I love this and it's usually how I feel about New Year's resolutions but this year the pilot had a great idea. As a family the 3 of us brainstormed together what we would like to accomplish this year. Of course the first thing D-Boy came up with was to be able to play games one night during the week since we only let him play his video games on the weekend. And even then he doesn't play very many. So we made a deal if he finished his homework on the weekend to turn in Monday he would get 1 hour on Monday nights to play a game. Our first goal, No Extras January. We buy a bunch of stuff and I honestly couldn't tell you what exactly. We might just go to TJ Maxx, leave the store with a receipt of $55. I look in the bag and really wonder how we got to $55. My new yoga clothing isn't exactly inexpensive but I reason that if I can get out of the store for less than $100 I'm doing good (however I don't think about how many times I've gone to that store in a month). I might get a pedicure or manicure. Its not that we can't afford these things, we would just like to be more aware of what we are spending. We also agreed no going out to eat. So what do we do? I think this will help us do more things together as a family. We can play board games together, go to the library, watch the movies we have at home, take walks, foster dogs, make meals at home, visit with our friends (I did warn one of my friends we might be visiting her quite a bit this month).
Learn something new in February. Our plan is to go to a cooking class or even try something we've never done before. Trying to think outside of our comfort zone. Travel March, for our spring break vacation we are flying to California and doing a 400 mile road trip up the coast. We already have our route planned and fun places to stay & visit.
Our mini goals are to spend less time on our computer (this one is really for the pilot ;-) I get bored pretty quickly on the internet. However I will say I'm just a tad bit addicted to Facebook. I wouldn't call it an obsession but I may need to spend less time on it. Doing a 6 am workout once a week, now you need to realize this will be a hard one for me. I don't usually get out of bed before 7:15 am or later.
We are good at making financial goals every year but I never really considered making life goals. I enjoyed spending our evening figuring out the things we want to accomplish this year. We wrote on each month of our calendar as a reminder. We have the rest of the year planned but I think you get the idea. Please realize that usually I'm a no goals type of gal, but I think this really will enhance our lives together as a family. And at some point I need to grow up and realize that goals aren't a bad thing.
Whats on your agenda for 2014??
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