Confounded By Quilting

Be Resolute, Yet Flexible…

I wrote this weeks ago and forgot to publish it. Derp.

It’s getting to be that time – The Time of Resolutions. The last time I purposely set positive, healthy, fabulous resolutions, I made the goals too lofty and they all crumbled within a month. This was discouraging; I felt like a failure and I haven’t done any resolutions since then. Having an overly-developed guilt/shame gland is sometimes a deterrent to revisiting things I’ve not done well with previously.

Well I’m changing that this year! I’m thinking about resolutions ahead of time, getting my ducks in a row, trying to make sure they are completely attainable, while still pushing me to do something better or different.

New year’s goals I will do my very best to attain, phrased positively (as in, no “don’t's:”)

• Make my own cold-processed soap at least once
• Make my own soft cheese at least once
• Make my own butter at least once
• Finish 5 books (I used to finish that many in a month, but I’ve gotten out of the habit. Baby steps.)
• Find small ways to be greener every week
• Maintain the daily household calendar
• Build a chicken coop
• Obtain chickens
• Plan, plant and maintain a garden
• Build or buy a composter
• Take more everyday photos for the pleasure of it
• Go for walks and bike rides as the mood strikes – keep the momentum
• Make healthier food and personal care choices (purchase Mike’s meat from Crestwik or similar, get our milk from the family share, et cetera)
• Exercise greater financial discipline
• Open and use my many cookbooks – try a new recipe from them a few times per month, rather than relying on online sites

This is a work in progress.

I’d love to see any resolutions you all would like to share with the rest of the class!

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