All of us are well intended but according to Wikepedia only 52% of participants setting goals were even confident in making them. 12% of the people actually achieved their goals and men were 22% more successful when setting their goals and women were 10% more successful if they made their goals public.
What do you resolve to do in 2011? Tell us for a better chance to succeed as well as to have an opportunity to win this great blog candy! The Lyrical Letters cart will go to one lucky follower that has the courage to stand by her convictions and share her realalistic New Years Resolution! And don't worry we will all keep it a secret! NOT! Be sure to leave me your email address so I can reach you. Now be sure to leave your comment by 9PM CST January 1st, 2011 including your resolution complete with a date you will accomplish by and be a follower to qualify. Winner will be announced at 5:00AM on the 2nd.
Because you were brave enough to share one of your goals, I'll share one of mine:
ReplyDeleteBy January 25, 2011, I will have established an exercise routine that will allow me to be physically active 4x/week, 30 minutes each time. It's hard to find a way to incorporate workouts into my daily routine right now but it's becoming more and more important that I try.
I have many other goals for the year; even posted them on my blog not too long ago. Most are whole-year, though. I can't set an end-date for my 13-23 lbs because I know my body doesn't care about that. With that said, I was pretty proud that one goal I had for 2010 was to lose 40 lbs; and I managed to lose 60. I believe a big part of my success was in starting off with Project 365 to document the daily grind..... Too bad I didn't stick with the project.
My resolution is to have my credit cards all paid off each month! I just achieved debt deliverance today and want to keep it that way. I'm pitching all the new catalogs before I look at them, but big online craft sales are not going to be my friend. My first challenge threshold will be April 1.
ReplyDeleteMy goal for 2011 is to keep off the 25 pounds that I have lost since last May. It is an everyday struggle especially now over the holidays. I feel great. You can do it too. Good luck to you. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeletedbmeier@ndsupernet.com
My goal is to scrap 1 layout a week.
ReplyDeleteI resolve to make at least one post on my blog each week, as I have been all or nothing this year.
ReplyDeleteQuiltfrog@roadrunner.com
What an awesome giveaway! I would love to lose 30 pounds but I would be happy with 5-10 right now. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletera6352 (at) gmail (dot) com
My goal for 2011 is to loose another 3o lbs. I've been watching what I eat and have lost 24 so far. I hope to achieve this by June. Thanks for the great giveaway. Shari (cricutrookie)
ReplyDeleteMy goal for the new year is to finally quit smoking for good.
ReplyDeletetderosa142 at gmail dot com
My goal for 2011 is to stop buying sooo much scrapbooking paper and using what I have. I have soooo much paper it will probably out live me lol.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to finish my mom's Memphis vacation scrapbook before May 10th.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
My goal for 2011 is to lose 20 pounds and get back to where I was when we got married which means not snacking late at night while I am watching tv. By summer I want to be back in shape.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to lose 30 pounds by Thanksgiving of 2011. I had pictures taken of my son and I this last Thanksgiving and I can't stand to share them because I look so large. This is the most I've weighed (including when I was pregnant). NO More!
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to do Project 12 this year. Obviously I won't be done until a year from today :). I'm going to make a word document to take notes every couple days. And when I have pictures I'll put that in my notes as well so that if I can't scrap right away I'll still have everything I need :). Thanks for a chance to win a prize. My email is mommaidwf@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to lose 50 pounds in 2011. I am giving myself a year so I know I can do this. -Sam :-)
ReplyDeleteMy goal for 2011 is to live within my means. Now, that means that I need to either generate more income or reduce the spending. I will come up with a plan by the end of January and live up to that plan for all of 2011. Thanks for this post, it is good to get it written down, Dallas
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20 pounds~~~~~~~ 20 pounds SISTER! That's what I gotta lose by APRIL! I cannot believe how out of control I have been!
ReplyDeleteI also intened to focus more on reading my Bible and giving to the community. That's about it I think!
My scrapping goal for 2011 is to do one layout a week. That will give me 52 layouts by December 31, 2011. I have some personal goals also, but do not have dates for them so I am not listing them here. Thank you for a chance to win. I love your blog
ReplyDeleteThank you a chance to win such a great giveaway. I've been thinking lately that I would really like to have that cart. One of my goals for 2011 is to keep up with cleaning the house and not let it slide until I am embarrassed to have anyone over (heaven forbid someone just drop in!). I plan to do at least 25-30 minutes of cleaning (including laundry) daily on the days that I am not out of town. I know this will make my husband very happy (and me, too, since I can never find anything anymore because of the mess). This goal does not have an end as it needs to be continuing.
ReplyDeletetcsobotka at charter dot net
My goal is to learn to be more organized and to exercise more...
ReplyDeleteI'm already a follower..
Thanks for the chance to win!
Have a Happy New Year!
Minta
mintab@gmail.com
http://mintascreations.blogspot.com/
My goal is to save money this year. Which means I'm going to be cutting back on what I spend on crafting supplies so I'm going to be needing to use what supplies I have, like scraps and just old things that I had to have but, just haven't used.
ReplyDeleteSo, I'm going to make it a resolution to make at least 1 project (something, anything) using some of my scraps and what nots. Then I will post it on my blog. So, I will kill two birds with 1 stone.
My scraps get used, so I save money and my blog will keep being updated at least once a week.
Happy New Year
oh my goodness here it goes: get back to exercising 3x a week, scrap 1 LO a week, keep up with my 3 favorite challenges a week, and stay caught up with my home! is that really too much to ask for!
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I have two goals for 2011... These aren't resolutions as I don't believe in them, just goals. The first one is to complete my Israel trip scrapbook by the end of my spring break (Easter).
ReplyDeleteMy second resolution is to begin losing the weight I regained. I lost 50 pounds 2 years ago, and have since gained it back. By the end of my spring break as well, I would like to be down 20 pounds. I will do this by getting back to my gym at least 3 times a week as well as doing Zumba at home at least twice a week. I'm also going to head back to Weight Watchers since that's how I lost it last time.
JillPlotkin@gmail.com
http://jillysjewels-jillyplot.blogspot.com/
I have a few goals this year. I had none last year - I didn't want to disappoint myself. :)~
ReplyDeleteSo this year the list is long but very acheivable with the right additude and supportive friends like YOU!!
I plan to lose a total of 30+ pounds this year, 15 by Mid March.. yikes that sounds hard but I have it all planned out. :0) 1st off by getting more active on SparksPeople again, they actually have some Craft teams, so excited about that.
My second goal that I will publish is to MAKE AND POST 3 projects a week. I am challenging myself to more than that, but This WILL be my minimum. As I know some weeks will be more hectic than others.
Most of all, I want to LEARN MORE this year!! So I will be spending more time working on developing myself both intellectually and creatively.
I feel like I have learned so much this past year but I have so much more learning to do! Do we ever really stop learning? Anyhow, I think I have taken enough space here.. :)
Big Hugs to you Sheila for the wonderful opportunity to help us all be more SUCCESSFUL!!!
Happy New Year!!
Awesome give-a-way! My goal is to finish my son's quilt I started 2 years ago. I finished the top and I have all the materials to finish it. It needs to be done by June 1st because that is when he is due home from Afghanistan. I will do it!
ReplyDeleteWow, thsi year has been great! I am seriously trying to stay on budget this next year, I have gone a little craft crazy in 2010! Thanks for the chance to win some great candy! Happy New Year to you too!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your loss to this day. I plan to lose 25 lbs by March 18th. I have a long way to go. I hope by then i will be good. I have 50 lbs to lose. I so want to do this. I hurt my ankle and it is still very bad, but i got the ok to start walking on the treadmill again. Good luck to you. I know you can do it.
ReplyDeleteMatilda425 at gmail dot com
Thank you Sheila for all the insiration you have provided to us all during 2010. I look forward to yours and the great design teams 2011 crafts. My goal for 2011 is to start back with my walking at least 4 days per week and I intend to have this in place beginning the first week of January 2011.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a fabulous 2011 and many more years to come.
Happy New Year,
Becky Roper
I have many resolutions I want to make this year. I don't have dates really...but I guess I should set up some sort of calendar to see how I am progressing. Here are my resolutions:
ReplyDelete1.Be a better Mom. Take the time to read the kids a book each night and do at least one special a month (movie, game night, bowling, etc.)
2.Lose 20 pounds this year.
3.Keep up on my blog and Etsy shop.
4.Get some crafty sales.
Good luck everyone at resolving your resolutions!
I actually have 2 goals for this year...plan on losing at least 30 pounds by June !!! The other goal is to get our loan paid down...yes not paid off..but paid down...it is too big to pay it all off that would be unrealistic...Thanks for the opportunity to win this fabulous prize.
ReplyDeletei just want to wish a very happy new year!
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to clear the kitchen table of clutter by the end of each week (Friday). This is a source of frustration with me and an embarrassment! I'd like not to be embarrassed if people drop by! Thanks for all you do - Janette S.
ReplyDeleteI will reach my goal weight by the end of May 2011.
ReplyDeleteMy #1 goal for the new year is to get my scrapping area cleaned and re-organized by the end of January! I know that my creative juices will flow more freely once all the clutter is gone!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the chance to win and Happy New Year!!
Melissa
www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com
Well, I made a resolution to never make another resolution years ago. With that being said, I still make goals. Goals are something you strive for, but don't guilt if you don't make them.
ReplyDeleteA couple of my goals for 2011 are: 1) Succeed at my crafting. My mother and I are going together to make some things. I really want to do well and make a name for ourselves around here. 2)Be able to find another teaching position for next school year. I am a teacher without a job this year. I was the only teacher not re-hired last year. I need to find a position around home. We do not want to move again. We LOVE being this close to our 4 nieces. 3)Become a foster parent. We want to foster to adopt.
VinDeeLewis
vndlewis at rocketmail dot com
My goal is to finish my daughters scrapbook for her 2006 trip to disney and then start on the next one by at least June. Thank you for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletebrz352@yahoo.com
Shiela, I so want to bless you with all the wishes you gave us. I want to lose 50 lbs. this year. I have never voiced New Year resolution so specifically before
ReplyDeleteand get my house really deep cleaned. We are empty nesters so I have no excuse. pattiew@bresnan.net
My goal for the new year, well actually it is a demand from my family!. To ask for help instead of doing it myself, to not be so "bullheaded".
ReplyDeleteI am disabled and I have a problem asking for help or having someone else do "things" for me. (my mother raised me to never depend on others, to do it myself)
So I guess I will give it a try this new year.
Cherylann (prinkles)
prinkles@woh.rr.com
resolutions are
ReplyDelete1. quit killing myself and pckets by stopping smoking. date to have accomplished march 31rst.
2. loose the 10 pounds gained from holidays. Also to start working out daliy again, used to then got lasy last past few months. In gerenal for me and my daughter to start more healthy habbits agian. accomplished by feb 28th.
hope you have a GREAT YEAR!!!
stratus2134 at aol dot com
My goal is to clean up & organize my scrapbook room by April 1. Then I might do more scrapbooking. I would also like to reach most of the goals that everyone has already posted. (lose weight)
ReplyDeleteShanna
stanner58 at yahoo dot com
Happy New Year!!!!!! My goals for 2011 is to get closer to God, to scrap an entire baby album for my first grandbaby before he/she is born and to loose weight!
ReplyDeleteI really want to start using more of my scrapbook stuff that I've accumulated. Use those cartridges that I haven't used yet. Enter some of the challenges too.
ReplyDeleteI also need to get more physically active. Both my DH and I have lost weight, but I haven't been that active. He has on the other hand.
so those our my 2 big ones for the year.
Happy New Year to all and thanks for the blog candy, Sheila.
I've really enjoyed your blog and videos!
Happy New Year Sheila and congrats on your weight loss!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that making goals public will help, so I am posting them everywhere!!
1. Use every cartridge I own at least once this year.
2. Buy what I will use and use what I already have.
3. Keep deisgning for other blogs ~ this pushes me out of my comfort zone.
4. I am starting Medifast on January 8th. I would like to lose 50 pounds by May 11th (my b-day).
I wish everyone well as we work on these goals!!!
www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com
I don't make a lot of resolutions because the more you make the less likely you are to keep them. But my main ones this year are to spend more time in daily devotions and strengthen my faith. My scrappy goal is to make at least 2 - 2 page layouts a week and also to make ALL of my own cards this year. I almost completed that last year but I did buy a few cards. So 2011 is ALL handmade cards. Hope you all have a Happy Happy New Year papermemories4u at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to scrap the first year of my son's life by the end of June and to be caught all the way up by his birthday in November.
ReplyDeleteHCordell at tampabay dot rr dot com
Awesome giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win. One goal is to have my craft room organized by Jan 31. I need to do this so I can do other crafts like doing layouts and cards. I hope to learn my new Expression, Gypsy and MTC software by then also. I just have to say...I think I can... I think I can...No wait...Maybe say I know I can... I know I can :-)
ReplyDeleteannadowdy at gmail dot com
Happy New Year Shelia!
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to scrap last years holiday/occasion before this years holiday/occasion comes around. I just finished my daughters 1st Valentine's Day LO (and it's not even Feb. yet!) I would also love the chance to complete 1 LO a week, but working full-time and a 1 year old..we will see :)
Happy New year!
ReplyDeleteMy main goal for this year to lose weight! I'm embarressed to even see what I weigh now! Since I retired I've just been slowing growing and I wasn't small to begin with! My bd is march 19...and I want to lose at least one pant size by then! And if I lose 2 pant sizes by then I'm gonna splurge and buy myself 2 new jetmax cubes!
Happy New Year Love! Thanks for all you do. You are the best, Sheila. Thank you for the chance to win such an awesome cart!
ReplyDeleteMy goal this year is to be sure to send Birthday cards to my immediate family-including kids, siblings and their kids and grankids. Completion date? 12/31/2011. I am really going to work on this because I think it's so important to be sure to tell those close to us that they are thought of and loved.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity to win this cartridge.
tx.deb@tx dot rr dot com
Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteMy goal for this year is to be active in my blogging. Minimum of one post a week. I've been very lazy in taking a pic and posting my projects. I also want to add more tutorials with one of them being video.
Glad to see 2010 behind me. My goal for 2011 is take it one day at a time and enjoy the day and the moment. Happy New Year Sheila!
ReplyDeleteI would love to resolve to lose 20 lbs by May 1. we plan on going to Italy and I want to be more comfortable when we go.
ReplyDeletep.s. thanks for visiting my blog and commenting a while ago.
Maureen
moknowsallcrafts.blogspot.com
My goals are to go through all my mom's photos, scan them and make CD's for my 4 brothers/sister.
ReplyDeleteLoose 20 lbs., eat healthier, scrapbook lots more and make a purse a month!
So little time, so many things to do! Maybe I should retire!
Oh my, I have to announce my goal! Ok here goes. So far I have lost 25 lbs in 4 months and I want to loose another 10 so my goal is to loos the weight and keep it off for the whole year. This may sound little but it's a big deal for me. Also I need to scrap more and make time for myself! Things I never put in the front of my list. Thank you for the chance to put the goal in writing, it somehow makes it real. Also great blog and thanks for the fun giveaway.
ReplyDeletesupermom3x(at)qwest(dot)net
Well, I missed the time limit but I wanted to improve my chances of attaining my goal.
ReplyDelete1. Eat more healty and walk more. Should result in a loss of 20 pounds this year as well as improved LDL and HDL numbers.
2. Scrapbook more
3. teach grandaughter to sew.
Thanks,
syoung6987 at aol dot com
Dear Shiela,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for allowing this great forum. I know I am a bit late in writing this down, but my goals are to:
Get more exercise and I have enrolled in classes, so made a commitment to this.
Eat healthier food - just finished the revamp of the pantry and freezer and got a box of goodies to take to the charity shop.
De-clutter - I have already started on my wardrobe and 5 rubbish bags later feel much better.
I need to tackle my craft room next and work on reducing the number of half finished projects and items on the bench and reorganising my storage.
I also have a goal to use all my craft acquistions in 2011.
On an academic goal frame, I aim to get at least 6 A's this year (up from 5 last year).
And mostly, to keep a gratitude journal as I have so much to be grateful for and am so fortunate, but life intrudes now and then and when hurdles come, make everything seem so much worse, and I am hoping that by acknowledging the things I can be grateful for might help with these hurdles and reduce the stress and heartache that they cause.
Wishing everyone a blessed and wonderful and successful 2011 and thank you again for this great idea.
With lots of love
Jen