So far this year...

I don't exactly do the whole New Year's resolutions, but I try and set goals for myself each month. Last year, halfway through the year I got pretty distracted - getting engaged and married tends to do that! - so I didn't set any goals for most of the year.

January goals this year are :-
1. To cook/bake two new recipes
2. To go to gym 6 times
3. Finish the book I was given for my birthday
4. Set up a Bible reading plan
5. Make cards and buy gifts for family and friends in January
6. Do the same for February

So...
1. I made a tuna bake - it came out well, but we didn't like the taste...
I made a savoury pie - it came out well, but (co-incidently?)Andrew spent the rest of the afternoon in the loo...
I made cookies - man, they were great (maybe Andrew ate too made and that is why he spend the rest of the afternoon in the loo?!)

2. So far, I've been to gym 5 times
3. I've started the book, but I don't think I'll finish it by the end of the month
4. I've made a bit of a weak attempt at doing a Bible Reading Plan, but I've listened to a John Piper sermon in the car when fetching Andrew from work, and I've read some articles on Christian marriage
5. I've made cards and have gifts for the January people
6. I've started on the Feb people...

And what I've come to realise about me is that I have to have something that I consider "productive" to do for the vast majority of they day. Scrapbooking is productive, as you are creating something, playing computer games is a tiny bit productive when playing with your husband, as you are bonding!!!!

Anyway, I think the whole thing of needing to be productive has come from serving articles and needing to account for every 15 minutes of my working life and then going into a very busy, stressful job, where I need to be productive to get through everything...Interesting how circumstances and life can change you...