Its a new year.  I know that traditionally people make resolutions at this time of year.  I, however, have decided to make goals instead.  I have 15 goals for 2008.

1. Finish at least 15 of my current projects. 
2. Take at least 5 classes.
3. Teach at least 1 fiber class.
4. Write the business plan for my creative center.
5. Organize my craft room.
6. Have $500 in my savings account.
7. Pay off all my credit cards.
8. Make 3 sweaters. 
9.  Finish fixing up my loom.
10. Learn to weave.
11. Fix both of my spinning wheels.
12. Learn to spin on both of my spinning wheels. (One is an Ashford traditional, the other is a great wheel.)
13. Update my blog at least once a week.
14. Write out where I want to be in 5 years.
15. Write out where I want to be in 10 years.

I think these are reasonable for the year.  Some of them will be easy, like taking classes.  Others will be more difficult, like organizing my craft room.  I've been trying to do that for a year now. 

My goals started with where I want to be at the end of the year.  Now I just have to complete my goals. 

I'm going to keep them in front of my.  I have two bulletin boards that I'm going to put pictures and notes on to help me visualize my goals.  Eventually I will add longer term goals to that.  When I get my 5 and 10 year plans written out, they will go up on the board.  Then it will be time to make some goals to get me there. 

This is really the first time I have done any long term planning for my life.  I've never been very good at sticking to plans.  Hopefully I have made this one flexible enough that I don't have problems with it.  I'm also trying to break it down into small bits.  I have the big picture for the year.  Now I just have to plan each day to get me closer to where I want to be at the end of the year.

I tend to get discouraged if I look too far ahead.  It seems as if I will never get where I want to be.  There are so many things I want to do, if I look at them all at once I don't think I'll ever get them done.

With this plan, I'm trying to keep them all in mind, but focus on a little bit at a time.  I can do this.  If I just take one day at a time, I can do great things.