Skiesgreen Goals for 2011

The first thing I want to do is concentrate on getting my manuscript published that deals with my research. For a long time it has been on my mind and now it must be accomplished.

There are many manuscripts around my study waiting for attention but I procrastinate. building lenses and making friends on Squidoo has taken precedent. But the lenses will help me as well as they deal with a lot of what is to be in the published book.

My house has a lot of clutter gathered over the years and poked into odd places and now it has to go. The piano no one plays is just one of the main items The bar that sits out on the patio that no one uses is a pain as it takes up so much room, There are old recliner chairs that also have to go. Then there are the cupboards full of clothes I once wore and which never fit me again. They have to go.

But my books! No, I don't care how much they clutter up the study they are my friends and they can stay.

Squidoo is my great passion lately and I have almost given up my life for it, but it is telling on me. My eyes are straining under the effect of being on the computer so much and my family hardly sees me now. So goal number 3 is to spend more time with my family, especially my grand children. They are growing up fast and I know how much I mean to them so I will have to just be there for them more than I have in the last couple of years.

My problem is how can I give up the computer when I want to edit manuscripts and publish books. That's something I have yet to work out.

This is a hard one as I want to write more lenses. Last year I received 3 LOTD's and 16 purple stars and this year I want more. I have 4 purple stars so far this year, thanks to everyone who has paid one forward in my direction. I wish I had a hundred pay forwards to give out as so meny squids are doing great lenses that they all deserve purple stars.

So my goal here this year wil be to help as many squids as I can build great lenses and achieve high awards for them. To help with that I have written this lens and there are a couple more on the way. That's what I need too - more time to build lenses. But I also want to start a couple of groups and have taken steps towards that goal as well.

Perhaps I can get another 16 purple stars or maybe 18, who knows but maybe I can help someone else achieve that many - here's hoping. Perhaps too I will get another 3 LOTD's and help at least 3 others to do the same. Its hard to expect more than that as there are so few to go around so I would consider myself blessed if this goal is reached.

Because I am largely confined to my study most of the time this is an area I have neglected. The social side of me has gone right out the window, especially now that I have so many friends on Squidoo and in other forums.

Age has wearied theee old bones of mine and I don't get enough exercise. So that's my real goal here. Exercise, loose weight and become more fit. One thing I know for a fact we are not able to do the things we used to do as time catches up with us. Especially when one site on one's posterior most of the day doing lenses.

My problem is not being interested in the things most people my age would be looking forward to. But because my life has been so full and has seen me accomplish so much it is comfortable for me to sit back and do what I enjoy the most - writing. Writers are known to be anti-social because they cannot afford to have their minds interfered with - LOL

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