2022

2021 Goal Review  

• Apply for a photography business license. Check! 
• Start a photography social media account and post twice a month Check! 
• Photograph 12 families Check! 
• Decrease my FTE to 0.6. Consider other career opportunities. Check! Working less has been helpful in reducing my moral distress. I also changed up my schedule and love having Friday's off. 
• Exercise at least 3 days a week Check! For the most part. 
• Start running again. Didn't get to this one and I think I'm going to eliminate it from the list. I walk a lot and have decided that's good enough. 
• Read 12 books Check! I read 15! I discovered Kristen Hannah and devoured her work. Here's the list-- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Burnout, The Nightingale, The Guest List, American Dirt, Such a Fun Age, Four Winds, The Vanishing Half, The Silent Patient, Night Road, Somebody's Daughter, The Great Alone, The Last Thing He Told Me, The Self Driven Child, The Light We Lost, and Winter Garden. 
• Continue searching for a church home-- somewhere with diversity. Check! We've committed to HCC. I still wish it was more diverse. 
• Open college savings accounts for Wes and Hazel This is #1 on my list for 2022. 
• Become a certified life coach Nope! Still a dream but realistically not in the 2 year plan. 
• Commit to learning and reading about race, equity and white privilege. Check! This is a life long process but I've learned a lot this year. 
• Take a writing workshop. I didn't get to this one but will keep it on the list for 2022.
• Ski once with the kids and once without them. Check! Ty's dream of us being a ski family has almost come true.
• Something I'm proud of accomplishing that wasn't on the list-- Book Club! My friend, Deb, and I started a bookclub as a way to build community in our neighborhood and it's been lovely. I've made new friends and look forward to the monthly meeting. 

2022 Goals 

As I embark upon 2022, there is nothing that I want to accomplish burning inside of me. I feel proud of my photography growth in the past two years and want to continue that trajectory. Taking photos brings me joy and creates connections that I adore. Pursuing writing and life coach training are both things that I'd still love to grow toward, but for now, photography is the main focus. I remember a mentor telling me, "you can have it all; you just can't have it all right now." The older I get, the more true that feels. Here are a few things I'd like to prioritize.  

• Learn to drive a boat 
• Read 14 books, listen to an audiobook
• Photography 12 families, offer mothers day mini sessions, fall mini session and summer mountain photos
• Complete AJ business course 
• Compile photography email list 
• Plan social media posts on monthly basis (post twice as month) 
• Take a writing workshop 
• Meet with a financial planner
• Find ways to volunteer with the kids 
• Open college accounts for Wes and Hazel