New Years Redo

Yes, I know it's almost February, and yes I know that new year starts January 1st.  But this year my New Year Resolutions are starting February 1st!  At the end of December Jared and I actually had a date night at the Provo Library (how romantic!) where we sat down and made New Years Resolutions, both joint and individual goals, as well as making plans for how we would accomplish our goals.  However, our plans were bIased around the assumption that by the beginning of January my work schedule would be changed and I would no longer be working nights.  So when January began, the chore schedule that we made along with other things didn't work well with me still working nights.  Although I've tried to keep up with my goals, January's been difficult so I decided to start fresh in February.

What I like about our goals is that they're not all necessarily things like, "exercise at least 3 times every week".  Those are so easy to fail at.  You miss one week and achieving the goal is shot.  Instead we thought of things that we want to improve on and have goals working towards incorporating them into our lives by the end of the year.  So for example, smaller steps/goals towards a healthier life-style so that by the end of the year it's just habit to exercise at least 3 times a week on average.  We set big goals for the year, and each month we'll have a goal-setting date night where we set monthly goals (to help us achieve our yearly goals) as well as to evaluate how we did the previous month.

I'm excited for 2012 and all that we hope to accomplish!  For Christmas we got a large white erase board that is hanging on our pantry door - where we see it multiple times each day.  Here we'll record what we're working on or need to do - that month, week, or even just that day - to help us accomplish our bigger goals and keep us accountable.  This was Jared's idea, and I love it.  We also have a bi-weekly chore chart (because my work schedule will still sort of be 7on/7off) printed out by the white board so we remember who's responsible for what chores each day and hopefully our house will stay a bit more clean and organized!

So Happy (belated) New Year to everyone, and wishing you all a great 2012!