A New Year with GREAT Aspirations

So here it is again, we finally took down the tree and all the other holiday decorations. For some reason it takes us a little while to get things down, one I don't particularly like getting out inthe cold to take down the outside stuff, so I wait for a good day. And second is that really I just don't like having to clean up all the mess. Well it is now done so good bye for another 10 months.

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." - Anatole France -

Have you ever noticed that each year most people make resolutions for the new year on things they want to change about themselves. Yet when it comes down to it most people give up after just a few weeks or even days of trying. It seems that for most of us it is just easier to give up rather than put in the effort to improve ourselves.





This year Danielle and I did something different. We made affirmation lists for us and each of the older kids to hang on their walls, that way as we each get up and go to bed every day we can look over these lists and remind ourselves of who we are and what we think about ourselves, the goal is to help us improve oursleves over the year. Danielle and I also have a goal to read 24 books over the course of the year between the two of us that will improve each of us, so the "Twilight" type of books don't count. Though they are good what really do they do for our benefit. We have made a commitment to spend more time on ourselves than we have in the past, so turn off the TV and start doing things that will help us improve as people, parents and a family. Stop wasting our time here on earth with things that are meaningless to our progression.





One of our two big goals is to move into this gorgeous big home in Draper. It is about 5300 sq ft on almost a half acre lot down a private lane with only about 5 other homes on it. It will be a lovely home for us to continue to raise our family. It already has all the room we need plus the basement is still unfinished, so now I can get my office and man room. hehe

The second of our big goals is to grow our business to where we have a personal income of over 200k this year. This is probably going to be easier to accomplish than the home since we will want to sell our home first and that may take a while the way the housing market is. But hey maybe we will keep it and just rent it out. who knows but we want this home.

We have on our list about a dozen other things to accomplish this year personaly, together as a couple and as a family, nice vacations, better realtionships with each other and our kids and so on. This is just the beginning of what is going to be a wonderful year for us. Good luck to you all in your own efforts on your resolutions this year.

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - John F. Kennedy -