Goals and Resolutions Archives

You know, I’ve waited as long as I possibly could for this post. Every year I tell myself this post needs to be live by the end of January. While almost every other blogger publishes their New Year’s Resolutions the first week of the new year… I take my resolutions seriously, so I purposefully wait.

I wait to make sure these goals are what I really want to focus on for an entire year. I wait to make sure that I get past the hype and excitement of calendar shopping. I wait to put them in writing because these goals are my “mission statement” for 365 days and I need to make sure they are just right. So without anymore of a delay here are my 2015 goals:

Listen to my Body + Be Healthy.

Become Active.

Get + Stay Organized.

Embrace Change.

Have as much fun as possible.

I had really high hopes for last year. My goals were simple. But due to health issues and experiments, I didn’t achieve those goals. So this year, my plan is to do better. As of December, I now know as much as I am going to know about my eating issues. I know what my body can and cannot handle. I have learned that I need to listen to my body. My body is a temple. I need to protect it and make it the best (healthy wise) it can be.

While I’ve become a pro at clean eating over the last year, there is one huge aspect to overall health that I lack: Movement. Y’all I passionately hate exercise. I honestly think I hate that I hate it more than I actually hate it though. (Did you understand that last sentence?) Because I hate how much I dislike exercising - I think that means there is hope for me yet. Until I find a sport or exercise I love, I am going to try a new one each month. If I find something that I love - I will stick with it. I think if I give any activity a solid month, I will know how I really feel about it. (FYI - In February I will be lifting heavy things 5 days a week with my husband!)

With the big move-out and then probably six months of living out of a suitcase, followed by another move into the brand new house - there is no question that my husband and I need to get organized and stay organized. From the packing, to the unpacking, to the packing and unpacking again. It’s going to be a trillion times worse if we aren’t organized.

All of that being said - this year I really need to work hard to embrace change. I need to learn to appreciate the crazy moments. I need to practice patience. I need to remember to breathe.

Lastly, I want to have as much fun as I can possibly have. Seriously. I assume that in the next few years we will have a child or two. I’m not saying that the fun will stop… but from what I can tell, it’s a very different kind of fun. While I’m still footloose and fancy free - I want to travel. I want to craft. I want to be creative. I want to try new foods. I want to spend time with my husband. I want to live on the water. I want to drink wine in Europe. I want to have as much fun as we can possibly have.

So there ya have it. Call it a five on friday post. Call it a resolutions post. Call it “late” if you really want. When I take time to write down my goals, they become more real to me. While it may not be January First, this post was live before February and that was a goal in itself!

Did you put your 2015 resolutions in writing? What are they?

Just like Pantone picks a color of the year {it’s Marsala, btw and it reminds me of the red wine that I am currently missing from my life!} albeit trendy, I think it is really important for people to pick a “Word of the Year.” Maybe this is the business owner in me writing - but I think it is important we all have a goal or some sort of mission statement. Which is exactly what your Word of the Year accomplishes. Yes, long resolutions and to-do lists are great. But a one word mission? That’s excellent.

Meet My Sponsors: Liz from I Heart Vegetables and J from A Hot Southern Mess.

While it has been a really rough start to a new year {three days in and we are facing an unjust criminal charge and my hard drive crashed, losing tons of client and blog work} I need to regain focus, optimism and organization. While I would love to say that my 2015 word is either “focused” or “organized” my heart keeps telling me that I need to be:

Last year I had goals and very good intentions when it came to my health and my life. Due to a few bumps in the road - I didn’t accomplish my 2014 health goals. Now that the doctor’s test have been done and we have the answers, it’s time for me to kick ass and take names. In order to accomplish my 2014 goals AND my 2015 goals I am going to have to be determined.