There will be some winter noises in this recording. Some wind, some street plows. It’s just part of living where we do. And after all, recording a podcast is more important to us than waiting for a perfect moment. Destination…
New GAL, new goals
Now that it’s time to breathe and refocus for the next term of the GoalAlong, I’ve been thinking that I need to pare down the number of areas I chose as a focus. I did 5 last time, which…
goals and failing
Completely perfect in timing, Tara Swiger’s latest podcast is all about “Why your goal failed” and she even put together a worksheet to help us make better goals. I’m really happy with my goals – the reasons I haven’t fully…

March GoalAlong Check In
The last time I posted one of these my mom was worried that I was using the word ‘failed’ too often. I can see what she meant, especially as we both need to be careful about how judgementally we construct…

GoalAlong: February Check-In
In a lot of ways, I failed in February. At least, I failed to reach the final point where I could put a Triumphant Check Mark. But every week or every day I was moving forward on all of these…

GoalAlong – January Check In
How are you doing with bringing balance to your lives? If we are going to get far along in this GoalAlong, we need to be sure we’re on track as we move through the months. How does it feel? Did…
More Goals
We’re a little more than 3 weeks into 2016. I’m still suffering from a sense of time whiplash and feel like it ought to be October of 2015, but I think that just may be the way of things for…

a plan, not a resolution
The other day I jotted down “It’s not a resolution, it’s a plan”. I keep coming back to that phrase. I get a little annoyed at this time of year with all the ‘I don’t make resolutions because resolutions don’t…
goals and a delightful life
I love goals. I enjoy the implied sense of dreaming a better future every goal entails. I enjoy the feeling that I am on a journey and the destination keeps getting better. But goals can sabotage us, especially when we…