As I was writing my New Year’s Resolutions for 2016, I wondered if resolutions actually work. I realized that I’ve never gone back at my last year’s resolutions to see how many I accomplished so I’m going to do it for the first time this year. I’ll be honest – once I write these resolutions, I don’t really look at them again. But writing them down helps me think about them and I’m surprised at how many I finish.
2015 Resolutions
Kids
- Read books to them – We read Spirit Animals, Captain Nobody, and Harry Potter.
- Create more traditions – even for the small holidays. I had a scavenger hunt for St Patricks’s Day and we ate green food, I got Valentine’s Day treats, Easter egg hunt, carved pumpkins, made pie together, and saw some Christmas lights. It was a lot of fun. I’m lazy and thought it would be work (and it was) but I mostly had fun.
- Play more! I said yes more and played board games, video games, and listened to lots of stories when they came in the door from school.
- Just say yes.
- Do chores with them. I wasn’t consistent with it since I didn’t have a set time like I do this year, but I did do a lot of chores with them and taught them some new skills.
- Reading Parties. We didn’t have parties, but we did read most nights together so I’m okay with that.
Spiritual
- Write in my journal. I caught up at one point, but I’m behind again :)
- Read my scriptures.
- Catch up on recording family memories. This is time consuming and it might not be something I have time for right now.
Physical
- Reduce stress. I went to a therapist and she helped me figure our ways for me to reduce stress and it’s been working really well.
- Do yoga with my son.
- Get a new, comfy mattress and bed frame. We are still paying for it but it was worth every penny.
Reading
- Read a 1000+ page book. I barely finished this goal, but I’m really proud that I did!
- Read all my book club books.
Personal
- Stay within my budget. I overspent a lot. I could be better at this one, too.
- Go clothes shopping every month. I bought clothes for our trip to Disney World, but I definitely didn’t go every month.
Blogging
- Fix my search page.
- Manage social media.
- Maybe have a paper planner for my blog. And I love it! I’m going to have a post soon on how to make your own blog planner!
- Make new, trendy social media buttons.
- Find a new way to read and keep track of blogs. I still read blogs with feedly or randomly when I see them on Facebook or something. I’m not sure there is a better way to read blogs :(
You did good! And you made a lot of goals. I don’t hardly make goals. It’s probably a good thing. I don’t think I’d do as well as you.
Great job! I’m so impressed that you were able to keep track of all your goals and how many you achieved! Go you!