I reviewed my goals this afternoon, trying to decide which ones are “on the front burner”, which ones need action, which have grown stale. I am not yet quite at 43 goals done that meet the criteria for this goal but I’ve made a few decisions about some of my current goals.

The goal on reading a book on mindfulness was moved into the “given up” category. I tried last fall to complete a book on tape with mindfulness exercises and just felt like it is not me at this point in my life. I kept meaning to go back to it, but am going to let it go for now.

I marked upgrading my technology as “done”. I had done all but getting a new sound system for our home. We know what we want, and will get it when the time is right but there are other priorities right now.

I am keeping having a toned stomach but will need to come up with a new strategy for achieving this. My old program caused back problems. I’m doing planks and some other things. Todd sent a link to some exercise videos that may work.

Design a t-shirt – I did (twice) but had production issues. I’m sure there will be a cause for which to design one in the future.

I am keeping “improve my handwriting.” It is an ongoing project and a good reminder for me. If I die at age 90, this may still be on my goals list.

I need to rededicate myself to fixing our windows (once the weather improves) and “this week I want to” 12 months ago

I’ve been on 43Things for six months and have really enjoyed the experience. Initially, I listed a number of goals of things that were important to me this year and a few that were just for fun. Since then, I have appreciated all of the cheers and enjoyed both seeing others meet their goals and encouraging those who continue to work to meet their goals. It has been nice to “meet” some of the people on 43Things via the messages option.

Lately, I’ve been contemplating what my objective is in being a part of 43Things. This new goal pretty much sums it up. I would like most of my 43 things to be important to me, measurable, and somewhat “effortful,” but will allow a few to be a bit abstract and hope that there are always one or two that are just plain fun. (Thank you to natasjalavin for her entry about guidelines for good goal setting.) 21 months ago