Way Too Many Goals

Hello Internet Peeps!

As I said in the previous post, I've been working on my goals for 2013. The list went from sane to impossible before I knew what hit me. I'll be doing a lot of trimming but I figure I'll share it anyway with some comments/snide remarks about how some of the goals have been progressing.

Spiritual Goals:

 - Read the Bible in a year ( This one has been off to a rocky start. My mother has been sick so she has been sleeping in the living room, where I usually do my quiet time. It's really hard for quiet time to be quiet when my mom feels talkative).

- Memorize two verse a month (gotta be honest, I forgot about this one until just now, as I type this!)

- Pray the Spiritual Discipline Prayer as often as possible (once a day)

- Pray for my LIFE group, one couple/person per day

- Pray for my husband and a selected family member every day

Homesteading Goals:

- Start a small project each month (in no particular order)

       ~ Continue Sprouting

       ~ Begin a Sourdough Starter

       ~ Lactofermenation (probably cabbage)

       ~ Crockpot yogurt making

       ~ Grain/nut/legume soaking

       ~ Indoor herb/microgreen growing

       ~ Sock knitting

       ~ Composting (find a bin regardless of garden status)

       ~ Sewing functional clothing (only made cosplay costumes thus far)

       ~ Tincture brewing (for lack of a better term)

       ~ Kombucha brewing

       ~ Kefir making (both milk and water)

       Bonus: Make a 5 gallon or bigger bucket washing machine

- Fully Research these subjects:

      ~ Raising Chickens (layers and meat birds)

      ~ Raising Goats (Read the Storey Guide so far. It was a little intimidating)

      ~ Raising Sheep, Llama or Alpacas

      ~ Raising Dairy Cows ( I REALLY want a mini Jersey!)

      ~ Gray water safety and how to used a backyard wetland to filter it for garden use

Real Food Goals:

- Cut White/Brown Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, and artificial sweetners from at least my diet, preferably everyone's diet, by June.

- Source a hand-crank grain mill

- Source grass-fed beef, pastured chicken and pastured eggs and price them by January 31st

- Try out a few farmers markets and road side stands in season

- Determine if the local year-around market is worth the drive into down town

- Avoid soy products that have not been properly handled (so pretty much all of it that's in a store, including in packaged food, some of the worst offenders)

- Work meal plans so weekend meals are covered by March

- Make bone broth at least once a month (source the best chicken possible at this time)

- Try liver by June (Just me for now, though my husband eating it too would be nice)

Health Goals:

- Stop taking that darn birth control pill by March, for the sake of my continuing health ( it has not treated me well, and research indicates they are rather terrible for fertility and the chance of getting certain cancers)

- Try to lose a much weight as possible January through March. If nothing seems to be happening, speak with my practitioner about this issue.

- Get back into some basic hygiene habits (college reeked havoc on my teeth-brushing habit!)

- Start using herbal tinctures as supplements by June

- Pay off the remaining medical debts so the check ups are possible.

- Eliminate soda for life by June-July

- Keep a weight loss journal through March

Creative Goals:

- Drawing

   ~ Draw every day

   ~ Set up a monthly schedule with one male drawing and one perspective drawing per week 

- Comics

   ~ Finish Planning stages of Lark Song by May

   ~ Start Script for Lark Song May- December

   ~ Work out layouts along side script

   ~ Set up Kickstarter by December

- Cosplay

   ~ Revamp Fluttershy by March 15th

   ~ Make a concrete plan for future cosplay by March 30th

   ~ Improve prop construction for JAFAX 2013

   ~ Along side the cosplay plan, make a "parts of costume and materials" list

   ~ Learn shoe covering

- Fanfiction

  ~ Pare down list of stories to ones I actually care about

  ~ Finish Eva outline by June

  ~ Finish Eva writing by December

- Sewing and knitting

  ~ Sew two projects a month

  ~ Finish the baby blanket by December

Decluttering Goals:

- Reduce my person possessions by half by June

- Assess my "save for kids" items and save only what I really want for them

- Read through book collection and give away the ones I don't want to keep.

- Make paper crane chains and branch so the bin can be used for storage

- Separate clothes into Keep, Donate, Repair/ Repurpose, and Rag Bag categories

Weight Loss Goal:

-  Lose 1-2 pounds a week to get as close to 170 pounds by December, unless pregnancy occurs.

So yeah, that's clearly a crap ton of goals. I'm sure many will not be attainable this year, but I will do the best I can and roll over the good ones that I don't finish for 2014. What kind of goals do you have?

On a less list-heavy note, here's a part of the first full piece I've done with my new Wacom Bamboo Create tablet.

   

Best picture of Lithium I've done yet!

Bai Bai Buu!