{ new years resolution redux }

A post on Decor8 yesterday reminded me to think about how I did with my 2009 Resolutions. So here is my 2009 resolutions & aspirations redux....

{ ME }
:: Rise early in the morning for daily meditation & yoga practice. [5:30AM] - Success for the most part. Some days more successful than others (sometimes for 1/2 hour, sometimes only 5 minutes). Continue to incorporate this into my daily life.
:: Exercise daily. Healthy heart = healthy mind. Success for the most part. But would like to step it up a notch this year.
:: Less work + more play. [only work 3 days per week while Sam is in preschool - everything else will have to wait.] Still needs improvement (aka will reappear on my 2010 list)
:: Practice Spanish. [forget itunes in the car, listen to my spanish CD's everyday.] (didn't happen.)

{ Family }
:: Simple Family Living...slow down, savor more moments & spend quality time together. Yes! Success!
:: Record our life in our daily journal. [just a few thoughts a day on our days.] Getting better at this.
:: Plan a summer family raft trip and winter trip to Dominican Republic. Lots of raft trips this summer with the kids but our winter trip to the beach was sans kids.
:: Weekly dates & more time alone with Will. Really working on this and taking a trip without the kids this winter was wonderful for our relationship.
:: Plan and prepare healthy meals daily. [no excuses for not feeding our bodies with good food.] Yes, we've been eating healthy meals and having tons of meals together.

{ Home }
:: Plan and care for a great vegetable garden and plant more fruit trees. Yes!
:: Landscaping projects [pond, trees, wildflowers, etc.] Yes!
:: Plan for emergencies - create emergency kits for home & cars. Completed car kits still need to do home.
:: Continue to declutter and simplify the rooms in our home. [Less is more.] Yes! Sold over $15,000 worth of stuff on ebay and donated tons of stuff! Still more to go though.

{ Financial }
:: Be debt-free (except mortgage) by end of 2009. [pay off school + car loans.] YES! SUCCESS! Paid off $40K! Now to tackle the mortgage!
:: Stick to monthly spending plan & 8 month spending hiatus. YES! SUCCESS! (Although I did just buy this. oops. May carry the spending hiatus forward into 2010 or look at not buying anything NEW for a period of time and test my thrifty ways.
:: Save $ for awesome month of travel this winter. Started separate savings fund and 2010 we will travel for a month together.

{ Business }
:: Successful event production season. Yes, we hung in there despite lower than normal turnout due to the economy.
:: Successful launch of new kayak company. YES! And expanding big time in 2010.
:: Launch iphone apps for LobotoME pads. No- Looked into it but decided I couldn't tackle that project at this time. But launched an affiliate network.
:: Increase # of stores carrying the LobotoME line. Yes! But it saddens me in a way that most of my accounts remain larger stores, a lot of my smaller retailers are struggling. Reminds me the importance of buying locally.

Stay tuned for my 2010 Resolutions & Aspirations.... How did you do with your 2009 Resolutions?

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