Project 52
I’ve been debating on the best way to outline my goals for the year. While I have lots of goals, I’m never really sure how to organize them. Or how big/small a goal should be. If I break it into little parts, are all those parts separate goals? If I add goals to my list that I know I’ll accomplish, do they still count? Then I realized I was severely over-thinking this and should just shut up my brain and make with the list already.
So below are my goals for 2011, a big year for me since I’ll be turning 30. I decided to try out the Project 52 idea, since a goal a week feels pretty feasible when you look at it like. (Although looking at the list of 52 things feels scary all at once).
Photography Goals
1. Create one original Photoshop action
2. Transfer pictures to Adobe Bridge (or maybe iPhoto) from Picasa
3. Create meta data information to embed in all my pictures
4. Edit and delete outtakes every month
5. Learn how to use a flash diffuser
6. Take a picture every day (Project 365)
7. Tag every picture I’ve taken
8. Take a Photoshop class
9. Take an Advanced Photography Class
Crafty Goals
10. Finish weaving the ends in the first scarf I ever knit (preferably before it is too warm to wear it…again)
11. Finish knitting the pair of socks I started before Bink was born by August
12. Make photo magnets for Bink’s whiteboard
13. Make a photo book of Bink’s first birthday
14. Make Bink an I Spy book with his own toys
15. Make Bink a book of his first words
16. Clean out of my craft supplies
Family Goals
17. Take K to paint pottery, just the two of us
18. Go away for a weekend with Hubby to celebrate my birthday
19. Take the kids to California to visit my Aunt
20. Go to Disneyland—Get better pictures of Bink with Mickey
21. Visit the Grand Canyon
22. Take Bink to meet Elmo for his birthday
23. Visit the Zoo 10 times
24. Take the kids to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum
25. Visit the Aquarium so I can hear Bink yell “wa-wa” every time he turns around (hehe)
26. Go to our neighborhood beach 5 times this summer
27. See the New Kids in the Block in concert
Personal Goals
28. Join Weight Watchers and lose 15 pounds by my birthday
29. Run a 5K
30. Read (not listen to) six books
31. Stop biting my nails
32. Figure out the notification sound settings on my Droid
33. Watch a movie in the theater
34. Watch the entire Angel series in order
35. Wear heels to work at least once a week
36. Dye/highlight my hair
Home Goals
37. Caulk my bathtub
38. Buy a new kitchen table set
39. Clean out my closet
40. Make smores with the firepit
Blogging Goals
41. Update the Facebook page at least 3 times a week
42. Post at least 4 times a week (and sometimes not about photography!)
43. Create a Project 365 space in my sidebar
44. Redesign my blog theme
45. Attend BlogHer
46. Set up some columns in Tweet Deck so I’m not drowning in unread tweets
47. Create a blogging calendar
48. Post about all those things I meant to write about and then didn’t, even if they happened a long time ago
49. Do a series of posts on Bink’s Bentos
50. Figure out how to use a custom font for post titles
51. Update my About Me page twice
52. Change the page layout so I can add more pages
Also, fun random fact. This was my 200th post. Apparently I talk a lot.
Dr. Blondie
January 6th, 2011 @ 10:37 am
Wow! Good luck! I need to do some of the things you listed, too, like caulking my bathtub!
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Karen Peterson
January 6th, 2011 @ 1:39 pm
Those are fantastic goals! I can’t wait to see how it goes and I’m excited to get to know you this year! Thanks so much for joining us.
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Jennee
January 7th, 2011 @ 1:16 pm
#27 is on my list too! Have fun working your way through this one! Thanks for joining in with us!
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Brittany
May 28th, 2011 @ 2:17 pm
Found your site through a blog hop! Love the blog and the name
Hope you have a great weekend.