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December 10, 2007 Archives

Just a small reminder (not really a push) to send out your Christmas cards early. With two brothers working for the United States Postal Service, I sort of have that ingrained into me.

Most of my cards have been sent. I'm sure there will be a couple along the way that I forgot to put into my address book, therefore forgot to send out. I usually send out about 40 cards. What can I say? I have a very large family.

I'm very picky about the cards I choose. Don't ask me why, but I feel I have to stick with Hallmark. Maybe it's because "I care enough to send the very best". Over the past few years, prices for boxed cards became a bit much for me. I'd rather invest the money in a gift. Not only that but also because I wasn't happy with the design AND the sentiment. I liked either one or the other.

Being a scrapbooker, I opted to create my own cards since I already have tons of cardstock, patterned papers and cutting tools.

I used to subscribe to Paper Crafts magazine. I found it to be helpful in creating and designing my own cards. I don't use exactly their patterns but something may trigger off a composition in my mind. It takes several weeks of browsing through different magazines (I also use Creating Keepsakes message board). Once I come up with an idea, it's like piecework.

MyGoals.com today announced its annual predictions on resolutions people are expected to make during the 2008 New Year's season.

MyGoals.com, a Web site for setting and reaching personal and professional goals, bases its predictions on the current year's third-quarter goal-setting activity. According to an anonymous, random sample of goals people have set at the site, this year's New Year's resolutions are expected to break down as follows:

Health & Fitness (at 28 percent) is the number-one category for people's resolutions. Of that percentage, weight loss is the number-one most common resolution, with most people wanting to lose 10 pounds and a lot of people wanting to "fit into my favorite jeans." Five percent of Health & Fitness goals were related to getting more sleep, which is an increase over previous years.

At 21 percent, the category of career goals comes in second. Actual goals people have recently set in this category include creating an independent successful private practice, becoming an architect, starting a jewelry business and finding a satisfying career.
This year, entrepreneurship jumped from 20 percent to 30 percent of career-related goals, surpassing those related to new jobs and promotions.

At 15 percent, personal growth and interest goals are tied for third with personal finance goals.

Actual goals people have recently set in the personal growth category include reading one book a week, learning more about wine, mentoring a child, keeping a journal, and updating a wardrobe.

Actual goals people have recently set in the finance category include establishing a stock portfolio, creating passive income, hiring an accountant, brown-bagging lunch 3 days a week, and paying off debt.

Other resolutions for 2008 are predicted to be better management of time, improving family relationships, making home improvements, increasing education and training levels, and taking a vacation.

>> Continue reading: It's time to start thinking about those New Year's resolutions