Challenges

This month will be one of changes and challenges for me; some circumstantial, some self-imposed.

The first challenge is circumstantial--I've left my home-away-from-home in Georgia, and returned to home-home in small-town, rural Louisiana, where I'll be for the next several weeks. It's definitely a different life here, with fewer stores and a different household dynamic, not to mention change in scenery!

Some additional challenges are self-imposed.



I'm participating in the Phillipians 3:14 Bloggy Carnival, hosted by Kate at "Which Proverbs 14:1 Woman?" This challenge is all about setting goals and holding ourselves accountable by posting about them and sharing our successes, and, dare I say it, failures, for all the bloggy world to see. Or at least as much of the bloggy world as cares to read about it. This was supposed to start Friday, but that was my travel day--I drove the 10 hours from home-away-from-home to home-home all my myself. More on that later. Needless to say I did not post afterwards. And while I meant to get my Phillippians 3:14 Fridays post ready the night before, I didn't actually do it. More on that later, too.

In addition to the Phillippians 3:14 challenge, starting Monday I'll be participating in the "31-day Build a Better Blog challenge", sponsored by Darren Rowse at ProBlogger. Susan at Craving the Savings is my partner for this challenge. This challenge of this challenge will be compounded by the fact that at home-home I have dial-up internet access, unless I take my lap-top to town to find a wi-fi spot, or borrow someone else's computer who has high-speed internet to do my posting. We aren't home enough to justify the expense of maintaining satellite internet, which is the only high-speed internet we country gals have access to, at least in my neck of the woods.

So, here are my goals, in no particular order:

For my Blog:

• Participate in, and complete, the 31-Day Build A Better Blog challenge.


• Take this opportunity to refocus on my original goals for A Virtuous Woman.


• Find, create, build, or buy, a logo design for A Virtuous Woman.


• Find, create, build, or buy, a logo design for Secrets of a Southern Kitchen.


• Find, create, build, or buy, a logo design for the weekly Mission Possible post.

Physical:

• Lose 10 pounds


• Monitor my blood pressure and sugar at least 4 days a week


• Do something about my hair. Cut, color, style, something needs to give.

Spiritual:

• Read and study the Hallel--Psalms 113-118


• Start a new prayer journal


• Fast at least 3 days

Household

• Establish a morning routine


• Clean and organize the front bedroom/junk room


• Fix my broken filing system--sort through and file/shred as needed


• Replace kitchen curtains


• Establish daily and weekly routines

Mental (?)

• Read one new book

I think I'm all over the map with my goal-setting--I've read that in order to be successful at meeting goals, you have to be specific--"exercise 3 times this week" instead of "exercise more this week", and I can see that I've failed miserably at being specific in I didn't exactly do that for some of these. But, since this is an ongoing project, and I'll see what I can do to fix that by next Friday.

Until next time...