So a dear friend of mine does a New Year's Resolution every year, but she starts it on her birthday. She makes a goal for each year of her life. I thought that was such a great idea, but I always forget to do it once it's my birthday, so I decided to kind of split the difference. And then once I made my list, I kept thinking of more things I wanted to accomplish this year. So in the spirit of New Years and in the spirit of working on being a better person next year, I am submitting my list of resolutions. These are not necessarily in any order (except #1), but my goal is to accomplish all of these before the year is up. So...here goes!
New Year's Resolutions for 2012
- Do a devotion EVERY DAY
- Organize daily schedule
- Take a break from Facebook one full day a week
- Walk every Wednesday and Friday
- Bake bread at least once a week
- Go to New Orleans
- Go down one dress size
- Meatless Mondays
- Speak softer to my children
- Be more obvious in my love for my husband
- Make freezer meals at the beginning of each month
- Go to lunch with my mom once a month
- Pay off a major debt
- Clean/organize the pantry room
- Clean/organize the craft room
- Have the youth over
- Have the college kids over
- Make a new friend (not an acquaintance, but a friend)
- Stick to chore schedule
- Stick to reward/consequences chart
- Have family worship once a week
- Take the kids to volunteer at a homeless shelter
- Visit Connie Maxwell
- Find a new hobby
- Have one sewing project a month
- Promote a local business on my blog once a month
- Get a family photo done (professionally)
- Go to the dentist
- Have a date with the husband once a month
- Try a new, exotic food
- Have a successful garden
- Read a non-fiction book
- Go to bed with a clean kitchen
- Recycle
What's YOUR resolution(s) this year?
**UPDATE** I have organized my resolutions into different goals: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and miscellaneous. I then put them on a poster board, laminated it, and then hung it some place I could access it if I wanted to check my progress. This actually helps me with goal #2. I hate it at the end of each year when we forget to either stick to our goal or forget what the goal was in the first place. I wanted to make sure I really do work on being a better person this year. Here's hoping you make reachable (or seemingly reachable...see #7 or #13) goals this year and accomplish them!
Here's what I did for those of you who are visual learners:
**UPDATE** I have organized my resolutions into different goals: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and miscellaneous. I then put them on a poster board, laminated it, and then hung it some place I could access it if I wanted to check my progress. This actually helps me with goal #2. I hate it at the end of each year when we forget to either stick to our goal or forget what the goal was in the first place. I wanted to make sure I really do work on being a better person this year. Here's hoping you make reachable (or seemingly reachable...see #7 or #13) goals this year and accomplish them!
Here's what I did for those of you who are visual learners:
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