Every month I set goals for that monthly. I set themes for the year that the goals fall into. Breaking goals down by month keeps me focused.

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January in Review

January was a busy month! We visited my mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and I went to both CES and Creativation as press.

Gratitude and Mindful Living Goals for February 2017

We had a great visit with Mike’s family, and Mike and I even got to go on a couple of dates while we were there thanks to Mike’s mom and sister watching the kids.

The kids and I had a lot of fun together this month! I didn’t get as much done, in part because I was making up for time away at CES and Creativation.

Learning Goals for February 2017

I wrote up three posts sharing my personal highlights from CES here:

• New Health Technology from CES 2017
• The Best Education Technology from CES 2017
• The World’s First 3D Printed Violin
• The One Piano That Anyone Can Play

I am working on posts on smart homes and 3D printing, but I’m not sure when they will go live.

I haven’t blogged about Creativation yet, but you can find some Creativation highlights here, as well as a sneak peak at supplies I’ll be working with and one brand that really caught my eye. I also discovered a really cool air dry clay that I am excited to write about soon.

I started editing my NanoWrimo story. I’m maybe 10% of the way done. I’m happy to say that, so far, the plot actually holds together with only a few changes. Characters evolved as I wrote, so some of what I put in the beginning of the book didn’t make sense and had to be changed. I didn’t do anything with the kids’ stories. We did make it through the entire STORYSTORM month!

I sandwiched the layers of Lily’s quilt yesterday using Spray and Fix temporary fabric adhesive. That’s all I did, but at least having the quilt as a January goal made me get that far!

Setting Goals for February 2017

February is a short month, and one with mostly carry-over goals for me.

• Enjoy time with my sister who will visit from Massachusetts! Gratitude.
• Write up a post on highlights from Creativation. Learning.
• Edit a little bit of my NaNoWriMo novel every day we are at home. My sister and I are spending a couple of days visiting my deployed brother’s family while she is here, and I am giving myself those days off. Learning.
• Help the kids edit the stories they wrote during NaNoWriMo’s Young Writer’s Program and get them into some sort of published form. I will help Lily edit hers this weekend, Johnny edit his the next weekend, and Emma edit hers the third weekend in February. Learning.
• Keep my focus on spending time with the kids. They grow up way too quickly! Mindful Living.
• Enjoy fun dates with Mike. We actually have a few planned for this month! Mindful living and gratitude.
• Finish Lily’s quilt. There isn’t really that much left to do. Learning.
• {Possibly – this is a bonus goal} – write up smart home and 3D printing posts. Learning.

What are your goals for February 2017? Here are a couple more goal posts from blog friends:

• Cassie from 3 Dinosaurs wrote about celebrating 5 years of blogging in her February goals post.
• Cassidy from Freshly Planted set homeschool goals, blog goals, and home goals for February.
• Christy wrote about developing excellence form the center out in her February goals post.
• Kate divided her February goals into finding balance, purpose, health, and organization.

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MaryAnne Kochenderfer

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MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.