Lest 2011 be forgot… Hello 2012!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!  I have just come home from a lovely week away at Khancoban in the Snowy Mountains region.  It’s so beautiful through there, and we all really enjoyed ourselves. Plus, I got loads of photographs as well ~ I do think there’s nothing better than a holiday with lots of beautiful scenery. 

Looking back over 2011 I find that I am pretty happy with what I have managed to achieve, in fact, when I think about it, I actually manage to complete my New Year’s resolutions!! Wow, I am gobsmacked.  I think the thing that really helped me was to keep it small.  Three things, one for each area of my life that I want to improve.  Why do a big list if I can never get it done?  So I am doing the same thing this year as I did last year, and at the same time I thought I would list my accomplishments!  : 3 

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2011:  My personal goal ~ To be the best mother I can be.

Well, I don’t know that I can consider this resolution finished, because once you are a mother, you are a mother for life!  Still, my baby is happy and healthy…  I guess I have completed that goal for 2011, but it’s still there for years to come!

2012:  My personal goal ~ To go to bed on time.  

Okay, I know it sounds silly, but trust me, this is a big issue for me.  And I want to fix it.  See, I’ve figured out that there is a reason I am a total night owl, it’s because my Circadian {sleep cycle} rhythm is all out of whack ~ I have a longer sleep cycle than the normal 24 hour day, which essentially means that if I am not careful, I will stay up later and later and get up later and later.  Unfortunately that doesn’t work so well when you have a lot of things to do like I do. 

So my goal is to be IN bed before 10:30pm every night.  Hopefully if I do that regularly I will also be able to get up at 7:30am every morning.  Yes, I know that is a lot later than most people get up, but besides the staying~up~late problem I found that I also tend to need over eight hours of sleep a night or I just can’t function.  So a good bed time habit is essential!

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2011:  My skills goal ~ To practise sewing and by the end of 2011; to have sewn myself a day dress.

I certainly didn’t manage to do as much sewing as I would have liked, but I did do few new things!  I made my first muslin, inserted the first ever zipper and set my first sleeves.  I drafted my first pattern {albeit for a circle skirt, so not that hard at all!} and did my first pattern adjustments of a FBA, swayback pinch, regular~to~puff sleeves, and shirt collar to peter pan collar.  I also brought my first sewing machine!  A vintage Bernina 860 I christened Charlotte.   Mind you, the actually tally of me~made garments at the end of the year is a little sad… Two in total.  : /  However, one of them is my dress {!!! Yes, I’ll show you soon ~ for my first 2012 outfit shoot} and I am very excited about that.  > U <

 

 

2012:  My skills goals ~ To finish my EFA Introductory Level Riding Instructor’s Certificate.

Self-explanatory.  I am working hard to get my certificate so that hopefully I can start coaching sometime soon.  Extrey cash on the money tree is always useful!  : D

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2011:  My business goal ~ To set up my b dot depictions studio website properly, to get my business cards done and to go to at least one fair with my photographs this year. 

Did it!  Okay, not the fair part ~ it really was too much for me to handle this year, plus funds were a little low…  However, my website is up at B dot Depictions {yay!}, and I have my business cards.  I haven’t handed that many out yet, but that’s ok.  I have them.  > ω <  

 

 

2012:  My business goal ~  To sell some photographs.

Yeah.  All that work last year and I still haven’t sold a single, solitary picture.  I aim to change that this year with some better marketing and a possible rebrand.  I have some ideas, so let’s see what comes of that. 

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So how about you?  Did you mark off your 2011 resolutions as done, not done, or to be done?  Have you thought out any new ones?  I can’t believe it’s the new year already, but I can’t wait to get stuck into it.  It shall be fun ~ best wishes to everyone! 

xox,

bonita