Friday, December 27, 2013

Goal Book

Do you like to set goals?
I'm most definitely a goal person.
There is something about the new year.
A chance to be a little better.
A fresh start so to speak.

I know.

You can be a little better every day.
It doesn't have to be the new year.
It doesn't have to be a Monday.
It doesn't have to be the first of the month.

(I'm totally that person that says..."I'll start Monday...")

Every new year, my mom and I have a tradition.
I make a new goal book.
We print it out.
We bind it.
We go all out.

I always think that I'll reuse last years goal book.
Not so.
Every year, I redo the whole thing.

Last year, I thought I had it perfect.

True to form,
I changed it again.

I have been putting a lot of hours into yet another new goal book.

I'm really pumped up about it.

Here is a sneak peek.

I guess you could call it a doodle goal book.
I did a lot of hand drawing for this thing!
It is full of color and motivational quotes.
I want it to be something that makes me excited to open it each day.

I still have some finishing touches to add to it,
and then...

this year I am going to make it available to everyone!
I have wanted to do this for so many years.
I can't believe I'm actually doing it.

Monday.
That's the day.

I know.
I'm really cutting it close to the new year.

I'm kind of nervous...

If all goes as planned,
see you on Monday!

2 comments:

  1. AMAZING!!!! I have been looking at goal books all over the net and NOTHING comes CLOSE to this!! I love how colorful it is. What a difference it makes to be hand drawn. although I know you really had to sacrifice to do that!! I am going to feel happy just opening this planner/goal book. Anyone can use this however they want. It is very versatile. WOW--I am truly looking forward to setting my goals and working on them each week. Thanks for creating this. It is fantastic!! Can't wait until Monday, but I am going to check sooner cause I am that excited!!! Thank you!! Thank you!!

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  2. Dear Mrs. Amazing, (that's your new name because it seems like everything you do is amazing!)
    Golly, I'm totally intimidated. That's beautiful goal book. Entrancing even. What the heck is a goal book? I've never heard of such a thing. It sounds hard -- like now I have to remember to water the plants before they scream "water me" by wilting. And other things I keep meaning to get around to doing but don't. Is a goal book anything like my 2 dozen 3x5 cards with 15 things written on them, but only half crossed off of each, so I can never throw out a card because I never finish what's listed on any of them? Maybe my goal should be to transcribe all the not-crossed-off stuff from all the old cards onto new cards (wouldn't accomplish anything, but might make me feel better?). Can a goal be something like "read the book Jena gave me, and just let the laundry go? Or do I have to do them both? Poor confused me. I wonder if a beautiful goal book would help me accomplish more? Or maybe I'm just not ready for something as organized as a goal book yet. Maybe I'd better just keep muddling with the goal of having a goal book someday.
    Well, if my goal is to have the world's greatest niece, I've already accomplished that!! (Of course that's the world's greatest by-blood niece, because my by-marriage nieces are pretty nifty too.)
    Love you all, and happy almost New Year!!! (My big goal is to have the world's greatest family and I already do!!!!)

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