For the sake of accountability I am posting my New Years Resolutions again this year. This year I plan to check in every 3 months though to review progress and to be a little more accountable.
I should be able to accomplish all of these goals. I really don't think I'm setting my sights too high, but hopefully just high enough to keep me learning, growing, and productive in general.
So here they are... wish me luck!
Spiritual:
- Read the New Testament
- Read the lesson manuals before Church (this could be a good FHE activity, then we'd have a whole week to ponder the topic before the lesson)
- Go to the Temple more often (10+ times) - I mean seriously, there's no excuse, it's close and I have lots of babysitters around!
Personal:
- Read more books. At least read the book club book each month. Plus a few more here and there.
- Sew more!
-- Finish Oliver's quilt ASAP
-- Make some pillows/shams for Oliver's bed
-- Finish the rag quilt I started cutting a couple years ago
-- Make Halloween costumes again
-- Make Oliver's stocking - baby girl will need the baby stocking this year
-- Make lots of cute hair clips and bows for baby girl!
- Try a new recipe at least twice each month
- Practice the piano at least as much as I expect my students to
Family/Marriage/Relationships:
- Have Family Home Evening every week... or at least most weeks
- Have a "date night" with Nathan once a week (this may be put on temporary hold for a few weeks this spring, but will hopefully resume quickly)
- Read more books with Oliver and add a book to the bedtime routine
- More family activities (games, walks to the park, movies, outings)
- Focus more on serving others, especially my family
- Do visiting teaching every month
- Invite friends and family over more often
Daily Life/Housekeeping:
- Get Oliver on a slightly earlier sleeping schedule (bed before 10:00 consistently)
- Cook dinner more often
- Dishes done nightly
- Stop avoiding the laundry
- Organize Oliver/Nathan's closet to make room for baby girl's clothes... hmm, maybe I should consider sharing my own closet, not likely though
- Take more/better pictures and blog more often - in other words, be better at keeping a record of our lives
Physical:
- Gain another 10-12 or so pounds
- Then lose it... plus another 30, give or take
- Train for and complete a 10K while pregnant
- Train for and complete a 1/2 marathon post pregnancy
Traditions:
- Don't Forget Swedish Waffle Day! (It's March 25th - don't forget! - unless you're in labor, then who cares?)
- Perhaps a few changes to the Advent Calendar...? But really, at least have it planned ahead
3 comments:
Very impressive, Megan. If I were you, I might just have one: Grow a baby, have a baby, raise a baby. OK, that's three. I just think the year you have a baby you should feel fantastic just making that happen. :)
But you've inspired me. I might redo mine. Or not. Can't decide.
Thanks for dropping by! It was fun to see you.
That is an impressive list, as Kerri said. Is March 25th actually Swedish Waffle day, or just something you guys celebrate?
Kerri,
Your list from last year was a big part of my inspiration for this year. I also looked at it a lot when making this list. I think I've still kept it a little less intense though.
Megan,
Waffle Day is an actual Swedish holiday, and it does fall on March 25th. Nathan always wants to celebrate it, but we never remember when it is and it will be June and then we'll remember that we missed it again... so now I have a concrete reminder.
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