An update on the progress of my goals...

A while ago I wrote a blog post of goals I had that I wanted to get around to. So I thought I would do a bit of an update on them... There is still a long way to go obviously, but then again, some of these goals are long term ambitions!

1. Make the insane city quilt
2. Go camping... umm I need a tent. But you never know I might do this sometime this year
3. Manage to get through at least 3 months without a hospital visit  It took months before I managed this!!
4. Make a dress - it may have been cheating a little, but I made this.
5. Finish the crazy bird mosaic. Ummm... yes, about that mosaic...
6. Book onto a new mosaic course. I will as soon as I can afford it. 
7. Sell over 25 items on Etsy That was quite an achievement - I don't spend anywhere near as much time promoting on Etsy as I should
8. Do a craft fair - I've got craft fairs coming out of my ears! Watch this space for info...
9. Go out somewhere at least once a week - it's too easy to sit inside and watch rubbish TV
10. Learn how to bake my own bread. Mmm
11. Grow tomatoes - although at the moment I would go with managing to keep something alive!
12. Visit Scotland and Ireland - I went to Edinburgh over the Easter weekend, now I just need to get a wriggle on with the Ireland trip... although a return to Scotland is appealing too!
13. Learn to drive - I have finally managed to get my provisional license and have had a few lessons so am on my way.
14. Do a video tutorial on the blog...keep your eyes peeled!
15. Finish writing the children's story I've been writing forever.
16. Read over 50 books in a year.
17. Declutter...
18. Try to cook something new every week - or at least every fortnight.
19. Host a giveaway There've been a few now...
20. Create designs for monsters and make them.
21. Go on a massage course - I can't think why I wanted this as a goal!!! Not planning it for a while. Can I change it to: try out fencing / go rock climbing? Both of those I have been doing recently! 
22. Learn more about music - I can usually sing something but never have a clue who sang it or what the title is!
23. Have over 1000 twitter followers. Thank you to everyone who has followed me. 
24. Go travelling... umm well that's on hold for the forseeable future!
25. Get my business cards and website sorted out.
26. Save a bit of money (or 24 will never happen!)
27. Make A Granny A Day - ha ha: I've been so concerned about Craft Fairs that I haven't done anything like that! 
28. Visit New Zealand and Australia
29. Eat more healthily (I've lost nearly a stone!)
30. Continue enjoying life generally Not that this can ever be said to be achieved but I am enjoying all my outside work activities recently

18 out of 30. Not bad considering some of those are more long-term goals than things that can just be achieved in a week or two! Also, it's interesting how a year can change your perspectives... why I ever thought I would want to do a massage course or grow my own tomatoes is totally beyond me. Actually tomatoes isn't such a bad idea, but I live in a first floor flat so it isn't about to happen any time soon! We have just started growing our own herbs though...

What are your goals? And have you achieved any of them? Wouldn't it be great to say: 'Hey I made 30 goals and did all of them'? That would be a serious achievement.

Maybe I should do something like this every year? 

30 Goals for 30 Years

A few weeks back I came across a blog post that someone had written that was a lovely idea - she had just turned 29 and had a list of 30 things she wanted to achieve before she was 30. I've always had one ambition for before I'm 30 - I wanted to have been to every continent bar Antarctica. I failed. I still haven't been to Australia or New Zealand. So Oceania is out. And now I am over 30... but I hope to get there before I'm 35 and that gives me a bit of leeway! (and maybe I can add Antarctica too?)

Anyway, I'm not yet 31 so I'm going to nick the idea (I WISH I remembered where I'd seen it!) as I really liked the idea of writing down your goals so that you don't lose track of them... And while I am not promising to do them by the time I'm 31 (because that is scarily close!!) I will try and get round to them over the next year. I'll come back and cross them out as I achieve them!

1. Make the insane city quilt
2. Go camping - we have the tent but in a cast it isn't so easy!
3. (related to 2) Manage to get through at least 3 months without a hospital visit - this should be easy but I've had a bit of a stressful year with accidents!
4. Make a dress - it's next on the sewing challenges list.
5. Finish the crazy bird mosaic.
6. Book onto a new mosaic course.
7. Sell over 25 items on Etsy (I'm over half way!)
8. Do a craft fair - my 2 goals for 2011 were Etsy and Craft Fair - I just haven't plucked up the courage for the craft fair yet.
9. Go out somewhere at least once a week - it's too easy to sit inside and watch rubbish TV
10. Learn how to bake my own bread. Mmm
11. Grow tomatoes - although at the moment I would go with managing to keep something alive!
12. Visit Scotland and Ireland - I've lived in Bangladesh, Russia, taken the Trans-Sib from Vladivostok but never been to Edinburgh? How could that have happened? 
13. Learn to drive - it's becoming embarassing.
14. Do a video tutorial on the blog...keep your eyes peeled!
15. Finish writing the children's story I've been writing forever.
16. Read over 50 books in a year.
17. Declutter...
18. Try to cook something new every week - or at least every fortnight.
19. Host a giveaway (that should be coming soon!)
20. Create designs for monsters and make them.
21. Go on a massage course
22. Learn more about music - I can usually sing something but never have a clue who sang it or what the title is!
23. Have over 1000 twitter followers. 
24. Go travelling... so if I'm suddenly quite silent...
25. Get my business cards and website sorted out.
26. Save a bit of money (or 24 will never happen!)
27. Make A Granny A Day
28. Visit New Zealand and Australia
29. Eat more healthily
30. Continue enjoying life generally! 

So there you have it - some of my goals for the next year or two. Not resolutions: if I don't get round to them, I'm not that bothered really. I realise there's a lot of travel and craft based stuff on here - but that sounds about right to me!!

What are your goals for the next year?