As we are starting a new year, so it is time to look at new goals. Last year I set different goals, some of them I have achieved, some of them I was/am in the process of achieving, some of them I did not achieve.

So what is my list for this new year coming?

Personal life

The main news coming up this year is the arrival of a fifth member in our family. He or she is expecting to arrive on February the first. Hence my list of goals is not so long as I will soon be busy. Well... There are not many goals but some of them are "big"!

• I am still working on learning German! I have made some progress and I can now buy things and understand a simple conversation, but there is still a lot of room for improvement! Now that I have started my maternity leave (in Germany, you have to stop working 6 weeks before the due date), I have time to focus on this goal. I plan to follow the Michel Thomas foundation course everyday as well as working on other resources colleagues and friends kindly gave me. After the birth, I plan to enrol on an intensive course at the university in Weimar and/or (time permitted with the baby) have conversation sessions with natives.
• Publish a free e-book with all the recipes I post on my blog. This is a goal I have had for years now and that I think is achievable this year. I also plan to try out even more recipes from all the cookbooks I have since I am now a stay-at-home mum!

Professional life

• Update my CV. It has been now over two years that I have not had a look at my CV and it's now time to upgrade it.
• Update my Spanish curriculum wiki. Little by little I am "filing" everything I do with my classes. So far, I have shared the middle school and the IGCSE programs. I still need to add the IB (ab initio and Language B) program to make it complete. The plan is to have everything more or less ready for when I will be back at teaching. This way, it will be a lot easier to plan lessons and I will have more time for my family!
• Keep on writing at least one post a week on my blog. Maybe find ways to earn a bit of money from it.
• Become more active on the Web. I have neglected my web 2.0 life last year and now that I am at home, it gives me a good opportunity to become more involved.

What about you? What are your goals this year?

Remember "it is okay and sometimes a good thing to modify and tweak your goals throughout the year. People change and circumstances change, be flexible!" from The Happy Housewife.