2013 Goals - 4th Quarter Update

Y'all ready for this?  It's going to be pretty pathetic.  But I believe that whether goals are met or not, review is necessary and healthy for growth, so here I go.  

1. Read the 5 books listed:

a. Approaching Zion - nope
 b. Jesus the Christ - nope
c. 3 classic novels - I started The Scarlet Letter one night when I had bad morning sickness and couldn't sleep because of it.  The End.
2. Write a monthly poem.  Zilch. Nada. Zip. 
3. Potty train Emerson. Emerson was potty trained a few weeks ago and he is doing really well.  This is the one that I actually finished this year.  Go team.
4. Index 1000 names.  So far, I've only indexed 153 records, so 847 to go.  Target rate: 57/day.
5. Start violin lessons.  I have switched this one to organ lessons and plan on starting them after the new year.  I asked about starting a few months ago, but my teacher needed a few more months so we'll be starting shortly. And I'm so excited because she is amazing.
6. Memorize "The Living Christ."  This goal is one that I'll do a different year.  
7. Begin a new language: ASL.  This goal will be done later as well.
8. Bake bread weekly.  I made bread about monthly and will always love making (and, let's be honest, eating) bread.
9. Memorize 20 scriptures.  I got three scriptures memorized this year which is a far cry from 20.

All in all, not a good year for my goals.  I got caught up in my physically-challenging-for-me pregnancy, not having my own space to complete some of my goals, and then having a baby and being a mom of two.  I wish I could say that I feel bad I didn't complete my list, but I completed so many other good things.  Will and I accepted a great job.  We moved into a fantastic home and started making it our own.  I gave birth to a beautiful little girl and continued to mother Emerson.  These things were (and still are) big and take a lot of time.  They required me to stretch and grow and learn.  My goals this year weren't completed, but what I hoped to gain from them was gained, just in different ways than I expected.  I plan on making a few goals for next year, some of which will be from this year's list. I feel that I am a better person at the end of this year than I was at the beginning.  So I'll try again next year to complete some personal goals, but I'm not counting this year as a failure.  2013 was fabulous.  I can't wait for 2014.