January is the month of purging junk February - finding my at home groove again March - getting in shape again April - deep cleaning, now that the junk is gone May - waking up the gardens June - July - August - September - October - November - December -
DH and I agreed last night that we are going to focus on getting cupboards and drawers in order and less on cleaning. Obviously cleaning still needs to happen, but it will be so much easier if the junk is gone. Cue my over flowing garbage can. If we are going to be charged for extra garbage, I figured why not go all out.
Mine are so typical and boring but I going to make them anyway.
- Keep improving my dietary changes and hope to lose weight. - Start a Christmas Club - Save more money/budget - Start and keep a cleaning routine/schedule - Take more time for myself and for just DH & I - Read 40 books (10 of which must be non-fiction)recommendations welcome
I honestly say every year I am going to start getting healthier and lose weight. One of these years it HAS to stick right? This year (2015) I did make some positive changes though so I really think I have a chance at it for 2016. I ditched the diet coke (in April) and cut way back on the fast food take out. I want to keep improving on this and make more changes. I need to cut back on my carbs. Pretty sure this is what is holding me back from weight loss. I am really unhappy with myself and it has to happen.
The cleaning thing I also made positive steps to start off 2016 great! I purged so much stuff this past summer. I cleaned out my garage and gave away all baby items (huge step for us deciding and accepting that another child is behind us). Anyway, we organized 90% of the house and just finished setting up the basement as an extra hang out are for the boys for the winter.
I still have about 6 bins of misc stuff, most of which I believe is either old cloths of ours or the kids but I want to make sure there is nothing current that got misplaced in our move.
Also DH & I decided for XMAS we would upgrade our bedroom TV as a gift to each other. So we took the old TV and put that downstairs and set up a Roku for Netflix, and some old video game systems with an area rug and bean bag chairs. Along with a folding card table and chairs to use for legos or puzzles, games, etc. It's not huge but looks cute ad just gives the boys some extra space or privacy of needed.
I am really happy with the changes we made last year and just hope to keep improving on them. 2016 feels like it will have a positive start for my family.
I have really been thinking about this and I feel like these are the major things I would like to try this next year:
--purge junk, extra clothing and unnecessary items (I actually donated quite a bit this year so I have a head start on that one)
--maintain the major dietary and lifestyle overhaul h and I made this year (namely cutting out most junk and cutting back on bad carbs) to maintain our weight loss and improve health
--I am toying with the idea of training for and doing a 1/2 marathon but that depends on our work schedules and is tbd (it would be a cool bucket list item)
--try for baby (we agreed that if our infertility is an issue again we are open to trying clomid or iui but not in vitro)
--plan more vacations and down time (we already have booked a vacay for early in the year just us 3) and our bil is taking the whole family to Disney/California adventure in the spring so I have 2 trips to be excited about. H and I acknowledge that we are sometimes all work and no play and we need to fix that.
--continue to decorate and upgrade things in the house
Mine are basic. 2015 was good, I did a lot of purging and organizing and made more time for my knitting/crochet. In the last 15 months I had 3 surgeries, S my activity level dropped significantly.
In 2016 Be active again (and lose the 10 pounds I gained).
Spend less.
Reconnect and spend more time with friends. I feel like I have ignored a couple so much this year. We just get busy and I tend to let friendships slide.
Go outside more. DS loves being outside, but I'd rather be in. I resist the outside stuff and that isn't fair to him.
I'm going to take more pictures. 2015. Passed by, and I think I might have a handful of pictures. I want to have more fun, instead of looking for reasons why I can't, try to figure outs ways I can. I want to hit physio hard and be able to run again, my goal is by March.
I kind of started early because DH is home this week and it's easier to make some changes when he's here. We moved furniture around to give us more storage in the dining room, where the kids do crafts, so now I have a place to store their craft stuff. We also moved DD to a toddler bed (sob!) and rearranged her room in case she wanders around at night. (Which she did - she's going to be challenging to transition!) Then I have:
- Finally make some photo books (I'm thinking one per year for the past 3 years that I haven't developed any photos!) - Take more time for myself, away from the house and the kids - Practice more kindness and patience with everyone in the family, including DH.
Ooh - I thought of another big one - to challenge my own negative thinking. I've been working on it a bit already, and it was shocking to realize how quickly my mind jumps to the worst-case scenario, or I'm sitting there thinking how awful everything is. I had PPA/PPD and I feel like my thinking is still a little skewed. I used to be an optimistic, problem-solving person, and I want to feel like that again.
Post by dizzycooks on Dec 28, 2015 13:55:15 GMT -5
@itsbritt was your ds a invitro baby? IF is so challenging. I know for us having a hard stopping point on the treatments or # of rounds we would do was helpful. Im glad you have a plan. Also +1 on the all work and no play front. We struggle with that too.
@itsbritt was your day a invitro baby? IF is so challenging. I know for us having a hard stopping point on the treatments or # of rounds we would do was helpful. In glad you have a plan. Also +1 on the all work and no play front. We struggle with that too.
Ds was not but we had our IV consult with our fertility specialist the month we got pregnant and coincidentally the doctor noticed I was ovulating (part of my if picture is that I don't ovulate regularly compounded with h having issues as well) so we got lucky that time. Now that I'm a bit older I feel like I wouldn't be mentally up to ivf and h appreciated my honesty on that. We feel very blessed we were able to have ds so if we end up one and done we are at peace with that. We will see!!! Also if is so hard, I am in a better place now with it for sure.
Hope you guys get some more play in next year too it's easy to get sucked into the hamster wheel lol.
2015 has sucked and although 2016 will start rough, it is the beginning of a new chapter. My first goal is to find a place of my own, settle in and find a new "normal". I want "me" back. This craziness has consumed my life and I am ready to begin healing and moving forward. I am going to focus on me, continue individual counseling, and become a better me. My goal is also to find something positive, something to be grateful for each day and write it down. It's time to have some positive in my life again. Smaller resolutions are to read more, make more time for friends, eat healthier, stay organized, find a cleaning routine that works now that I am working full time.
I fell off the face of the earth pretty much regarding friends after DS2 was born. So I definitely need to make more of an effort to maintain my friendships. This will be easier if I stick to my second resolution to let other people take care of my kids and if the baby misses a nap because of it, oh well.
Try not to start sleep habits with DS2 that I won't want to maintain as he gets older.
Eat healthier - mostly less sugar and more grains. Since giving birth I feel a bit betrayed by my body - my immune system is down, my joints hurt, I'm not bouncing back as quick as I used to from a cold, etc. I feel like a big part of this is I choose convenience over health with foods since I'm so worn out every day. I need to make the effort again to eat resorative, healthy foods.
Make more one on one time for DS1.
To make more of an effort to let things go with DH. I've been nagging about stuff that doesn't really make a difference at the end of the day.