1. Showed Cody that I am with him no matter where we go or what we do or how trying it might be. (He wanted to go to photo school and we moved and got ready to go, then decided not to go.)
2. Helped Swanson’s get Fast Track 150/50 bonus, 2 out of the 3 first months.
3. Did meal planning and daily prep for Oct & Nov, both Cody and I on Trim Body System.
4. Worked with Cody to budget our Christmas shopping, placing certain amounts for charity, family & friends, and us. Specifically excited about sticking to it fairly closely, and making a point to give to people we don’t even know.
5. Through a year of changes, maintaining client relationships so our business stays profitable throughout the year and earning new client volume and new friends through the process (Artistry event, holiday event).
6. My mom joining us at the Friday night FED celebration.
7. Made general health improvements: more consistent with exercise throughout the year, fairly good on doing PT exercises, eating well more consistently, finding chiro who works well with me, making the decision to follow through with the efforts of new PT Timi Wilbur, and coordinating with dr.’s and body to create a set of supplements that support my health efforts (vit. D, Fe, digestive enzymes, etc.).
8. Learned a lot about myself, specifically when it comes to accepting areas where I fall short and being willing to work at improving them.
9. Made some improvement in mental/emotional area of my life when it comes to being more consistent, in general. Shorter break downs, less often, less intense, more time in between.
10. Getting Cody’s 30th birthday party together and making it meaningful and memorable for him.

Posted: January 11th, 2011 under Uncategorized.
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Recently, we watched the movie “Meet the Robinson’s” which illustrates an apt theme for this time of year: “Keep Moving Forward.”

– Spiritual Goals:
1) Attend church service at least once a month.
2) Make reading The Message/Bible more consistent on daily basis.
3) Make time to study once a week, one of the readings or lessons or scriptures used in church.
4) Add daily prayer for Cody – learn how to pray for him.

– Financial Goals:
1) Improve budget to fit more accurately our desired spending.
2) Commit more fully to our budget (no fudging).
3) Increase business income to match what I make at UAS by March 31, double it by June 30.

– Educational Goals (Learning):
1) Listen to standing order every week.
2) Read 30 books off the World Wide book-list by the end of 2011.
3) Become a more clear communicator in all situations.

– Recreational Goals (Health):
1) Seek my dream and connect with it – do some dreambuilding activity (including Cody when possible) every day, even if it is just for 5 min.
2) Work up to normal fitness program, building on PT exercises and staying consistent with activity. Create a fitness goal program for the year, with input from Timi, Dr. M, and Fran. (Desired fitness activities: climbing, running, hiking, dancing)
3) Experiment with different activities for mental relaxation, at least once a week, to find out what works best: draw, meditate, go for a walk, deep breathing, thai chi, aromatherapy, sculpture, etc.

Posted: January 3rd, 2011 under Uncategorized.
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General:
Argentine Tango dance class
March was the thought of Photo school
April was the application and move
May-Aug was living with the Anderson’s
June the 1st year of marriage and our anniversary journal started
April was the month of 10 plans, June registered Swanson’s
Achievements in client volume…mostly management, but few new clients, increase few current client volume (Dec.)
Family meetings throughout the year
Health improvements with Patrick Ripp, PT and Dr. Messer. office
Year of vit. D and iron
July (Fam. Reunion) was the decision not to go to photo school
Aug first place of “ours” as a family
Oct.-Dec. singing
Oct/Nov trim body system, fell off in Dec.

Lessons:
– Mental/emotional roller-coaster with health. Learning to be grateful for what I have and what I can do in the current moment.
– Mental/emotional stress, in general, regarding structure/schedule changes. I’ve learned I tend to react physically/mentally/emotionally when it comes to the structure of my life changing, especially when it’s outside sources that are the action of change.
– Guilt has been too much a part of my emotional life, and I want to change that. Guilt document from Bill has been a tremendous eye-opener. I had already identified guilt as my main challenge for not moving forward in our business, but I lacked the definition and the understanding that this document illustrates very well.
– I think I’ve learned that I tend towards med-hi stress as an individual, an internal stress more than outward. Also something I want to change: decrease the stress  (aka. increase my ability to identify and proactively handle stress in a healthy way)
– Increased and better communication with Cody. Working to understand and deliver love and respect the way he needs to hear/see/feel it. Lots to go still on this.
– More than ever realizing how much God whittles me down through my relationships with people, especially my husband.
– Learned about my personality a bit, and learning to accept who I am so I can move forward to who I can become – need more work on this. I am “melancholy” in the Personality Tree book, and I am still attempting to understand what personality Cody is. He does not like people to know him, and I believe he is afraid of knowing himself, afraid of finding out he is an impostor.
– I have become lazy when it comes to leading myself, to disciplining myself. Now, I react more than I am proactive, specifically when it comes to pushing myself through the emotional boundary of “I don’t want to.” I wonder if this is why my belief level in my ability to change myself and my situation has suffered this year. Dreambuilding is down, willingness to sit is increased. Am I willing to change this about myself this year? Am I willing to step out in faith toward a dream? I am unwilling to pick up the old dreams I used to have. I feel I have lost some of my dreams – I’ve read that now, it is time to find a new dream. What will be my dream?

Posted: January 3rd, 2011 under Uncategorized.
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