Post by supertrooper1 on Dec 31, 2019 12:08:58 GMT -5
1. I never have been one to make resolutions, but this year I have plans to lose weight and to get more organized by decluttering (all the cliché resolutions). I have gained quite a bit of weight from stress eating and having a bad pop/soda/Coke habit. I need to cut back on the pop, eat healthier and get back on my spin bike. I still have boxes from when I moved in May that I need to buckle down, go through and get rid of stuff. It would make cleaning so much easier too.
2. It was a good 2019 for me. Most would probably say it was a bad year for me because I separated from STBXH, but it's been great for me. I love my new job and meeting Beau was great.
1. Last year I went with a "19 in 19" list of things I wanted to do during the year. I think I'll take the same route this year. It's fun to include big and little goals and see what I actually accomplish. One big goal I have is submitting a proposal to speak at the huge marketing conference I attend every year. I've been jotting down notes and have a really great pitch going around in my brain. Applications open on Monday! Yikes!
2. 2019 was an interesting year, but overall I'd categorize it as a good one. My divorce was official in December 2018, so 2019 was my chance to rebuild myself and my life. Lots of personal growth happened and is still happening. And I generally felt happier than I have in a very long time - even when life should have been more stressful as a single mom with a crazy career, I have felt lighter this year. And now I'm closing out the year with beau, which is pretty amazing.
1. I don’t really set resolutions because I don’t keep them. And 2020 will be a huge transition year for us as we transition from military family to fully civilian family. My goal is just to limp through as we figure out what life will look like going forward. I don’t really like change on the horizon and the anticipation while waiting for things to settle. So limp through the next year it is!
2. 2019 was pretty great. Good travels (what I base most of my decisions on whether a year was good or not), lots of good family time with close and extended family, new puppy, good health, finally getting tonsils and adenoids out in my kid who I had thought they needed to come out for the past 4 or so years. We did have to put our old dog down last February which was really hard and sad. And DH hurt his shoulder last winter and it took almost a full year of not knowing what the plan for that was going to be which kind of sucked.
Post by sandandsea on Dec 31, 2019 12:49:54 GMT -5
I have three. I want to lose weight/be healthier. Make partner at my firm. Stop destroying my fingernails.
I don’t really put a timeframe on my goals so these are essentially the same as last year. I was doing great at losing weight in whole 30 in early 2019 but am now only down 5 pounds.
2019 was good but a hard year for me. Not making partner last year was really really frustrating and disappointing and losing my SIL was awful. I know 2020 will be a great year for us. Dh and I both turn 40 this year too so that should be fun!
1. My normal NY goal is to try to avoid lima beans at all costs. I succeed most years and call it a success. I am not a fan of NY resolutions, obviously. My ongoing / work in progress goals that are not NY resolution related include trying to be less wasteful, staying active, and my ongoing promise to myself that one day, I'll learn to put on makeup properly.
2. Overall, 2019 was good. I wrote out our Christmas cards and realized that 2019 had been thoroughly uneventful and I call that a win.
1. My 2020 goal is survival. 10 months of solo parenting with DH being deployed. Also going to try and tackle grad school and get my diet under control. I am going to start saving for a mommy makeover.
2. 2019 wasn't a bad year, 2 big promotions and a no major life changes.
sandandsea, If you can afford it, I highly recommend dip manicures! I have a terrible habit of destroying my nails and cuticles. I started treating myself to a monthly manicure and it's been a game changer. It lasts for about a month and I don't pick at my nails because they look so good and grow so nicely. For $35 a month, it's my one frivolous splurge for myself.
I’ve put on a good amount of weight due to various stressors, so I’d like to lose a bit to feel better overall.
I want to be less grumpy with my family. I’m trying to be better about not sweating the small stuff.
I want to work on forgiveness/letting things go. I’m still actively angry with the 2 moms and the principal who took steps to have my kids removed from my care over lies and a misunderstanding. I NEED to let it go. But I don’t know how.
I want to focus more on my marriage. DH and I have slipped to the bottom of each other’s lists of priorities.
I want to actively seek out my friends more.
2019 was stressful. DD1’s bad behavior peaked. We sent her to camp to get a break and see if it would help her. It didn’t help, but we did her a break. Then the whole issue at school caused a ton of stress. But DH’s business has taken off, he is ready to expand. I’ve had some interest if I decide to go back to work.
1. I’m not big on New Years resolutions. I would like to lose baby weight on a decent timetable after I have this baby in early June - it has gotten harder with each pregnancy/as I’ve gotten older. My kids have all had allergen issues while I’m nursing them though, so not eating any dairy/soy/corn/wheat etc definitely helps on that front. I guess maybe my resolution is to try to still have a life with four little kids?
2. 2019 was pretty great. Our jobs continued to go well, and family was healthy. On the convenience front, it was our year of having all 3 kids within a block of our house every school day - in 2020 we’ll have to start driving a kid to preschool again. We did lots of travel with different groups of friends and family - Mexico, Vegas, the Pacific Northwest and Maryland as a family and Santa Barbara and Fiji with no kids. And we got pregnant with DS3 at ages 38/43 after six months of trying, so that was good. Next year will be quieter and crazier with a new baby, but we already have trips to Bend/Sun River, Oregon in August and Hawaii for Christmas planned.
I’m also not a fan of resolutions. I do periodic goals throughout the year instead, and I don’t have them written up for 2020 yet, and if I did they would just be for Jan/ Feb. some years I do a word but I am not sure what word I would do this year. I feel like things are going pretty well. I do want to keep exercising just to be strong. I enjoy hiking but obviously that’s not happening here in the winter so just keeping up my strength for when it gets warm and maybe find some good hiking spots.
Just trying to survive Jan/ Feb as my most hated months so I try to plan more activities then. We might do a road trip for spring break even if it’s not the whole week maybe an extended weekend. Last year we did a weekend in NC in February which was nice, we only have 35k miles left though so doubtful that will get us far. For summer DD wants to do GS camp and both kids to sleepaway camp and in-laws so that will take up a lot of summer as well as baseball and dance recital.
2019 was overall a good year. DH switched from on the road consulting to local consulting which is great to have him around. His goal is around food/ eating so I get to reap the benefits of his cooking. We definitely had some stressful times. My Grandma died, work stress, both of us had jury duty and trying to get downtown and back for childcare was stressful. The kids are getting more independent which is nice. DD is struggling with being afraid of being alone and nightmares so that has been hard. Our date nights have been great for our relationship. I’m hoping 2020 is less stressful.
Post by ilovelucyvv on Dec 31, 2019 21:20:17 GMT -5
1. I pride myself in being a passionate person, a go-getter, who puts in 110%, but I’m going to try to chill out a little more and be more patient with other people- I find that I have been too intense lately.
2. 2019 was a good year overall. Things have been mostly good with H. I made some dramatic changes at work for the better.
1. Wear a 2-piece bathing suit this summer (bikini, not tankini). The path to this goal involves some losing weight to reduce my flabby belly and some increased self-acceptance of the body I have. Also continue to work on cultivating friendships. Feeling left out about the fact that we had nowhere to go last night to be with people so that needs more effort if I don’t want a repeat.
2. Definitely. 2018 was such crap that anything would’ve looked better comparatively!
1. I’m not generally a fan of resolutions, but this year I have a couple of goals. I already upped the percentage of my pay that goes to 401(k), and Sarbanes-Oxley means I don’t get to change it during the year. So that’s done. I want to stop acting like both washing my face AND brushing my teeth on the same night is some radical form of self-care.
On the health front, at the end of 2020 I will turn the same age my dad was when he died of a massive stroke. That plus the fact that my blood pressure has started being consistently high means I must make health a priority this year. I want to start doing cardio at least 3 times a week and stop eating fast food for lunch. Also I need to go back to doing Headspace every single day. I’m so much happier and calmer when I do.
2. I guess I’m in the minority, but 2019 sucked in a lot of ways for me. My industry is in flux, which means I’ve worried all year about losing my job. I applied to some open jobs that I seem perfect for, and haven’t gotten even a nibble. Granted, most of them are still open, so maybe there’s still a shot. There’s a job open at a company where a former coworker and friend went last year. I’m going to apply for that. But it would mean moving to Phoenix, which isn’t exactly my dream location. Plus the kids love their school, and we would be giving that up. (And who knows if I will even get an interview.)
DS struggled with kindergarten. It’s heartbreaking to watch. I can’t tell if DD is struggling socially a little. She has a best friend and a couple of sort of friends, but she seems to get left behind a lot.
On the positive side, I started increasing my national presence in my areas of expertise. So that’s cool. DD is finally (omg, finally!!!) dry at night. DS is a math whiz and seems to have a lot of friends at school. DD is knocking it out of the park academically. We are getting answers from his neuropsych exam tomorrow, so hopefully we will get some answers there.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jan 1, 2020 11:06:09 GMT -5
1. My goals - get my nutrition under control, have fun with fitness (sounds like a TERRIBLE boot camp slogan), get my finances under control. Maybe go to church once in a while.
2. Mixed 2019 for sure. My boss was forced into retirement and I got his job. Now I've been proving myself ever since. I look forward to more of the same...hopefully with a new President in November.
1. Goals. One is to be more positive at work. My boss is toxic and negative about everyone around her, so I am not going to get sucked into her negativity. I don't care if the entire building goes stark raving mad, I am going to do my work to the best of my ability, and go home to my family. Second is to give to my church. We had pledged a set dollar amount to donate to a new parish hall. There was some controversy about the dioceses closing our nursing home that really upset me and a lot of people . I really pulled back after that. But, it wasn't the fault of our local parish and that is were the money will be going, so I need to keep the commitment.
2. 2019 was overall a good year. We got DS on GH injections, and it seems to be working. He has so much more confidence and is doing great. DD's freshman year went way better so far than I thought. Nothing eventful which I consider a win.
1. Goals: -Continue to reduce debt. We are planning to pay off our travel trailer with DH's bonus in March, and then we'll have the mortgage, home equity loan for our land, and DH's student loans. We'll snowball the money from the trailer payment and pay increases onto the mortgage and land loan and start paying those down faster. I need to rein in my spending on unnecessary things and so many meals out. -Either get a different job or change my attitude about my current one. My current department is understaffed and I don't like doing sales commissions, but my manager is really flexible on my work schedule and WFH and I like most of my coworkers. If my manager could promote me to a level of job that would be eligible for a bonus (and I would get a pay increase too), then I would most likely stay. -Declutter. I need to actually declutter and figure out how to stay that way and be more organized in general at home.
2. 2019 was pretty good overall. DH changed jobs and took at 10% pay decrease, so that was an adjustment. But we all stayed pretty healthy and we met some new friends through DS's travel baseball team, so that was a bright part of 2019.