Do you make New Year's Resolutions and are there any goals you can/care to share?

  • Issa

    I don't make NYRs, and I try really hard not make "goals". Basically, I think I can tell what I want to be doing by looking at what I'm doing, and it's generally unproductive to try to make up "goals". There's a real disconnect between the things people call goals and the things that they realize they want to do and then do. So, things frequently occur to me that I want to do, and then I go about doing them. I don't really think of them as goals, though. It doesn't really matter if I follow through or if I decide I no longer want to do that thing.

    All that said... I can probably think of some things that fit into what you're actually asking about. I plan to increase the number of pigs I raise this year, which involves some more work on their new housing and the rotational grazing system before buying piglets in March. I'm really interested in reading right now and am making full use of my library, with an eye towards reading things I can review on LoveLiveGrow. I'm probably having a baby in the spring, so there are a variety of projects related to that I'd like to get done before then. I just bought a pressure canner, so I've got plans to can in-season food this year. I'm wanting to start my own garden space this spring, so I'm working on plans for that - this is the time to order seeds. I plan to run the Fucking Awesome theme camp again this year, so at some point, planning for that will commence. We're adding sheep to the homestead this year, and there's some planning and preparation still needed before we buy sheep. I just got involved in the Sweet Water Sustainability Institute, and various plans relating to that might pop up. Hmmm.... that's what I can think of right now.

    Oh, yeah - I thought of a goal! I have a goal to watch all episodes of Star Trek: TNG. I'm in season 6 right now, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to make it! :-)

  • Issa