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 :(
JennY says
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.
Kami Furr says
Great job! I’m so impressed that you were able to keep track of all your goals and how many you achieved! Go you!