My Personal Goals: Living Life to the Fullest

"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time
than people without them could ever imagine." -Brian Tracy

Here are my goals for 2011.

1. To read more books on spirituality.
I love reading, especially books on spiritual topics. But other things often get in the way. For 2011, I'd like to spend more time reading. Below I've listed the first three books on my list.

a. The Divine Matrix, by Gregg Braden
b. The Big Leap, by Gay Hendricks
c. Anastasia, by Vladimir Megre

2. To do my spiritual contemplations regularly.
Contemplation is similar to meditation, although it's a more active process. I think it's important to find a set time each day to contemplate for about 20 minutes rather than just trying to fit it in whenever I have time.

3.To make a quote wall of sayings and ideas that mean something important or special to me.
I've already collected lots of excellent quotes I love, but it's easy to forget their important spiritual messages when challenges occur in life. Having a few easily visible before me, right here on the wall beside my computer, may help me remember them more when the need arises. I will most likely only include a few of my absolute top favorites - quotes that I think will really help me - on my wall. Having too many present may take away some from the wall's usefulness.

4. To organize and declutter my house.
Perhaps you are wondering why organizing and decluttering my house is in this category? It's because what goes on out here in the outer - in the physical world - affects our inner worlds as well. Have you ever noticed how stress can lead to illness? That's one example of how our inner worlds can affect our physical body. The connection between our inner worlds and the physical body works in both directions. When we are sick, that can affect our emotions too.

Decluttering my house is a big goal. It's going to take a lot of time. The best way to go about it, I feel, is one small section at a time. So, for my first goal, I will declutter my computer desk. When that's done, I'll move on to another part of the house.

1st location: Declutter my computer desk.

2. Express myself via my art more often.
I have many responsibilities. There always seems to be something going on. So I often forget to take any time just for me to do something which I truly enjoy and find relaxing. During 2011, I'd like to spend more time expressing my creative side via art. I'm not much of an artist, but I enjoy it anyway! With some money I got for Christmas, I purchased a watercolor kit, a drawing people kit, and an illustrating nature book. I've only had them a couple of days now, and am so looking forward to using them!