us.  Time to write down all our plans, fail miserably, beat ourselves up over the failure and swear next year will be different.  I am determined that this year will be different, financially, familial, health and general wellness.  This year I want to slow down the amount I work but also to wrap up some pending items, that have been pending for a long time, to enable myself to take off a few weeks this winter to go south with my mother.  She is a wonderful lady, 75, healthy, tired of the cold and snow in the Midwest and I want to spend some time with her, good quality time.  Others thoughts on the fantasy of this plan do not really matter to me any more.  What matters is that I attempt to make it happen.

In that vein I want to get financially on better footing.  This will involve increasing sales on Amazon, selling locally on facebook, increasing garden produce to sell at the farmer's market, creating and selling items on Etsy and anything else I can figure out.  Finances will be my major stumbling block for being able to take off time in the winter so this is a huge area to concentrate on.

For my health, as I have written down for I don't know how many years, I want to be healthier, be at a better weight, be stronger, leaner.  Realistically I have 45 pounds to lose and a lot of shaping up to do.  My diet is not good, my level of activity is not good and it needs to improve.  I am 55 and things will start, and have already started, to become affected.

Family ties need to be made stronger.  I need to call my sister weekly as well as my children and txt them throughout the week.  It doesn't take that much time to just slow down and jot a note.  Cards at birthdays, graduations, etc I also want to get better with getting out on time.  I am truly my mother's child in this regard, she is always  late and so am I.  It is not a good habit to get into.  

This week my goals are:
1. Set up financial goal grafts.
2. Set up weight loss goal graft.
3. Do debt and asset summaries.
4. Set up bullet journal for the year.
5. Finish reading current book.
6. Set up books read side wall.
7. Finish knitting scrubby.

One thing per day, that is enough.