Goal Setting

We are plotting to do better with goal setting and self-improvement type stuff. James made some check sheets for us to use to make ourselves accountable, with places to write in the goals, and report how we did each day, he was suggesting using smiley and frowny faces as our method of reporting if we accomplished the goal or not. This seems like a good idea for me - to have it all written out and reporting regularly so I don't forget or get confused with things. James will probably benefit from having more accountability too.
Some of the things I want to work on include writing at least thirty minutes a day working on the novel I am writing (Abish), figuring out more about how to do a decent housekeeping schedule, learning more about knitting and working on that, and reading more just for fun now that I'm not in school anymore and don't have to read assignments for class all the time. I also want to read in Spanish at least a little bit each day and keep the language in my head. I also need to figure out how to keep a better attitude and not be so down on myself, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about doing that, or how to measure that as a goal. Maybe just keeping more evidence of the goals I am working on will help me not to have such a negative attitude - more evidence that I am doing okay with things.