Measured Success

I haven't been feeling very well this week...and I've been missing my brother a lot...which makes me a little extra melancholy. So I decided to do something more positive. I was looking through the goals I had for this blog when I first started this happy mom thing...and so far I think I'm kind of okay...here are the results.

1. "I would like to go (or have plans to go) on a family missions trip...for me this could count as a vacation too."  Well, it's not a family trip - but I am going to China this summer to teach ESL. Just me (and 25 other people). That will be awesome! Can't wait! I have literally wanted to go there ever since I was 6 years old. 
2. "By this time next year, I would like to have lost a significant amount of weight." Ummm...not yet. But I have lost about 30lbs...so that's a start - at least in the right direction. And I have big plans. We'll see how it goes.
3. This is the big one..."by this time next year, I'd like to find out what it means to be happy and what it is that I really enjoy or am passionate about." I do believe I'm doing well here. I have a much better grasp on this!!! Growing more...but this is so exciting! I'm so happy to be rediscovering old passions and finding new ones along the way!

So all in all I think I'm doing pretty good. Now I need to come up with some new goals. I'll work on that.

What do you do when you're feeling a little down? Do you have a strategy to help stay more positive?