New Year’s Resolutions. I make them just like everyone else. And I could not tell you what my resolution was last year, or the year before, or the year before. That’s how much effort I put into achieving my goals. So this year, I am not calling them resolutions. I am calling them goals. Life goals. 2011 goals. Whatever. They are ways that I want to change my life for the better in 2011.
One. BE HEALTHY. That could mean eating better. That could mean losing weight. That definitely means moving my butt more. I just want to be healthy. To feel good most of the time. I want to have a better mental state, and that comes from having a healthy body. I am starting with losing the weight I gained in November and December. When I found out I was pregnant, I kind of let myself have what I wanted. I put the scale away. I gained 4 pounds. Yea for pregnancy excuses. Then I lost the baby. Unlike a miscarriage, the ectopic required surgery. I literally could not move for a week. The second week was very limited as well. I was eating, but sleeping and sitting most of the day. Then Christmas and New Year’s happened. So I gained another 5 pounds. That’s not okay. I want to get this weight off before we try for another baby. And even once I get pregnant again, I will not let myself “have at it” with food. I will be controlled, I will be smart, and I will do everything it takes to ensure a healthy pregnancy.
Two. I will watch less TV and read more books. We watch way, way, WAY too much TV. On weekends, there is nothing on yet we sit there for hours on end watching it. TV off. I will limit our Netflix to two per week. We don’t need to sit around watching movies all weekend either. I have over 120 books on my goodreads list to get through. Maybe I can only watch TV if I am on the elliptical.
Three. Make a baby. That seems pretty obvious.
Four. Find a method for stress relief. My job gets the better of me most weeks. It’s stressful and it’s hard work. I have a 7-month-and-counting muscle spasm in my neck to show for it. I need to find an outlet. I guess that links back to being healthy. Yoga classes are expensive. If I have a home DVD, I won’t do it.
Five. Disconnect. Dude. Seriously. Like I need to know what is going on on Facebook every 10 minutes. I need to learn to let it go. Both Kurt and I are way too plugged in. Our phones are out and on all the time. He even plays games on his phone WHILE watching TV. Good lord. There will be “Technology-Free” nights at our house. I promise that. Although this seems to contradict my next resolution, which is....
...Six. Better blogging. Maybe not necessarily MORE blogging, although my goal is to write at least once a week. I also want to write better blogs. Be more honest and tell better stories. Especially as Kurt and I start to try for a baby again. I want to be as open as possible about the process, setbacks, and emotions that come along with trying again after a loss. Mostly though, I just want to entertain my readers better and give them a reason to come back. And follow me. Cause 4 is an awesome number of followers, but I'd like to try to increase my readership by writing more blogs that others want to read and share.
Six. Take a class for fun. Maybe photography, maybe a cooking or pastry class, maybe creative writing. Our community college has some pretty good offerings, and I need to find a good hobby to really develop. Otherwise I’ll just keep skipping from thing to thing. That's a good theme for 2011: FOCUS.
For now, I am going to go FOCUS on the elliptical for a while. Three weeks into January, and I haven't broken that one yet. AWESOME JOB ME.
3 comments:
Paco will be on his computer, playing a game on his phone AND watching something on tv... all at the same time. ridiculous.
I certainly can't wait for you to achieve goal 3, but in the meantime, I'm super pumped about your goal to blog once a week!
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