How many of you have done this? Come up with a list of resolutions, and then given up halfway through January? Just me? WELL. This year, I am going to make a bigger effort to stick with my resolutions.
#1. 50 Book Challenge
I’ve never been huge into reading. Every now and then I’ll find a book I really like, and I’ll read it in 3 days. Then the next book bores me to death, or frustrates me, and I stop for 3 years. I’ve asked my friends, and Instagram followers for book suggestions, and I think I’ve got a pretty good bunch to start with. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment and let me know. Also, this is one of my bucket list items! Which makes it even more important I stick with it.
#2. Drink more water.
I quit drinking soda 2 months ago, and I’ve been good about it. REALLY good about it. It’s been a lot easier than I thought, however, I want to make a conscious effort in drinking my 64 ounces a day. With the help of the iPhone app Waterlogged, I’m going to do it! It’s really great, allows you to track exactly how much water you’re drinking. At work I have a 32 oz bottle, and the app let me add a photo of it, and I can track if I drank 1/2 of the bottle or 3/4 or whatever. Then when I’m at home, I drink from a normal 16.9 oz bottle, and I track that as well. It’s really pretty great.
#3. Care more about my appearance.
I know that some of you know me, but a lot of you don’t. I’m known for dressing like a prepubescent boy. Hoodies, jeans and sneakers. This is my every day wardrobe. If I could wear this to work every day, I would. Seeing as my financial situation isn’t going to allow me to chuck my entire collection of hoodies and buy nicer things, I’m going to start with mascara. I own one tube of mascara, and it’s brought out probably twice a year. Meaning, the tube I have is probably disgustingly outdated. So I guess I’ll buy a new one of those. But the point is, I’m going to wear it every single day. I’ll try to work my way up to eyeliner or something, but I’m not making promises on that one. Just the mascara.
#4. Family time.
This past year, I’ve realized that I take my family for granted. After my mom passed away, all of the would have, could have, should haves. It’s eating me alive. So, instead of dwelling on that, I’m going to make more of an effort to make sure my family doesn’t feel that way. I’m going to start with 3 things.
A. Family game night. Calista got a bunch of games for Christmas, so once a month, we’ll all play games for a few hours. We used to play games a lot, and we had a lot of fun. We need to get back to that.
B. Family movie night. Between the 3 of us, we have quite a large selection of movies. We usually watch our movies separately, at different times. Once a month, we’ll get a movie, some snacks, and veg out on the couch. Sounds perfect to me.
C. Reading with Calista. Every night she reads for 30 minutes before going to bed. I’m going to join her with that, which will obviously help with my 50 book challenge, but it’ll be good for us to have that quiet time together as well.
#5. Take a walk every day.
Pretty much self explanatory.
So those are the resolutions I’m going to stick with this year. All year. You all can hold me accountable. MOTIVATE ME!
Do you have any resolutions? Let me know how your experiences with resolutions have worked for you in the past!
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