{"id":3330,"date":"2012-01-07T23:54:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T06:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2012-01-09T11:59:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T18:59:46","slug":"2012-its-gonna-be-a-great-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3330","title":{"rendered":"12 for 2012."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I&#8217;ve received a few little helpful resolution suggestions and I think &#8211; now that we are a week into 2012 &#8211; I&#8217;m ready to put my resolution\/to-do list out here, so you all can help keep me honest as the year flies by.<\/p>\n<p>I was sent an article, from my wise Aunt Vicki, that encouraged everyone to come up with three <strong>words<\/strong> for the year, instead of resolutions. Once you decide your words for 2012, it would make your goals much easier to write.\u00a0 So after much searching, I have come up with my three words:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Connect<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus<\/strong><\/li>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<li><strong>Improve<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the following <strong>12 goals<\/strong> for 2012:<\/p>\n<p>1. Spend some time catching up with old friends. I have really enjoyed re-connecting with my high school friends this past year and have many other old friends who deserve at the very least a phone call or email this year. (Connect)<\/p>\n<p>2. Schedule a one-on-one date with Emma and Addie <em><strong>and Daddy<\/strong><\/em> at least once a month so I can really focus on each of them and give them their own time. (Connect and Focus)<\/p>\n<p>3. Run more. Sign up for a half-marathon in May (and maybe a 2nd in October) which will force me to train. (Focus and Improve)<\/p>\n<p>4. Up my yoga to 2-3 days a week, mostly to combat the increase in running on my joints &amp; muscles, but also to help find my happy place. (Focus and Improve)<\/p>\n<p>5. Try a new recipe\/cooking technique once a week. I was going to say healthy but &#8211; that might not always be a goal that I can follow. (Improve)<\/p>\n<p>6. Picking up my camera and taking an &#8220;OMG, this is my fave photo of the week!&#8221; photo every single week. &#8211; (Improve)<\/p>\n<p>7. Organize the sewing\/craft\/spare bedroom so I can make some time for some creating. (Focus and Improve)<\/p>\n<p>8. Paint our kitchen cabinets and blinds. (IMPROVE)<\/p>\n<p>9. Read (and blog about) one book each month for the year. (Improve)<\/p>\n<p>10. Turn 40 gracefully. (Hmmm&#8230;Improve, I guess?)<\/p>\n<p>11. Take a cruise with my family and r-e-l-a-x during a massage on the beach. (Connect)<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>12. Ask myself &#8220;Does this help me connect, focus or improve myself or my family?&#8221; before I say yes to ANY volunteer activities this year.<\/p>\n<p>Any goals for 2012 for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I&#8217;ve received a few little helpful resolution suggestions and I think &#8211; now that we are a week into 2012 &#8211; I&#8217;m ready to put my resolution\/to-do list out here, so you all can help keep me honest as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3330\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-273"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/psMOS-RI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3343,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}