Category: goals

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking the last few days.  Not just the reflective kind of thinking, but the weighing pros & cons sort of thinking.  We need more income.  We’re not looking to be millionaires or anything.  But we have a few family trips coming up.  In fact, we’ve cancelled one family reunion trip due to lack of funds.  I haven’t even begun to mention the monstrosity of a back yard that has yet to be landscaped…or at least sodded & grassed.  We could use a few extra dollars.

Since the Hubby already works (and hard, at that!  Thanx, Dear!), that would leave me.  What could I do that would allow me to earn some cash, work flexible hours & like my job??  All of that, without neglecting my husband or children or household??  Sounds like some sort of entrepreneurial-ship venture.  But what?  Which one?  So many options out there.

And would I want to sell anything?  Sure, working from home is cool.  And others (whom I think are cool people) do it.  Would I be okay in joining them?

I realized tonight that yes, I would be fine with joining them.  Everybody sells.  I’ve sold before.  (I used to work retail, in the mall, for Kernels Popcorn.  I’ve even worked at a smaller, local business, the fantastic Baby Bin Boutique.  So what’s wrong with selling a product that I believe in, under my own (well, mostly under my own) terms??  Nothing.  Absolutely nothing’s wrong with it. 

After this Cali trip, you will be hearing back from me…  Stay tuned!

Hello 2010.  Seems like a weird year to say.  And yet we, as a people, have come so far since 1910.  Over the last couple weeks I’ve been tossing around resolution-type ideas in my mind.  I’ve spent the last quarter of 2009 thinking and learning things about myself.  Asking myself some hard questions and trying to answer them honestly. 

One thing I learned is that I’m not a (big) dreamer.  In fact, I don’t really dream at all, for myself.  I think I’m scared of failing–so why make a list of wild ideas that I will never achieve??  Yet, on the other hand, why not give myself something to aim towards?  At least toss up some plans/resolutions and post them someplace.  Kind of like a dartboard.  Then step back, grab the darts, aim and throw.  Why not see how close I get to the bull’s eye?

Thankfully, the latter part of my thinking one out.  It’s okay to not succeed at everything.  It’s also okay to publicize those failures.  My readers can learn something from me…or else get huge laughs at my attempts.

The first step in this new thinking was the overall picture of what I want.  The word “more” came to mind the other night.  I want more this year.  More of hubby and our time together.  More of our kids.  More exercising.  Better eating.  More money for the essentials.  More blogging.  More growth spiritually.  More sleep.  More creativity.  More happy memories.

I will definitely have to look back in January 2011 and see how close I was to my target.