My goals for 2014
As another year passes and a new one starts I thought I would start out with some goals I would like to achieve this year. I normally don't do New years resolutions because I feel like if I start to fall of the wagon then I just give up. So this year I thought I would come up with goals and not really have a time frame in witch they need to be done. Maybe just have an Idea when to complete them.
I broke down each of my goals into categories
Family
- Work on spending more time with family (bike rides, game night, movie night,walking etc.)
- My husband and son are in a robotics competition every year from Sept. thru Jan. and I would like to be more involved with them in it.
- Get my family more involved in meal planning and helping with the meals for each week
- Start having date night with my husband life is to easy to fall into a routine and being married for 22 years its good for your marriage to still go on dates.
Health
- Of coarse my goal every year recently is to lose the extra weight I have gained since i quit smoking 3 years ago but so far that hasn't happened.
- But this year I plan to really work hard at calorie counting and start losing the 60 lbs that I have gained by following my fitness pal
- Also change the food habits we have in our house and eat better and add more fruit and veggies into our diet. We already eat a lot of chicken but how its prepared and the side dishes can be adjusted.
- The biggest of them all Exercise I need to really work on that. We do go for a lot of bike rides but not regularly. I have no excuse cause I do live in Florida and in the winter time is the best time to be outdoors here the weather is cooler and a great time for bike rides and outdoor activities.
Organization
- I love organization and I love to be organized but I'm also a pack rat and don't like to get rid of a lot of stuff. I do get into moods where I have no problem purging and donate my stuff but I really need to get better at it. I have a good size house but with 4 of us here right now I had to get rid of my craft room/office temporarily so I do hope once my son moves into his own place I will have already started the organization process for that room. So it will be organized from the start.
- Another area I need to work on is paperwork and make a place to store it all I just seem to accumulate so much paperwork and It ends up everywhere so trying to find something is a chore and it drives me crazy. Along with that finish my home management binder.
- work on keeping up with my daily planner and use it daily I work really hard creating a daily planner but then I don't use it daily. I believe if I use it daily it will help keep me organized and keep me on track with my day to day to-do list.
Budgeting
- In the past I haven't had much of a budget but this year I really want to work on the cash system we are really bad at using our debit cards for everything because we don't carry cash but its really hard to keep track of the checking account when 2 of us are using the debit cards. I believe it would be a better system for my family.
- Along with the cash system I want to use the envelope system as well to help have a budget and stick to it with only one income now we really need to keep track of our spending. I am very good at couponing not a extreme couponer but I do buy most of my items on sale and with a coupon the only problem is I need to work on meal planning to go with the couponing instead of just buying the items that are on sale and stock pile them.
Social Media
- Start my blog for michelleshousewifelife
- Go live with my craft channel craftcreationsbymichelle.com
- Start blogging regularly
- Start making videos to go with both blogs
Well that's my goals for 2014 I would love to see your goals or New Years resolutions if you care to share please leave a comment below.
Have a wonderful day
