My 2015 New Year’s Resolutions

Hi friend, it’s been a quick start to the new year, hasn’t it? I took some time to think about what I want to focus on this year. Some people like to call them resolutions, some people like to call them intentions or goals.

Since all of those words mean the same thing, I use all of those terms! For me I actually like to write them down somewhere preferably in my planner and on the blog help and think about what I can do differently this year.

The first day back to school after the break, I woke up with what I thought was enough time to to do all the things I need to do. The morning actually went pretty smoothly until the inevitable five minutes before we needed to be in the car and then the issues arise. My oldest son is complaining that his socks feel weird and he needs to change them and my daughter can’t find her jacket and I forget my youngest kiddo’s backpack at home after we are down the street. So I get frustrated because now we’re running late on the first day back because they didn’t listen to me when I said it was time to get going (and when I say “late” I mean late in my eyes. I like to get my two oldest to school early so I can get #3 kiddo to his school on time). So I give them a nice long lecture in the car about how starting the day like this really frustrates me. And all I could think about during that drive was what I wanted to improve upon this year.

Soooooo long story short, I want to be more organized this year and feel less frantic all the time.

Hoping this blog post helps me so I can look back at my goals and check in from time to time.

2015 New Year’s Resolutions

Exercise

Run more– i’m not going to set any weekly or monthly goals I am simply going to track my mileage and tried to increase it from month-to-month. I am not going to commit to any races yet, but I’d like to find some local ones.

Do More Yoga – I participated in an yoga Instagram challenge couple months ago and loved it; it made me crave yoga. My goal is to practice yoga 2-3 times a week. Practice will range from doing a full class to just practicing a certain pose.

Food

Pack lunches at night– in the past I have packed lunches both at night and in the morning (typically I would prep them at night and then make the sandwiches in the morning and whatever else I forgot to do). But towards the end of the year I dreaded waking up and dealing with it so my older two agreed that their new year’s goal will be to help pack their own lunch and we will all do this together in the evening every night.

Plan at least two meals per week– I used to be an awesome meal planner and baby number number four simply added a lot more work in general than I hadn’t expected. Meals have not been as exciting as they used to be. I would like to get back to planning at least two meals and hoping for some leftovers.

Blogging

Finish my blog update– remember when I updated the blog here? Well I still have work to do and want to get that done.

Work ahead of schedule– I am a last minute blogger, but I would be happy if I could get a few week’s worth the recipe done ahead of schedule.

 Grow my Instagram account– I would love to double my following by the end of next year (yes that is a huge goal). And for me that requires more activity on Instagram. I’m going to set aside a little time each day (I’ve haven’t decided how much) and interact with others, “like” more and try to follow new people. Follow me if you are an Instagram user and aren’t already! Click HERE. Thanks!

Improve my photography– this is always a work in progress and I just want to continue to grow.

Home

Eliminate paper– we have done paperless bills for years but somehow with all that stuff the kids bring home from school there are piles of paper ALL over my house. I’m going to do a better job at sorting through things as they come in instead of saving them for later.

Use my sewing machine- I haven’t used it since we lived in Hawaii almost 4 years ago. My goal its to get it out of it’s hiding place and just play around with it.

Miscellaneous

Listen to the daily bible readings on podcast– Reading the Bible daily is a big part of the Catholic faith and I have let this slide. In trying to imitate computer time I found that I can listen to the readings via Podcasts on my phone perfect for when I am getting ready in the morning.

Check email on a schedule– having an iPhone has caused me to be a chronic “email checker” which is terrible because I tend to do it when ever, not when I’m fully engaged. Sometimes even if I have two minutes before picking up the kids from school and I will check emails but the problem is it’s not a good time for me to address them in so they end up being left open. I am hoping that I will set aside a few blocks of time where I sit down to check email and actually have the time to address the emails coming in.

With all these intentions, I want to remember this quote. Sometimes life is just going to happen not according to my plan. And that’s okay too.

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