In order to be committed all year long, I need something to
be committed to. I’ve decided on twelve
resolutions… some might seem silly, but these are things I want to challenge
myself to complete this year. Each
month, I’m going to keep you updated on one of my resolutions. Twelve months to a better me, right? Due to their nature, some of these will be
month-long resolutions and some of them will be year-round. I’ll keep you posted on how I’m doing.
January: Love more, judge less. This will be my topic on here for the month
of January. We all judge others, as much as we deny it or try not to. It’s probably my least favorite thing about
myself right now.
February: I’m starting the Insanity workout on Sunday,
January 6th. If I stick to
the Insanity calendar, I will finish the program on Saturday, March 9th. I figured that by February, I should be well
into the program, so I’ll share with you my struggles and victories during this
month. Heck, if I get the ambition time
guts, I might even post some pictures.
We’ll see how much I feel like embarrassing myself by next month.
March: Use my crock pot at least once a week. I hate coming home and scrambling to figure
out what’s for supper. The crock pot requires some extra
planning, but the time it saves is WELL WORTH IT. During the month of March, I’ll share my
weekly recipes along with any time-saving dinner tips or tricks I stumble upon.
April: It’s tax month!
What better time than April to talk about getting out of debt? This is another resolution that will span
more than just one month, but I thought it might be a good time to share our
progress and our struggles with debt.
May: Complete my first 5k.
In the month of May, I will be completing a 5k with one of my best
friends! I couldn’t possibly be less of a runner, so this is a big one
for me.
June: Make my house a home.
We’ve lived in our house for two years now and it still doesn’t feel
like “us.” I want to do what I can this
year to personalize our home and make it feel more like a family house… and
less like a college dorm. Oh yeah, and I’m
on a budget too, so maybe it should be “make my house a home… on a
budget.” Remember April’s
resolution? I don’t exactly have a ton
of money to go out and buy things. This
one will be an interesting journey, and it will take me more than a month to do
it. I’ll keep you posted.
July: Find three things to be thankful for at the end of the
day, every day. Being thankful isn't just for November, folks.
August: Drink more water.
The recommended amount of water for the average adult is 64 oz a
day. At this point, I doubt I drink
12. I’m terrible about drinking water… I just don’t get thirsty. For the month of August, I’m going to share with you the
ways I trick myself into drinking more. Along
with drinking more water, I’m also going to continue (and hopefully improve) my
clean eating /cooking goal that I started in 2012. I’ll share my favorite recipes that
are child and husband approved.
September: Use a new word every day. The deterioration of the English language
makes me sad (I'm being semi-ironic here. I could've used a much more descriptive or interesting word than "sad." Get it?). Dictionary.com will be my
new best friend for the month of September.
With any luck, I’ll find a way to sound like a person who done went and
got a college education.
October: Find a way to help someone every day. I think it’s important to pay it forward,
especially when we live in a society that is so self-absorbed and concerned with
personal gain. I also hate the cold, so
I wanted to do this during a month when we’re not likely to get a blizzard, so
I don’t get myself sucked into digging someone’s car out of a snow bank or
something crappy like that.
November: Do more things with O. Again, this will be a year-round goal for me,
but I’ll be sharing our activities in November.
I’m guilty of seeing fun projects in Pinterest or coming up with neat
ideas and thinking, “We should do that… someday. Not today.
I don’t have time to clean up that big of a mess tonight. Maybe next week…” Don't get me wrong; spend time together reading and playing, we
just don’t do things like finger-painting or playing with Play-Doh, or playing
in the snow. Time to fix that.
December: Keep a steady cleaning schedule. I don’t think there are two dirtier words
than “house cleaning.” They’re
relatively harmless alone, but when you put them together, they inspire dread
and loathing. I’m a little OCD and a lot
germophobic so I don’t let my house get too icky, but I’ve always had trouble
sticking to a regular schedule. I
usually wait until ten minutes before company is coming, or let it stack up
until I can’t stand it any longer and spend my entire Saturday scrubbing and
dusting. I want to do less of that this
year, so I’m going to spend the first eleven months of the year getting my butt
in line, and then I’ll report back to you in December.
*BONUS RESOLUTION*
Quit using ellipses (…) so freaking much. Seriously…
It’s tired, overused, and usually used incorrectly… just look at Facebook. Ok… getting it all out of my system… almost
there… alright. We’re done here. For the year of 2013, I’m limited to ONE
ellipsis per blog post and it must be used correctly.
*BONUS BONUS RESOLUTION*
Stop using so damn many exclamation points! Who the heck do I think I am? I’m not a cheerleader anymore, it’s time to
stop putting so much enthusiasm into every freaking sentence when it’s
unnecessary!!
There you have it… my 2013 broken down into
not-so-neatly-organized months. I hope I
can stick to all of them! Do you have
any resolutions? I want to hear them!
This sounds great! I can't wait to do some of these right along with you. -Nichole Baugh
ReplyDeleteYes Nichole! Thanks for reading! Keep me posted on how you're doing :)
DeleteYou are hilarious!!!!! (I added the extra exclamation points just for you!)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read all year long! These are all good and honorable resolutions!
Best of luck!