1. Monthly Dates
I say this EVERY YEAR!!! It might sound so easy to other people to have a monthly, or even weekly date with their spouse. I am going to assume that those couples either have money or family nearby (or no children), but for us it seems to be this unattainable projection. We've been on a roll lately though, so I feel confident about this year.
2. Cruise
I hesitate to even type that because it just doesn't seem realistic right now, but by our 15th anniversary in November that could all change. J was the one that came up with the idea and I have grabbed it by the horns with a kung fu grip. However, if it doesn't happen this year that doesn't mean it will never happen and I am okay with that.
3. Move
Hopefully we will not still be living in an apartment this time next year, but if so see the last sentence of my previous goal.
4. Declutter
I want to work on a different part of the home each month. I have an office area and filing cabinet that desperately need to be sorted out. There are also walls marked on with crayon that need to be scrubbed and other various "deep cleaning" projects that don't come naturally to me. This is another one that I say every year, but I'm saying it again. I want to be a better house keeper.
5. Photo Archive Updates
I really need to catch up on printing photos and finishing baby books. I am usually really good at this, but last year I didn't do a single thing!
6. Doctors
This might be a weird one to have on the list, but everyone in our family of 5 is overdue to see the dentist and I need to line up some other routine visits with specialists which I have procrastinated on so that's why Doctor's appointments is one of my goals for the year.
I could go on and on. I would love to learn spanish, get SJ in gymnastics, potty train Ezie, take juice off the menu for my children, get a new lens for my camera... However, for the sake of simplicity let's just leave the list at 6 things. I visited with a long time friend the other day and I met her husband for the first time. I said "I heard about your plans to start your own practice some day. That's great" His response was "2019" I raised my brows in astonishment and he added "A plan without a date is just a dream". Then we talked about S.M.A.R.T goals.
So those are my plans for now. Here's to a fresh start. I hope that it is a blessed year full of breakthrough for all of you as well! Happy 2015.
6 comments:
Monthly date nights are on my list too! I actually chose one word too and then used it as my focus word to create goals for the year. I'm not sure if that's how it's supposed to work but I'm just doing my own thing :)
Thank you for linking up to the New Year Resolutions & Goals #linkup. I shared your post on StumbleUpon and Pinterest!
I think your list of goals sounds very attainable -
This is such a good post. I am not good at New Years resolution but I do try and pray, read and write about God. Blessings Diana
I kind of agree that the one word could be very effective, but in all honesty goals are good too - goals, dreams, to do list, bucket list - whatever - always keeping our dreams before us as we pray for direction! Nothing like a sticky note to change your life.
I hope you have the best 2015 ever!
Though I haven't actually written out any goals, a lot of your goals are on my mental list. The cruise sounds great! We had hoped to go on one for our 10th, but now we're aiming for our 20th (July 2016). I need to do some decluttering, too. Ugh...photo archives. I haven't kept up with mine in awhile. Here's to getting stuff done this year!
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