Here's how I went with my 4 Simple Goals.

Menu planning and cooking each day - this goal was achieved, so gold star to me! Dinners included steak with mushroom sauce and buttery potatoes, roast lamb with roast pumpkin, potato and sweet potato, spaghetti bolognese, and a pasta bake using leftover spaghetti bolognese and roast vegetables with a cheese sauce.
Walking each day - not so well. We've had at least 100 mm of rain last week and I've discovered I'm a fair weather walker. No walking in the rain for me!
Writing a letter - this goal was achieved, so another gold star. I wrote letters to two of my sisters-in-law and enclosed photos of my beautiful baby granddaughter.
Decluttering - this goal was partially achieved, so only a silver star. I have a box to donate full of an amazing amount of Christmas wrapping paper and other bits and bobs. The second bedroom has been cleared of all the stuff I had dumped in there over time.

A beautiful notecard by Sydney watercolour artist Gabby Malpas.

Setting goals prompted me to focus on these tasks and be more motivated. I still need a breakthrough in achieving the goal to walk each day. I'm started a new job yesterday so part of establishing a new routine will be that I'll aim to get up early enough to go for a walk before breakfast - we'll see!

And Another Favourite Blog

I love Lee Drummond. I aspire to her optimism, energy and enthusiasm! I first came across Lee some years ago when watching her cooking show The Pioneer Woman on one of the Lifestyle channels. So it's mainly for her recipes that I visit her website. But I also read her Confessions, which is her blog about her life out on the cattle ranch (I think in Oklahoma) with her husband and children and the daily routine and challenges. She takes great photographs and if you've heard her voice on her TV show, she writes just as she talks and I can hear her as I read - she seems like an old and good friend!