Resolutions

I am very hesitant to make any New Year's Resolutions this year. Probably because back in August I made a list of goals and I'm failing in a major way to accomplish anything on that list. I can maybe give myself the reading more and stopping drinking soda ones. Maybe...

So I guess I can say that I'd like to continue to try to reach those goals and I'd like to add:

• Finish with the living room re-model
• Have a yard-sale this summer and purge some of my many, many clothes
• Have regular dates with Shawn
• Join a social group
• Take a vacation
• Give more money to charity (and any time that I can too)
• Overall, just be a much more motivated person

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A Girl's Gotta Have Goals

Evidence that the kitchen remodel project is far from complete

Each year I come up with a list of goals.

Last year I was actually pretty successful at crossing some things off the list:

Move to Michigan

Buy a house (NOT a condo, a REAL house)

Get my back in better shape

Exercise (even if it’s just regular walks)

Read to the boys more

Get to know my nieces again

Dress better    I realize that this is subjective, but I'm trying to move beyond the frazzled "Mom with young kids" look

Devote more time to QUALITY family time

      Here's the new list:

• Learn to knit
• Try yoga
• Eat healthier
• Blog at least 3 times per week
• Take more pictures
• Become a better photographer
• Get the kitchen remodel finished!
• Organize the house
• Spending freeze! (this will mean avoiding Target, thrift stores, and the Warby Parker website - my biggest weaknesses)
• Read more (and add good reads to the Book Recommendations page)
• See friends more
• Keep a journal
• Write a short story
• Stop biting my nails (I have tried - and failed - to do this often throughout my life)
• Stop drinking soda
• Start a garden

I'll have to review this again in August 2013 and see how I've done. Wish me luck!