Monday, January 02, 2012

Goals for 2012

Personal Goals:

  • Adjust to having two kids
  • Get back into running (YEA!)
  • Choose to have time in The Word before doing my chores for the day
  • Crochet for enjoyment (and put one thing in Etsy shop every month)
  • Read!
Parenting Goals:
  • Resume "preschool" sometime in/after March
  • Choose to enjoy my boys OVER checking things off the to-do list (aka: play on the floor instead of clean)
  • Once Cason gets into a semi-schedule, create a routine for our day using blocks of time (ie: morning wake time is for playing outside/walking, afternoon wake time is for reading/art, etc.)
Household Goals:
Blog Goals:
  • Update the blog template
  • Continue posting family recaps (but add a family picture each month), reading summaries3-in-30 goals & recap and favorite Delicious & Pinterest links each month
  • Put correct dates on posts starting July 8, 2010
  • Update & consolidate blog tags:
    • Add correct "month x" tag to all posts starting July 8, 2010
    • Add correct "week x" tag to all posts starting July 8, 2010
    • Add "yearly family picture" tag
  • Organize SmugMug albums by month/year and upload all old pictures for backup
Photography Goals:
  • Book 2-4 photo shoots a month (starting in April)
  • Open a business checking account
  • Create a watermark action to speed up workflow
  • Buy a set of actions for photoshop (TotallyRad, Kubota, Paint the Moon, or Formula One)
  • Redesign blog/website
  • Upgrade SmugMug to Pro account
  • Create marketing materials:
    • packaging (cds fromMillers, metal tins w/ stickers, 3 press panel card, etc.)
    • thank you cards
    • return labels
    • business cards
    • forms (contracts, model release, price list, packages, print release)
  • Order the same photo from multiple labs to compare prints:
    • Pounds
    • WHCC
    • MPIX
    • Simple Color
    • Walmart/Target/CVS
    • Shutterfly/Snapfish
  • Plan out specials/deals, mini-sessions, client gifts, etc. for the year:
    • Mother's Day contest
    • Spring mini-session (maybe in bluebonnets)
    • Christmas in July special
    • Winter mini-session
    • Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal
  • Create a "to-learn" list:
    • color profiles
    • using my external flash
    • Kelby training
    • continuous vs. single focus
    • in-camera meter
    • photoshop (using curves, dodge & burn)

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