If you read this post you will have seen that I decided to delay the start of my new year until February 1st and declared January a month of planning and reflection, inspired by Michael Nobbs.
I found the month to be really useful. I instantly felt a weight lift off my shoulders, (isn’t the pressure we put on ourselves destructive sometimes?!) and I was ready to get on with the planning part which had felt so rushed before.
So I put together this list -
I have already made progress on some things! Whoop whoop!
1. I have started a calendar and February is all planned out :)
2. This is a big challenge for me. With working from home I find it far to easy to get sidetracked with housework, laundry or any one of the million other things that need to be done. I have experimented with a few techniques so far and will share them in another blog post. This one is very much a work in progress! Any tips would be gratefully recieved!
3. You wouldn’t think it would be too difficult to write an ‘about me’ page, obviously I am pretty familiar with me, but it is! I have written a new one for my blog already (what do you think?) there are just a couple more places that need a refresh.
4. I have been learning a bit more about my camera, read this great book and have experimented with this one a little. Lots more work to do still!
5. I am always surprised at the ideas I find in old sketchbooks so this is a habit I would like to continue. I have been playing with digital sketchbooks recently too and I’ll tell you about that in another post :)
6. Sometimes I get to the end of the year and think “what on earth did I actually do?”, not this year!
7. I love to read but I rarely make the time for it, prioritising knitting of sewing or what not but I have gathered a few books that I really want to read and this year I will make time for it.
8. This is a flexible goal as since I set this I have thought 12 pairs would probably be better and then I thought actually it’s 2013, why don’t I knit 13 pairs and make one pair out of my handspun yarn! As you can see it’s snowballing! I shall leave it at 6 for now and see how it goes (although I have already knitted 2 pairs and I am knitting pair 3 and 4 at the moment)!
9. Making a living from my handmade business is a big goal so I will build on the things I have done previously and make littlebobbins grow from strength to strength this year.
10. Otherwise what is the point!
1. I have started a calendar and February is all planned out :)
I’d love to hear what goals you have made for this year and how they are going so far!
Dani x
Well done, Dani!
ReplyDeleteHaving read your post I have decided a blog calendar is a good idea as I am currently pretty haphazard with my posts. My other big blog plan is to update the look of the blog.
The other BIG thing I want to do is to design a website for the Guild which, as you said yesterday, is currently percolating!
Bimbi x
Thanks Bimbi!
DeleteSometimes things need a while to percolate don't they :)
What a great start to the year Dani, its a great idea to put a plan together like that with realistic steps. My big goal for 2013 is to finally start making things to sell. I am finding loads of usefull information in Kari Chapins books (The Handmade Marketplace and Growing your Handmade business) and I also got the same photography book you have for christmas along with a new camera. I havnt dug into the photography book yet but the small bit I've read is great I think its going to really help me as I am clueless with photography. I think your about page is looking great by the way. Enjoy the weekend, Hilary
ReplyDeleteThanks Hilary :) I'd love to hear what you think of Growing your Handmade Business, that has been in my wish list for a while! Good luck with your big goal, that's a very exciting one!!
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