Goals for 2009

I am not really into making New Year’s resolutions. They’re overrated and besides, it has a reputation of being NOT FOLLOWED! Instead, I make goals. I think of it this way, at the end of the year, how do I picture myself? What would have I accomplished by that time?

This year I want to…

Learn the odds and ends of being a parent
Last year was all about getting pregnant and being pregnant. 2009 will be all about learning how to be a parent. My blog Nurturing Nigel will be a witness to this. With the guidance from the Lord, other mommies, books and parental instinct, I know I can do it. I also need to learn how to balance and manage my time well so no area will suffer.

Continue blogging
I want make more money so that I can bless others. I am going to make major changes here in From the Eyes of my Heart. Get it out of blogger and have it hosted professionally. I’ll probably change its name too! A friend from church is willing to help me out with this. I want to place more inspiring stuff instead of commercialized ones. I started doing paid post last year with this blog. Prior to that I only updated it once a week. It started out with a PR of 3. But I noticed the PR dropped to a big fat 0 when began doing paid posts. Nevertheless, I do not regret accepting paid posts for this blog. It taught me a lot of things about paid blogging which I will apply with my other blogs. When I’ve finished revamping, I will no longer do paid post with on this site.

I will definitely go ahead with my plan to sponsor a kid or two with World Vision with my blogs earnings.

Help out in my church’s vision and mission
I just love JOHIA’s (my local church) theme this year. It’s “Made to worship”. Years ago, I made a commitment to the Lord that I will use every ounce of my talent and creativity to build His kingdom. My participation in various ministries went into hiatus when I became pregnant early this year. The last Praise and Worship event I participated in was the 24-hour Praise and Worship thing in Colossians Garden, Tagaytay way back April. I am definitely going back to the worship team this year.