Goals for 2013 reviewed

Engage with my children in consistent uplifting ways.

Hmmm. This one is tough. I did and I didn't. I think my expectations were a little too unrealistic and I tried to push things that just frustrated us all. I have to say, by the end of the year I felt like my interaction with my kids was definitely more on the uplifting side. I struggled there for awhile before Grace was in preschool. Preschool was good for all of us.

Plant and tend a garden.

Check. This was a fun one. I totally succeeded and loved it! My first real successful garden! Check out some of my posts about it here, if you want to see.

Redesign my blog.

Um, fail. Yup. Sorry about that one, Amber. I had high hopes. I still do. Someday.

Rediscover old dreams and perhaps create new ones.

Check! See post here and here for just a glimpse. I actually have a whole three ring binder dedicated to this topic now. I call it "personal development" and am currently working on the illustration and yoga tabs. Maybe if you're lucky I'll blog more about it one of these days.

Read less political drivel and feel less political animosity. Instead, focus optimistically on my sphere of influence.

Check. I still read quite a bit of news, but I'm more selective and balanced, and less emotionally involved. I've had a few ideas about how to engage in my sphere of influence and will have more detail in a goal for 2014. Stay tuned.

Make my bed more.

Strictly speaking: Check. I made this goal pretty vague. I did really well making my bed the first half of the year, but have fallen into bad habits again...

Be a good example.

I'd say check. This goal was mostly in reference to living my religion. I am relatively new in a small town with very few Mormons and a lot of evangelical Christians. I wanted to make sure I lived my religion and didn't hide so people could see that Mormons aren't weird.