New Year goals.

With the New Year comes those pesky resolutions, I loathe making resolutions. They are always lofty goals that no one ever keeps. How are you supposed to make a goal and stick to it for a year? Don’t things change along the way? Life changes so much in a year that I don’t see how a person can make a single goal that lasts the entire year. Things change so much in a year, you can have a baby in less than a year, you can for sure buy a house in a year, you can get a divorce in a quarter of a year here in Washington state. Your goals should change and adapt with your life and life changes fast.

I did make some goals for the New Year they are these- 

Lose the 15lbs that I have gained- Since starting my new position I am less active at work than I was before. In fact most nights I sit the entire night. That added to rearranging my entire schedule to sleep during the day, be up all night and never feeling like I catch up let alone get ahead on anything. It is just a downward spiral. I eat at odd times; more often than not I eat unhealthy. So glad that I can identify why I have gained the weight now how can I get it off! I also want to run a 5K and Ron and I want to run tough mudder or a mud run like it. 

Devote more time to my family- The errands can wait, the stress can wait, as long as the bills are paid and we aren’t hungry I am going to stop and enjoy the time I can spend with my family. I worry way to much about things that are trivial and not enough about the things that really matter. The kids, Ron, spending time making memories as a family. That is what is important.

Cook more meals at home- We eat out entirely too much. It’s expensive and unhealthy. This is an obvious plus in all ways, eating better, spending more time together as a family, and saving money. 

Start saving for Disneyland- We really want to take the kids to Disneyland. I didn’t go to Disney until I was 20 years old, it was for my 20th birthday actually and I only got to go because we were given one day admission by family members who only used two days of their three day passes. Ron did get to go to Disney as a child but only because his dad was working in San Diego and they went to visit him. I want to experience Disney with our kids, see their faces light up, stay at a Disney resort, and do everything extreme. This all costs a pretty penny. We think it is totally worth it though. Making memories isn’t that what life is about? 

After I lose the 15lbs Ill set another weight loss goal but for now 15 isn’t that big of a number and hey 6 months ago I was there so I know it can be done. I can cook more, I can remember to take things out of the freezer on a daily basis. I think that’s mostly my problem is thinking ahead to actually take frozen items out to thaw and menu planning ahead to go grocery shopping and actually have the items on hand that we need to prepare the meals. 

These all seem like reasonable goals to build on and a great place to start our New Year, nothing to lofty and all things that we can work on and adapt through the year. This year will be a great year for the Abbay family. I can feel it.