I know the new moon is a great time for manifesting wishes and dreams and I often set aside time during this time to write down, or at least think about what it is I want from myself and my life.

A black moon is quite rare. It’s the second new moon in a month. They say, it brings change. As always, I see this as a good time to manifest. I want certain things to happen, so I welcome the change.

It’s 30 days into the new year and I have only just though about what I want from this year. I’ve tried to be clear but I must say, my thoughts and wishes have been a bit all over the place. I don’t want to leave out areas of my life so I try to include each in my goal setting but the results often end up being muddled throughout. But I am willing to change to see my dreams come true.

In no particular order, here is a sample of my goals for 2014.

Relationships

• to give more of my time and attention to my son
• to accept the things I cannot change about my husband
• to love and accept myself more

Career

• to write something that is helpful, useful and/or entertaining
• to write for health publications on a regular basis
• to break into travel writing and photography
• be published in The West Australian 4 times
• to establish myself as a photographer
• to achieve my financial goals
• to get my novel to submission status
• to submit it a publisher
• to receive my diploma of photography
• to do a creative writing course
• to do in-house photography workshops in Perth
• to exceed my income goals
• to start another novel

Travel

• Margaret River – family
• Road trip from Jurien Bay to Exmouth and back – family
• Bali  – solo wellness/yoga holiday

Personal

• drive to and within Perth city
• obtain flat abs
• inspire better eating habits in my son
• meditate daily
• weekly yoga class (minimum)
• daily fitness (6 days)
• maintain good health
• never be in debt
• to stop wasting precious minutes

Material (much to do with work)

• new laptop
• 100mm macro lens
• kneeling desk chair
• new iPhone
• book shelf for office
• new runners
• mountain bike
• mini trampoline

For this to happen, I must change some of my habits. I have faith that this black moon will bring positive change to me – if I do the ground work.

What change would you welcome this year?