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I guess I sometimes forget that in all this mess with the new aparment, I should actually set small milestones for myself on all goals and reward my progress, even if it’s only in small steps! After all, you never know what motivational role that simple reward could play towards reaching bigger, better goals! So, I have been looking at my goals for 2010, or - rather - what’s left of the year, breaking them up into bite size steps (with dates) and setting rewards for said steps.

So let’s see what we can achieve in the next 7 months!

This time with a look at my image in the mirror and a struggle to fasten my corduroy pants! Same eating plan, but more motivation and NO maternal sabotage! I hope. O ya, and this round I might even do some exercise!

Let’s revisit the reasons why yours charmingly (that’s ME, by the way!) wants to gain slim:

• I shall have less pain in my pelvic and knee joints and won’t twist my ankles that often.
• I’ll fit into sexy, fashionable clothes - even be able to wear a dress without looking pregnant!
• My skin will improve - less pimples, less hair.
• I won’t be out of breath so often
• I’ll be attractive to members of the opposite gender
• I’ll be confident in front of a camera and on stage!
• I shall have normal, stable blood sugar levels.
• I shall be a good ambassador for a company that focuses on health and wellness.
• I will get in and out of cars and chairs much easier.
• I shall have acquired healthy, balanced eating habits.

Once again, I’ll go the HealthPointe route. Religiously. Steps and all. And with a good record-keeping system and decent rewards!

Watch this space!

I have 3 big goal setting dates in a year.  The first and obvious one is towards the end of December, setting goals for the new calendar year.  Just about everyone I know does that, and those goals as a rule barely last through January!  The second big goal setting date is towards the end of August, setting goals for the business’ fiscal year.  Those are more solid and last longer.  However, the goals that are cast in concrete are the goals I set every November, on my birthday.  They get catalogued, blogged, affirmed and done!  So a lot has to be said for written, public goals that are affirmed regularly!  I also only set 5 goals a year.  That way I keep them attainable.

My goals for the 33rd year of Tessa van Niekerk are:

• Gain back my slim! Weigh 60 Kg by the end of June 2009! Get the weight down, keep it down and look like a million €uros! This is a project worth blogging and I shall start doing that shortly.
• Clear away the last of my debt! Be completely debt free by the end of this personal year.
• Resign my library job in favour of a position more closely related to what I’m qualified for!
  • Teaching English in Taiwan
  • Doing public relations work for big corporations on a freelance basis
• Be able to put down a deposit on a plot @ Port Nolloth
• Fix up the Beetlebug for my regionwide tour in 2010!