I suppose a couple of weeks into the new year I may be a little late on having goals for myself.  As “they” say, better late than never.  I have found on my mommy blog that though I’m not a big “resolutions” girl, having goals etched in internet history to check on a year later is a helpful way to measure improvement and growth.  Here goes:

1. Focus:  An excellent accomplished designer gave me the advise to narrow my focus and decide what kind of blogs I want to design.  I tend to dive both in the more masculine/ clean looking blog world AND the girly blog world.  Truthfully, I love both.   As much as I love the clean more professional look the fact is I just can’t give up the girly girl in me. For a little while I thought that meant I would have to give up completely doing all else.  Instead, what I have realized is that just as my mom blog that I have maintained since 2004 does not stay limited to mommy topics, this one does not have to either.  My mommy blog is an accurate reflection of me.  I hope for my design blog to be the same.  I know that the advise I was given is absolutely true for growing a larger business.  Focus and target market are important.  But the fact is, I don’t even have time for a huge business :)  Especially if I want to grow my card business.  So for now I’ll be me.  I will do the girlier stuff and hopefully the more masculine blogs will give me a try from time to time.
2. Free Themes:  I would like to release 2 more free themes before the year is out. I would say more if I did not have a third baby on the way!
3. Card Me:  I would like to get “card my baby” launched to grow the Card Me brand.
4. Premade Themes:  I would like to get more premade themes for sale.
5.  Know my Limits:  I would like to know and understand my limits, how much I can take on, better.  Both for reasons of not getting overwhelmed and not saying no to too much business at the same time.
6.  Posting:  I would like to post on gazelle more!