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My 1001 Day Project ends on Friday, October 1, 2010 in .
I have goals. I have LOTS of goals. You have seen my list to the right, right? When I started my list almost 2 1/2 years ago, I had every intention of marking off all of those items. Not surprisingly, lots of things can happen in the span of 2 1/2 years and they have. When you take the time to write down goals, you learn a lot about yourself in the process of attempting to cross them off.

So simply, I’ve learned that goals are nice to have, but life happens and really you have to learn to roll with the punches…or hugs…or whatever. Which is why it’s high time I sat down and revised my 101 list. That’s my main goal for next week. I’ll make sure to let you know how I do.
If you’re taking part in the 52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion, you’re probably already sharing your goal on your own blog. If not, let me know what your latest goal is…and even if you are part of the 52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion group, share with me anyway. It’s nice to chat on the blog. :)
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Yes…I know…It’s been quite a while since I’ve truly made a good post on the blog. Sometimes I think I should shut down the store during the beginning of each year. I tend to get hit with so many things in the first 4 months that it’s all I can do to keep my head above water with web development work.
But I’ve made a few waves with my 101 list! I’m so excited to share that with all of you. First on the list…
Create a budget
Can you believe that? I finally finished reading Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover book. J and I sat down last weekend and worked through all the worksheets. We haven’t quite started yet, since we are near the end of our month which is bill paying time, but once they are all paid, we will start our budget with the next check.
Woot! We made a budget! Cross that one off my list!
Grow my business so my husband can stay home and work with me
This particular goal actually needed to be broken down into a few pieces. The first one was making my main business website more usable by moving it to a different platform. I’m almost there with that, which is great. Then I can start blogging on that website regarding web development topics. I also have some great ideas brewing in my head to help small businesses get started with their own web shop/blog/website like mine! Not to mention, a redesign for A Pretty Rock in the works. I’m so very excited.
And finally…
Photograph and post at least 10 ebay or craigslist items for destashing 1x month
I’m finally getting back to the destashing. After having cleaned the house for an all too short visit from the brother-in-law, I’ve been refreshed on my mission to declutter. Cleaning the house was amazing motivation, so I’ve already started listing some purses on my A Pretty Rock eBay account:

I love it when the ball gets rolling, don’t you?
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As I mentioned in my previous 101 post last month, the list has been great, but somethings really are just too unrealistic. With that in mind, I felt I needed to modify the following items to more attainable goals:

And while there are so many other things on the list that I’m just not sure about, I realize that for some, I don’t have replacement goals. I’m not ready to give them up until I know what I want to do in their place.
Have you reviewed your goals? Still maintaining your New Year’s resolutions? How are you doing at getting where you need to be?
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Thinking about my 101 List, I realize I haven’t had many updates on it on the blog. As the year has passed, I’ve learned that there are some things that are just too specific. Others…for one reason or another…I just don’t really care to do anymore.
Regardless, I have completed some items on my list, so here is my latest update:

As for things I’m changing, I’ll have to save that for another post.
How about you? Have you completed any goals this past year? What have you planned for this year? Or…are you joining me on the list? ;)
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As I’m sure you already know, I am back. Dragon*Con was such a blast. I think this is the best time I’ve had in all the years I went, because not only did I get to enjoy my 3 days there with my best friend, J, I also got to see it through the eyes of a close friend who has only been but one time. It was a great reminder of that first-time wide-eyed feeling that you slowly lose over the years.
So, if you visit my Flickr site, you’ll find a new set titled Dragon*Con 2008. I only took a few hundred photos while there, so I’m being rather slow in getting them cropped, cleaned and uploaded. They are getting posted in about batches of 10.
In the meantime, feel free to browse the photos that I was able to take with my ever so crummy camera. There was plenty of dSLR envy that weekend on my part. The good thing is that I got J to agree to let me spend $1200 on a dSLR instead of a steampunk arm piece. Hope is what keeps me happy. ;)

Today, with all the fires in the wake of my return put out, I decided to do a little bit of catching up with the jewelry business. Among the things I picked back up was my destashing project…that’s #12 on my 101 List. I took some time to process a few more supply photos to post on the RockStash Etsy site. I hope you find something here you can put to good use:
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Did any of my readers go to Dragon*Con themselves? Let me know! I would love to read your blog entries on the Con.
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I’m so delayed on getting these posted. April turned into May, and May into June, so here I am playing “catch up” with the supplies that have been accumulating on my desk. Maybe next month I will get caught up with June as well. :)
In this batch you’ll find a lot of Swarovski pearls and a few crystal rondelles. There are also some new yummy peacock freshwater pearls that are definitely worth checking out.
Here is my Etsy mini with a few of the supply listings:
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It was that time of the month again for me to go through my supplies and destash what I have. This seems to be working out well. Now, if I could only just get myself cracking on the rest of my 101 list things would be so much better. :)
Check out my Etsy mini with a few of my latest supply listings:
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Here we go again! Last Sunday I was able to photograph a ton of supplies and I finally got them posted at RockStash the other day. I just failed to mention it.
Several things have already sold, but just like last time, there are some good things worth scooping. This time, I added some of the extra Mother of Pearl buttons I use to make my rings in designs I did not care for once in hand. One listing of those already sold.
There are also some great coconut heart beads large enough for pendants and some pink shell flowers which make cute dainty earrings…sadly, just not quite for my market anymore, I think.

I couldn’t help myself, though, and ended up making these sweet little hairpins with the pink shell flowers to list.
Check out my Etsy mini with a few of my latest supply listings:
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Tonight I’m off to pick up my mom at the airport, so here I go doing a quick clean of the house. I hope you have a fantastic Saturday!
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Well, that was time consuming! I spent a good bit of yesterday photographing supplies and then another couple hours this morning getting them posted at RockStash.
There are some good things in there, like several pieces of Thai hill tribe silver that was purchased when the market was lower. There are also some vintage lucite beads that are worth scooping up. Hopefully all of these will go off to new homes!
Here’s an Etsy mini with a few of my latest supply listings:
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Now to go grab some breakfast…
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Week 1 is over for my 101 goals and I’m just not doing as great as I thought. Excuses come easily and I find it’s just too simple to say “Oh, I’ll go a little later” or “I’ll do that tomorrow”, when in reality, my goals need to be made a priority and done that day.
I do want to be successful with my list, so I know I’m going to have to tackle this problem differently. Having the list public on my blog is just not enough. Which means I have to learn from my failure quickly so that I can get back on track and not be demoralized.

This morning, I was reading my blog roll and I believe I’ve found the solution! Zen Habits had a post last month on 16 Killer Apps to Put On Your Brand New Christmas Mac. (I’ve had my Mac for quite a while now, but I didn’t believe that precluded me from using the list.) :) I downloaded and installed several of them, among them iGTD, which I was going to use, but I had just setup a good system that I want to give a fair shot. For this though, I believe it’s a good alternate use for application…so I’m going to fill it up with my 101 list items!
I’m really excited about that and should be setting it up this weekend. Since there are so many different goals on various “time limits” (not sure what else to call them), I think iGTD will work well for what I need. This will also allow me to get familiar with the program in a non-urgent kind of way.
When Week 3 rolls around on the 18th, I should be in a better position to succeed. (I’m crossing my fingers here.)
Does anyone have any other programs they can suggest for tracking to-do lists? I’d love to check them out.
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