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I have been adding to my list of desires or goals for a few months now, and thought I would share them, maybe spark some of you to create your own list…also I thought if I blogged about them it would help keep me focused on acquiring my desires and reaching my goals.

We all know and have heard that having goals brings inspiration, gives you a feeling of accomplishment & fulfillment, and keeps you focused on getting from point “A” to point “B”. Some of my goals or more so desires I have, than goals and are just because I want to be a better person, in life and my work, some of them are actual goals that are very attainable for me, and some are more superficial and more wants than “goals”.

I have given myself the next 3 years to cross everything off of my list, and hopefully I will surprise myself and actually cross EVERYTHING off, some things I have already done that are on here since writing this Blog post so I guess I’m off to a good start!

In no particular order here is my list of my goals, hopes, & desires

1 – Travel to Europe, Italy, Alaska & NY with Kenny

2 – Shoot at least 3 destination weddings

3 – Have a wedding published in print

4 – Get my office completely organized & refine my workflow

5 – Take more day trips

6 – Win a photography award

7 – Attend the WPPI Convention in 2010

8 – Travel to Nova Scotia with our friends Andrea and Derek

9 – Stick with my daily fitness schedule, and not get discouraged or off track

10 – Build our first home together

11 – Invest in some property in another state for us to spend time at during the heat of Texas

12 – Purchase 2 Canon 5D bodies, and some new glass (lenses for you non-photogs ;)

13 – Modify and refine my logo The new logo!

14 – Go on a shopping spree at Anthropologie…love this store, LOVE it!

15 – Hit the ski slopes in CO & Jackson Hole, WY

16 – Rent a safe deposit box for back up DVD files

17 – Get a new iphone! Thank you to my love for this! Although we may seem to have an unhealthy attachment to our iPhones ;)

18 – Use the SMS service offered from PPA

19 – Furnish our home with IKEA furnishings, another favorite store!

20 – Find the tempo in my golf swing, and stay consistent with it

21 – Record a promo video for our website

22 – Take Kenny back to my home stomping grounds for a hike in the Redwoods

23 – Update photo’s and artwork in our home

24 – Share in an awesome photo session with one of my peer photographers that I admire

25 – Get a Beagle puppy Connor, see photo below!

26 – Play more golf with Kenny and go on a golf trip with him

27 – Play golf with my Dad in CA on father’s day

28 – Go on a trip with my sister to someplace she has never been

29 – Create referral cards for vendors from every wedding we shoot using detail shots of venue, flowers, & cake

30 – Clean out our closets from clothes we no longer wear and give them away to local shelter

31 – Become a member of a non-profit organization and give back to our community with my photography read about wht we’re doing in my post “You Know Someone” and visit www.givingisawesome.com

32 – Blog more and find time to enjoy a good book

33 – Bring my cookbooks to life again

Adeus for now!
~D

Posts are always better with a photo so here is one of our new beagle – Connor! You’ll be seeing a lot of him so I’m giving everyone fair warning now ;)