As I was thinking about goals for 2017, I started thinking about the goals that I set for 2016... and I honestly couldn't remember exactly which goals I set... which made me realize that I probably didn't do very well with them. But as I was rereading my post about my 2016 goals, I realized I did pretty well in some of them and ebbed and flowed in others.
I trained for and ran a half marathon! It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed running with my Sweet Husband and Sweet Girl! I hope that sometime during the year I get to start running again, but I'll get to that in a minute.
My Sweet Husband and I weren't super consistent with dates, as in we didn't have a certain day every month or week that was date night, but we did pretty well. And I think we were able to spend a lot of time together this year, so I think we can count that as successful too!
I definitely ebbed and flowed with the putting the phone down goal. For a while I was really good at only looking at my phone when Sweet Girl was sleeping, but then she started taking fewer naps and I started to get lazy with that.
Blogging... I struggled but I did catch up there at the end. I have a few house project posts to write but other than that I hit the main things from the year.
Reading the Bible, I started off really strong and then lost where I was and forgot what was going on... and yeah.. it didn't quite happen.
Thinking and speaking well of others will always be a work in progress I think.
And we are getting super close to having house projects finished!
My word for this year... survival. Lol, my Sweet Husband and I were talking about goals for 2017 and we both said that was our main goal for the year... lol! But I do have other things I'd like to do this year as well.
1. Our stake is challenging us to read the Book of Mormon this year, so I want to do that.
2. I want to work on putting my phone down more again.
3. Get Sweet Girl potty trained.
4. Have healthy baby boys.
5. Have a positive attitude.
I hope you all have a wonderful 2017!
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Sunday, January 1, 2017
Friday, January 1, 2016
Focus
We had a good year. As I look back, I think of 2015 as good. Not that it was without its challenges, but overall, I think it is safe to say it is good.
I think I actually stuck it out with most of my goals this year, which I can't always say. I wasn't perfect, but I think I did pretty well! I had eight learning goals that I wrote about last year: to play the violin, to can/bottle food and make baby food, to wake up early and utilize that time, to explore different subjects when I read, to eat better, to control my attitude, to exercise more regularly, and to enjoy each day and treasure it.
1. I took lessons, although I need to practice more regularly
2. I learned how to can/bottle food and I came to the conclusion that it is a good skill to have, but I don't really like to do it.. lol.
3. I still need to work on waking up early
4. I struggle finding good books to read
5. I ate better, but I can always improve
6. Controlling my attitude is a work in progress... constantly
7. I actually have been exercising regularly! I have learned to enjoy running.. words I never thought I'd say!
8. And I did really well posting a picture every day!
This year my word to focus on is actually going to be Focus. I want to focus on the blessing I have, I want to focus on my family more, I want to focus on accomplishing projects, I want to focus on growing spiritually, and I want to focus on accomplishing my goals.
A few goals that I want to accomplish are:
1. Spend quality time with my Sweet Husband (not that we don't already) but I want to go on regular dates with him!
2. Spend quality time with my Sweet Girl and teach her and help her learn more. I want to put my phone down and focus on her while she is awake and do my things while she is asleep. I think this will be a balance thing, because I love that she can play by herself, but I don't want her to ever feel like I'm neglecting her. I hope that came out correctly.
3. I want to work on some crafting projects, but I also want to get our house finished this year.
4. I want to read the Bible this year, I've read the Book of Mormon many times, but I've never read the entire Bible (I also know this may take longer than a year).
5. I want to run a half marathon.
6. I want to blog more regularly (and to get caught up).
7. I want to think and speak well of people.
We'll see how it goes, I wish you well on your goals!
Here's to the new year! I hope your year is wonderful! Thanks for reading!
I think I actually stuck it out with most of my goals this year, which I can't always say. I wasn't perfect, but I think I did pretty well! I had eight learning goals that I wrote about last year: to play the violin, to can/bottle food and make baby food, to wake up early and utilize that time, to explore different subjects when I read, to eat better, to control my attitude, to exercise more regularly, and to enjoy each day and treasure it.
1. I took lessons, although I need to practice more regularly
2. I learned how to can/bottle food and I came to the conclusion that it is a good skill to have, but I don't really like to do it.. lol.
3. I still need to work on waking up early
4. I struggle finding good books to read
5. I ate better, but I can always improve
6. Controlling my attitude is a work in progress... constantly
7. I actually have been exercising regularly! I have learned to enjoy running.. words I never thought I'd say!
8. And I did really well posting a picture every day!
This year my word to focus on is actually going to be Focus. I want to focus on the blessing I have, I want to focus on my family more, I want to focus on accomplishing projects, I want to focus on growing spiritually, and I want to focus on accomplishing my goals.
A few goals that I want to accomplish are:
1. Spend quality time with my Sweet Husband (not that we don't already) but I want to go on regular dates with him!
2. Spend quality time with my Sweet Girl and teach her and help her learn more. I want to put my phone down and focus on her while she is awake and do my things while she is asleep. I think this will be a balance thing, because I love that she can play by herself, but I don't want her to ever feel like I'm neglecting her. I hope that came out correctly.
3. I want to work on some crafting projects, but I also want to get our house finished this year.
4. I want to read the Bible this year, I've read the Book of Mormon many times, but I've never read the entire Bible (I also know this may take longer than a year).
5. I want to run a half marathon.
6. I want to blog more regularly (and to get caught up).
7. I want to think and speak well of people.
We'll see how it goes, I wish you well on your goals!
Here's to the new year! I hope your year is wonderful! Thanks for reading!
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Goals
At the beginning of the year I blogged about some of my goals. Since I actually accomplished one of my goals, I figured I would blog about that too!
One of my goals was to exercise more regularly. Obviously that is not one that I can really say is finished, but my Sweet Husband and I have been working out together and that has really helped me! My Sweet Husband really likes running. I ran track in high school.. but I am not a runner. I pretty much hated running. But I've realized that I don't mind it when I run with my Sweet Husband and when we are not running on a track. We've been running from our house to the park near by, around their walking path, and back home. The first time I walked more than half of it, that day I set a goal to run the entire route by the end of the year. It's two miles. Not a lofty goal, but keep in mind, I hated running. A few weeks ago I did it! And we've done it since too, the second time wasn't as bad as the first either! YAY!
One of my goals was to exercise more regularly. Obviously that is not one that I can really say is finished, but my Sweet Husband and I have been working out together and that has really helped me! My Sweet Husband really likes running. I ran track in high school.. but I am not a runner. I pretty much hated running. But I've realized that I don't mind it when I run with my Sweet Husband and when we are not running on a track. We've been running from our house to the park near by, around their walking path, and back home. The first time I walked more than half of it, that day I set a goal to run the entire route by the end of the year. It's two miles. Not a lofty goal, but keep in mind, I hated running. A few weeks ago I did it! And we've done it since too, the second time wasn't as bad as the first either! YAY!
The first time I ran the entire way!
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Learn
One thing I love about the new year is that I get to set new goals. I'm not always the best about keeping those goals, but I really love the fresh start of a new year, I love having a time of the year that really makes me want to stretch myself, try to be better, focus on new things.
I've learned something about myself these past 20 or so years that I've been setting New Year's Resolutions, I need to kind of focus my goals. I like that when I think about the things I want to accomplish throughout the year, I often have a wide variety. However, I've learned that if I decide to start way too many or branch out in too many directions, they don't stick very well.
A few years ago, I read a blog (and to be honest, I can't remember which one it was or I would put a link to it) and the blogger said that she always chose one word to focus on. I liked that idea and have kind of adopted it.
2013: Trust
2014: Brave
The idea for this year came a couple of ways, first I started thinking about the goals I wanted to accomplish, and another way was I read Gifted Hands, it's about a man who grew up in inner-city Detroit and became a pediatric neurosurgeon. It's an autobiography. I decided to read it because I read this talk. It's really good, I've discovered that I really enjoy books that make me think and stretch and grow. I have a very hard time putting them down.
Gifted Hands really made me want to read more and learn more. Some of things I hope to learn throughout the year are:
1. To play the violin--my visiting teacher is going to give me and a friend lessons
2. To can/bottle food, make baby food
3. To wake up early and to utilize that time
4. To explore different subjects when I read
5. To eat better
6. To control my attitude
7. To exercise more regularly
8. To enjoy each day and treasure it (instagram is helping me with this)
I'm in a book club and this month our book is The Happiness Project, it is a very good read! The author underwent a year long Happiness Project, each month she had new goals and things to work on to help her to be happier. She wasn't depressed or anything when she started this project, she just decided that she needed to enjoy each day more. I love her idea of having new goals each month, of mastering those goals and THEN adding more goals. Rather than coming up with a 100 new goals and trying to implement them all in one month and being frustrated that they didn't stick.
I'm excited for this new year and I'm excited to exercise and stretch myself.
I've learned something about myself these past 20 or so years that I've been setting New Year's Resolutions, I need to kind of focus my goals. I like that when I think about the things I want to accomplish throughout the year, I often have a wide variety. However, I've learned that if I decide to start way too many or branch out in too many directions, they don't stick very well.
A few years ago, I read a blog (and to be honest, I can't remember which one it was or I would put a link to it) and the blogger said that she always chose one word to focus on. I liked that idea and have kind of adopted it.
2013: Trust
2014: Brave
2015: Learn.
The idea for this year came a couple of ways, first I started thinking about the goals I wanted to accomplish, and another way was I read Gifted Hands, it's about a man who grew up in inner-city Detroit and became a pediatric neurosurgeon. It's an autobiography. I decided to read it because I read this talk. It's really good, I've discovered that I really enjoy books that make me think and stretch and grow. I have a very hard time putting them down.
Gifted Hands really made me want to read more and learn more. Some of things I hope to learn throughout the year are:
1. To play the violin--my visiting teacher is going to give me and a friend lessons
2. To can/bottle food, make baby food
3. To wake up early and to utilize that time
4. To explore different subjects when I read
5. To eat better
6. To control my attitude
7. To exercise more regularly
8. To enjoy each day and treasure it (instagram is helping me with this)
I'm in a book club and this month our book is The Happiness Project, it is a very good read! The author underwent a year long Happiness Project, each month she had new goals and things to work on to help her to be happier. She wasn't depressed or anything when she started this project, she just decided that she needed to enjoy each day more. I love her idea of having new goals each month, of mastering those goals and THEN adding more goals. Rather than coming up with a 100 new goals and trying to implement them all in one month and being frustrated that they didn't stick.
I'm excited for this new year and I'm excited to exercise and stretch myself.
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