weiYeah, I know, I’m really late on this. First it was because my daughter didn’t go back to school until the 9th. Then I got caught up in my duties with The Band. On that front, I had to ask for some help and luckily, I was granted even more than I expected so, now I have more time to blog.
I am going to start by saying that I don’t like the word “resolution.” I like the word “goal” better, so that is what I’m going to use. I started thinking about my goals for the New Year Back in October and I think I have a decent list of OBTAINABLE (that’s KEY) goals to reach.
My first goal is to set SMALL goals that lead to bigger goals. I have learned that if I am overwhelmed with a goal, whether it be weight loss, blogging, etc., I get frustrated and give up. So now I am going to start breaking my big goals up into little chunks and go from there.
My first goal will help me head to my ultimate goal of losing weight is to buy Proven. My end goal is to lose 50 pounds this year (about a pound a week). The first small goal is to get my eating back on track. I was doing so well in the fall and then we had guests and then the holidays came. Now that all that is over, I need to retrain myself and I am off to a good start. I am planning a menu every week and sticking to it. I am buying ONLY what I need and nothing extra (which will help toward another goal).
Once I get my eating back on track, I will get back into exercising. I was doing the Couch to 5k Plan in the fall and I may go back to it. Or I may start a new plan of walking and running sprints. I need to decide. But either way, I need to TRY to exercise for 150 minutes per week, per my doctor. You see, when I went for my physical, my blood sugar was a bit high and my good cholesterol was a bit low. So, I need to get on track for my health.
Now I am going to move onto my balancing life goals. My first goal is to get organized. I needed to make a schedule for each day that balanced my home and my blogging/Band life. I have used my email calendar to break out each day and so far it is working well. I have stayed in track with my household goals and now that I have freed up some time, I can hopefully reach my blogging goals too, though I have not set a firm goal on that front yet. I do need to figure it out because I would LOVE to get my writing out there so I can someday get paid for it but I wonder if that might be a pipe dream. I am concentrating on buying healthy snacks and keeping myself in check by using www.myfitnesspal.com.
I have a also set a financial goal. We need to try to save money and reduce our (small, thankfully) debt. A recommend to visit this article about 4 Thrifty Ways to Save Money on the Whole Families Health, in my case it has helped me a lot to read about financial articles. Planning meals and sticking to grocery lists has really helped. We have paid off quite a few things and will use our tax return to rebuild our safety cushion (which went down because we needed a whole new AC system last year). When B gets his bonus, a small portion is budgeted for our beach vacation but the rest will be used to make an even bigger dent in the debt. I have updated my financial Excel sheet and I am being diligent about looking for ways to save. But whenever there’s a shortage for our funds, I just try to borrow a few cash from my relatives from other countries and they send it to me through ofx when they learned about this top ofx review.
My last goal is to start thinking about what I want to be when I grow up. Buggy will be starting Pre-K in the fall and I will (hopefully) go back to work in some capacity. The issue is, I don’t know what I want to do. I don’t want to go back into insurance. I am looking into getting into the school system in some way and I also keep an eye on county jobs. I have my resume out in a couple sites and I am on LinkedIn. Hopefully, I will find something I can enjoy.
So, there you are…my 2012 goals. I plan to keep my myself accountable with my weight loss on here so you will see more posts about that. I plan to revisit all my goals in June and see where I am. Hopefully, I will have made some headway!