Satiable Goal for 2011 - Business - Topic 5

Business can encompass all sorts of things from actually running a business to managing your household.  Having a blog is like having a little business because you have a product which are your post and you have a consumer which are your readers.  If you neglect your blog your readers will leave you and if you stay consistent and interesting your readers will stay.  The only thing about a blog is that you can literally have no readers and still write post, however without the sense of community are you really successful?? I don't think so.  Also you can really turn your blog into a financially compensatory business with advertising or new customers to try out your actually products if they exist.  In my case I was going to start a website for my candles, then I decided I wanted to add a blog to my monetary site, then somehow I started the blog before the monetary site and that's where I am now.  This year however I have a goal to link the two and create a real Satiable community.  I also have a business goal to post a self drafted pattern for sale on BurdaStyle.com.  I also have a Satiable book I'm working on so I have a 2011 goal to have the book completed.
That's it for my 2011 business goals.  I'm sure I will add.  Do you have any?  Are you working on any projects?  Tell me about it.

Satiable Goal for 2011 - Emotions - Topic 3

 

I've recently been going through a roller coaster of all sorts of things.  One thing that I have learned and I know for sure is that I am not alone.  We all go through major things at different points in our life because...it's life.  The major theme of this blog is about having a satisfying life and you can't have a satisfying life without being satisfied.  One of the things that I pride myself in is on being able to really appreciate the "small things".  As you already know I really LOVE small luxuries and can genuinely find a pure joy with the use of my imagination, however I do have my moments when life is a real challenge for me and I really have to search a little harder for that satisfaction.  This takes me to my third goal of managing my emotions.  I actually own the book "Managing Your Emotions" by Joyce Meyer and have never read it.  I have now made that my step number 1. My goal is to read this book by March 1st.
Another book that I own that I will be reading daily throughout the year is "The Book Of Awakening:  Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have" by Mark Nepo.  In this book there is a story or essay entry for each day of the year.  The author is a poet and a cancer survivor so you know he's reflective and expressive.  The entries really give you a reason to pause and take note.
My goal with this book is to be consistent with reading this daily as well as really reflecting on each and every entry.
This is a goal that will evolve throughout the year because I may need to add to my to do list for it.  Once I've read " Managing Your Emotions" I should have a better grasp of where I might want to go from there.  One thing that I know about goals is that you have to be very specific in order to be more successful at achieving them so I know that as my thought process become more clear my continued goals in this catagory has to become more defined.  I'm sure we'll keep talking about this throughout the year.  Do you have any emotional goals for 2011?  Are you thinking about your emotional health?  Let me know.  Sidenote:  The calendar at the start of this post is the calender that I bought for this year.  I like to have a theme every year with my calender reflecting the type of year I want.  I bought mine at Calenders.com but they are sold out.  I found this one " The Gift of Zen" at Amazon.com, however it's a little pricey.  You can always find your own theme.  There are many choices still available.

Satiable Goal for 2011 - Education - Topic 1

OK so let's get started with the first goal which is education.  Now when I say education I mean learn something.  Learn ANYTHING.  For the last couple of years I have really been in a learning phase.  I have learned everything from how to make Maki rolls to how to make my own dress form out of duct tape.  This year I have a goal to learn those things that I have been putting off for years like becoming fluent in Spanish and learning how to properly use my Nikon D3000.  This year my goals list will be very specific.  I use to have New Years Resolutions that I never fulfilled until I finally gave up on the complete thought of "revolutions".  Now I have decided to have specific, attainable "goals".  One of my specific goals in education is to take at least 5 adult education classes in 2011 and so far so good because I just took my first class this year a few nights ago at the Learning Annex.  The Learning Annex is an adult education organization here in NY offering a wide range of workshops and classes.  You can take classes anywhere from How To Make It In The Magazine Business to 7 Steps to Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur to A Beginner's Guide to Craps.  For those of you who don't live in NY they also have some online classes.  Another great source of learning for me is the internet. You can learn almost ANYTHING online.  It's amazing.  For the most part all you have to do is GOOGLE it.  A resource that should never be over looked are books.   I'm thinking about making a goal for myself not to buy another book until I have read all of the unread books that I already have because buying books has been an obsession for me. Great resources for inexpensive books are Amazon, Ebay, Salvation Army and  Strand Books  You can also borrow from the library.  I don't know, there is just so much to learn about.   An education is something that no one can ever take away from you is something that I heard my whole life and I have found that to be so true.
Are there any specific education goals that you have planned for 2011?  Let me know, maybe it will spark an idea in me.