Did anyone make any New Year's Resolutions Crafty or otherwise?

I resolve to cut back on my crafty spending.

I also resolve to get caught up on my scrapbooking for my GD pages.

At least she is young yet that I'm only 2 yrs. behind. LOL

I normally don't make resolutions but wanted to give this a try for 2013.

Happy New Year Everyone!! Good luck with your resolutions!

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To utilize the cartridges that I bought and have never used. I own several cartridges that have never been used. I plan to use them in new projects and challenges.

Lisa B.

I don't keep them so I don't make them.

I really would like to get more scrapbooking done this year, though. However, that might be difficult. I have a DD getting married in March and another gettting married in July. I think I will be taking more pictures then scrapping them.

I try not to make resolutions, but try to set goals, but I guess they are sort of the same thing - lol.

First I am going to get back to putting me first. I was doing pretty good for a while with changing my lifestyle and loosing weight. I did allow myself to indulge in the holidays. So now it's time to get back to it.

Next I need to go through my crafting supplies as well as my household and personal items and purge. I need to give away or donate items that are older, never used or perhaps tried and didn't care for. I would like to know that everything has a place so I can spend less time looking for things. For this to happen I need to make space.

I would also like to give back more. I adopt a soldier to write to and send packages to. When one comes home I adopt another one. I love doing swaps, learning new things and chatting with others and will still do some. But I think I want to get back into making cards for soldiers too.

I see these are reasonable goals. Maybe that's the key, to set goals that I know I can accomplish - lol.

I don't make resolutions because I feel awful when I fail.
I did decide to do One Little Word tho. My word is acceptance. I need to accept things better. Like in the Serenity Prayer.
I do want to start posting my projects more and work on my blog. But those two aren't have to's. lol!

I was looking into doing One Litte Word project and the happiness project. I'm still learning more about these to see if it is something I have time to do.

What I do at the beginning of the year is just make a list of goals for the year for myself.
If I accomplish them thats great. But, if I don't and would still like to achieve that goal then I continue it on to the next coming year. So this is a no fail system.
Resolution is a strong word. But with my twist in making a list of goals the term isn't so heavy for me. If I get off track during the year I have my list to fall back on. It reminds me of the things I would like to accomplish. Some things on the list are more easily accomplished then others. It is more of a guide to focus on things I would like to see happen in the New Year.

Here is an example of the goals I want to set for this year.


-Use My Stash
-Cut back on my Crafty spending
-Think positive thoughts
-take crafting classes
-Get caught up on my GD scrapbooks
-Keep a healthy life style physically and emotionally.
-eat more fruits and veggies
-drink less coffee
-drink more water
-go for 10 min. walks. Longer if weather permits.
-Keep my Scrap room clean so it is more enjoyable to create in
-Finish my Dec. Daily book.
-Finish my Wedding album
-Start on a Military album



This is a good start. I will add more as I think of things.