My New Year's ResolutionS

So I have 7 New Year's Resolutions...Pathetically enough, I have fallen off the bandwagon for every single one, and we are only one week into the new year! It has been one of THOSE weeks - you know, the one where you want to find out who opened Pandora's box on Monday and club them over the head? But here I am, because despite my week, I am ready to climb back up and try again. Weeks like this only happen every once in a while, but your wellness needs to last for a lifetime!

As I stated in my first post, I'm here because of Joyce Meyer's book "Never Give Up". In the first chapter she talks about making goals, and how you need to be specific when making them. You will find that I was pretty specific. I thought I'd throw that out there in case some of it seemed odd.

Here is my list of New Year's Resolutions (in no particular order)

The first one is financial, so I'll choose not to share details - not that I have a dirty financial secret, but I'm not sure how appropriate it is to share financial details online, and since I don't know the etiquette, I'll choose to keep this one to myself.

Number two - Become a better house keeper. Specifically I will put things that I use back where they belong. I thought I'd start out easy on this one since I'm TERRIBLE at keeping the house clean, and I didn't want to be unrealistic.

Number three - Spend my time wisely. Specifically I will make a schedule for my free time and stick with it. Since I am a teacher, when I say, "Free Time", I mean the summer, winter, and spring breaks. I tend to squander my time when I don't have a routine or schedule. At work I'm a machine - I work from the time I get there until the time I leave. I get there early and I leave late. I'm the poster child for productivity at work, but at home where it matters, where I WANT to do the work, I seem to not be able to find the motivation. So that is why I have chosen to work on this one this year.

Number Four - Spend time with the Lord every day. Specifically wake up at 4 AM every morning (I know that sounds early, but I have to leave the house by 6ish), Pray and read my teaching book (Drumming to the Beat of Different Marchers by Debbie Silver and Peter H. Reynolds). Then at night read Joyce Meyer and pray.

Number Five - Eat Healthy (notice I didn't say "Healthier"). Specifically I will eat fruit and/or whole grain toast with peanut butter for breakfast, a salad or soup with one side for lunch, a healthy snack after work, and then anything I'd like for dinner as long as it is healthy. I'm thinking about allowing myself two desserts a week.

Number Six - Start an exercise routine. Specifically - Stretching, 5 minutes of cardio, 5 minutes of weight lifting, and 25 crunches a day. I figured that would amount to about 20 minutes, and with my busy schedule I figured that would be the right amount to not make me want to give up on busy days or days that I come home tired.

At first, I thought my specifics with this one were being very generous with myself and that I would eventually need to increase them, but after doing them for a few days, I realized that 5 minutes is a lot longer than I thought haha. Some of you may be rolling your eyes right now, but if you will remember from my first blog, I HATE exercise.

Number Seven - Write/Journal at least once a week. I used to journal every night, and I have noticed that I am a lot more focused when I journal. My thoughts are more put together, and I'm all together a healthier person. I have a paper journal at home that I write all of my personal things in, and now my online journal that will help me address topics of well living and receive feedback from all of you. Luckily I didn't fully fall off the bandwagon with this one. I made it this week even though it wasn't by much. I'd like to write more. I already have a ton of things I want to address, so hopefully my schedule will slow down soon :-).


Hopefully we are past all the boring posts and now I can move on to fuuuuuuunnnnn stuff. Coming up next...How to incorporate a nasty green vegetable into your diet in a delicious and easy way!

Have a fantastic weekend!