1. Get finances in order!
-pay all bills before they're due
-save $1000
-be able to account for every last penny
-inexpensive meal planning
2. Focus on healthy living
-weekly meal plans
-WAY less eating out/processed foods
-grow a garden again
-family exercise
-drink more water
-spend more time with God daily!
3. Get home in order
-reduce clutter
-more positiveness/less negativity
-keep up with Fly Lady
-more encouragement towards my husband
4. Limit stress
-take time to relax/alone time
-meditate on positive things
Those things have been hanging on my wall for a whole year now. I think I actually did a pretty good job with most of it. Especially considering the major upset to our lives and schedules that 2011 brought us.
So going into 2012, I think I've decided to keep this same list. Of course I'm adding a few things to the list:
-be more gracious
-simple living
-become the crazy recycle lady
-do a creative project each month (crochet, embroidery, sewing)
-creative baking ideas for Rassy Cakes
-complain less (especially on Facebook and to my husband!)
-separate myself from people who make me feel badly about simple living (aka people who are really materialistic and show off their fancy stuff- its really annoying! Who seriously needs a 2012 Porche?!)
-complain less...wait- did I already say that?
I want to be a better person. Someone who's genuinely concerned for others. Someone who's not easily offended when not invited to a party. I really want God to change my heart this year. I want Him to use the brokenness and heartbreak that 2011 dealt me/us, to reshape and reform me. To make me flavorful and not bitter (like I've seen myself becoming...scary!).
I'm really looking forward to this new year! Happy New Years to all:)
This is Emelie on New Years Eve with Papa's hat on..."loving" on the kitty! She survived the whole night, with lots of energy to spare!
