2013 Resolutions

[ElsaVonM]

If you have New Year's Resolutions and would like to share them with the group (just for fun, or for motivation), please post them here!

If you would like to talk about how resolutions are stupid and never work and science has shown blah blah blah, you can start a new thread for that I personally think they are fun, and great motivators. I also think they are still worth doing even if you don't hit 100% or make it last all year. For me, self-improvement is always a worthwhile endeavor, especially when I keep it fun and don't expect perfection.

[ElsaVonM]

My list:

Grow vegetables
Call [one of my uncles] 1x per month
Email [two friends] 1x per week
Email [two different friends] 1x per month
Track food for 365 days (I made it to 90+ last year)
Do Whole30 for January (exception: OK to use cream in coffee)
Watch no more than 8 hours of TV per week
Read 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction book per month
Do 100 hours of community service, including 50 hours of pro bono
Learn to identify 30 native and/or medicinal plants (my sister added this one)

Possible depending on time availability: Join a community band or start playing clarinet again in some organized fashion (like X hours of practice per month, etc.)

[Deleted]

Get outside to do something active at least 3x a week
Put my giant garden in and don't let it go to crap
Stress less
Eat more from the earth, less junk
Settle the vegetarian vs. occasional meat eating war I have going on in my head
Take a gardening class, work toward becoming a master gardener and/or learn more about organic and sustainable gardening
Find myself

[hensmum]

Dec 29, 2012 15:37:44 GMT -5 ElsaVonM said:

If you would like to talk about how resolutions are stupid and never work and science has shown blah blah blah, you can start a new thread for that

:Y:

Also, great list! I'll be back - need to think about mine.

[joyseattle]

Prep for baby - emotionally, mentally, physically and financially
Figure out C's career stuff - either a FT job, or more steady freelance to supplement her PT one
Complete my LC journey - boards in July, certification in October
Revamp my business website (I've been wanting to do this for years)
Travel to see family
Travel for fun - at least a weekend away, at least one camping trip
Date nights (pre-babysitters) and more intimacy
More focused dog training - also a pre-baby item
More time for hobbies (knitting, sewing, decorating)
Put in raised-beds for veggies

[mk]

I don't do resolutions, but I make a "34 Things in Year 34" list (my birthday is in December, so it's around the New Year). I never start out with the right number of goals. I add to it (and delete from it) through out the year. Anyway- here's what I have so far:

Family/Marriage
1. See a lawyer (Get wills, medical and financial POAs, name changed)
2. Have Big Sister over for a mini-vacation (weekend or week over summer before her senior year)
3. Go on 12 dates
Kids
4. Choose pre-school
5. Adopt first child
6. Get pregnant
Culinary
7. Make Red Velvet
8. French Macaroons
9. Keep freezer stocked (cookies, pizza dough, tray of casserole/burritos, ice cream, smoothie bags, muffins)
10. Donate food to Dad’s church
Personal
11. Ensure dogs have chips with correct address
12. Create (and stick to)homemaking schedule
13. 26 Acts of Kindness #26acts
• Buy a bale of hay for The Gentle Barn
• Buy someone’s coffee behind me at Starbucks
• Leave cookies on someone’s doorstep
Financial
14. Buy new house (4/5 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, large kitchen, double oven, basement, fenced BY, en-suite master, dining room)
15. Sell old house
16. Raise credit score
Environmental
17. Create and use a compost pile
18. Create and use a rain collector thing
19. Buy no water bottles
20. Can/freeze/dry 10 items from the garden (tomatoes, green peppers, jalapeños, serranos, zucchini bread, basil, dill, rosemary, thyme, and zucchini chocolate cake)

[ct]

Focus more on dating my wife
Complete another Whole 30
Lose as much weight as I can before 5 year anniversary (do so by tracking at least 5 days/wk and exercising 3x week)
Calm down. Play more. Don't be so snippy
Figure out if I really do want another baby and if so, discuss seriously with A.

[kershnic]

1. Get pregnant
2. Go on big international vacation
3. Find something else worth caring about
4. Save money
5. Don't forget to take care of my relationship
6. Deal with areas of my life that could use a little more honesty

[eratmama]

Get real about our budget and stick to it.
*menu plan, only grocery shop once a week
*cash for fun stuff. No cash=new activity
Pause before speaking to those i love. Be kinder
*plan mini one on one time each week with each family member
Get a job.
identify and ask for what i need so i can take care of myself

[hensmum]

Thanks, everyone - this has inspired me.

Organization & Home
-Sell all the things I've been meaning to sell on craigslist
-Sell cloth dipes
-Sell some of my old clothes/shoes
-Get to the consignment store at least 1/month to sell Hen's old clothes
-Organize the basement
-Paint Henry's room

Creativity
-Take an online writing course
-Submit poetry to lit mags 3 times
-Use fabric stash to sew products to sell at the winter farmers market in December
-Make at least 6 new dinner recipes
-Come up with my own cheesecake recipe

Mothering
-Wean Henry
-Leave Henry for 2 nights to spend time with C [eta: not 2 total for the year, haha! 2 in a row! a weekend away!]
-Involve Henry in more giving
-Raise my voice less

Personal Well Being
-Get a job
-Be a good friend
-Read more
-Do more ballet/stretching at home
-Be patient

[2brides]

1.Get back into volunteering. I facilitated a coming out group before the kids were born and I really liked doing it.
2. Be more "go with the flow" at home.
3. Get the finances in order.
4. Be less snippy with the kids (so far I am 0-2 in this one.)
5. Find a way to motivate Carter (and me) to do more physical exercise.

[ct]

I love reading everyone's resolutions. They are so inspiring!

And my good news is: I've completed one of mine already!

[hensmum]

Jan 2, 2013 12:14:22 GMT -5 ct said:

I love reading everyone's resolutions. They are so inspiring!
And my good news is: I've completed one of mine already!

:Y:

I just registered for my writing course!

[seattlekari]

1. sell the things I need to get rid of on craigslist (thanks for the reminder hensmum)
2. finish organizing/decorating E's room now that she has the furniture she needs
3. make exercise a higher priority
4. get myself on FB so I can keep up with more people
5. finish my many house organization projects so I can feel completely settled

[eratmama]

Allright, ct, i reread your list. I figure you either went on a date with A, or you made a baby decision.

No sleep makes erat nosy.

[ct]

Jan 3, 2013 10:07:45 GMT -5 eratmama said:

Allright, ct, i reread your list. I figure you either went on a date with A, or you made a baby decision.

No sleep makes erat nosy.

Or i used one to get the other! lol

[2brides]

Jan 3, 2013 12:03:36 GMT -5 ct said:

Jan 3, 2013 10:07:45 GMT -5 eratmama said:

Allright, ct, i reread your list. I figure you either went on a date with A, or you made a baby decision.

No sleep makes erat nosy.

Or i used one to get the other! lol

:Y: :heart:

[eratmama]

Love it

[hensmum]

Ahaha! I'm curious too...

[rikkiandjulie]

Details!!!


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