A Turning Point

It’s taken me weeks to write this post.
Weeks to gain the confidence to put this list out into the universe.
But I know I need to do it.

Goals for me have always been met with excitement for the first few weeks.
Then somewhere along the line, the enthusiasm dies.  And I feel over overwhelmed.
Dread looking at the to do list and just feeling unworthy.
Something tells me I’m not the only one.
You make a list of all the things you want to accomplish in the coming year.  Some things are BIG; others are simple.
Then as the weeks go on you get busy and you forget the original purpose.
Or a set back happens.  And BAM suddenly self-doubt creeps in.
You think I can’t do all these things.  So you give up.

Maybe not right away or completely.
But you loose faith that you can make all those thing happens.

I’ve learned I need accountability.
And it’s not enough to just tell a friend.  No, that’s to easy.

The internet has a way of feeling like you’re putting something into the ether.
And so I’m writing here to give myself accountability.
But also to hopefully at the end of 2014 cross off more things on the list then not.
I know I won’t do all of them.
And that’s ok. (It’s taken a long time to be ok with this, A LONG TIME)

I will have set backs, I already have!
But I will push through with new resolve.  My dreams are at stake!
So here she goes!  2014 Goals (personally & professionally)

*Switch off and be more present with the peanut & husband
*Tell the story of 3-4 families a month
*Tell the story of 5-6 weddings for the year
*Mentor other photographers
*Learn to make grain free bread
*Take a camping trip just the 3 of us
*Keep my desk organized
*Review my fiances every week (I tent to avoid it like the plague)
*Eat a green smoothy daily
*Make a quilt for D
*Have a date night once a month
*Sunday night weekly reviews with the Husband
*Read 3 business books
*Read 3 books for fun
*Buy a new to us SUV
*Pay off our credit cards & school loans (dreaming big on the school loans!)
*Build a patio in the backyard
*Make the basement a play space
*Find a personal photography project
*Continue with #project365 (It’s on instagram!)
*Do some kinda art daily (even if it’s just a simple pen sketch)
*Save for a new camera
*Ski twice
*Meditate daily
*Organize toys
*Shower a minimum of every other day
*Meal plan weekly
*Walk the dog daily
*Try a new way to market every month
*Donate money with every family & wedding I do to Edge of Seven
*Give thanks daily!

It’s a busy year, I’m sure only to be made even busy now that D is walking!  Watch out world!
But I only have one life and I intent to live it!
Do you have big goals this year?  Do you hit road blocks and fall off the wagon?
Email me!  We can encourage each other along the way!
YOU CAN DO IT!
It’s never a failure if you learn something from it.

xoxo – Rachael