Goals for 2020- name yours

[DawnM]

I will start:

These aren't resolutions really.  I have stopped doing those, but some changes need to happen.  2019 was a STRESSFUL year for me (house selling, moving, mom dying, son struggling, close friend's stroke, etc...)

Some things I know I can't change and those are the hardest to deal with (no control).  

But here are some things I can control that will make me happy:

1. Downsize our JUNK!  NO more keeping stuff just because I might need it.  I am done.  I went up to the attic yesterday (in our new house mind you!) and there are boxes we haven't unpacked and I finally just decided that they aren't unpacked because we don't use them or need them......so they are going!  I will sort through first, but my goal is a box a week from now until whenever it needs to stop.

2. Continue with eating healthier.  I have let it go for far too long.   I joined WW 3 days ago.  I am not positive I will keep paying, but I am going to try it through the end of Feb and see what I think.  So far, I have cut out a lot of stuff because the points values are way too high (mostly sugar stuff).

3. Find a place for Dad to move to near me and help him move (We haven't decided if we can wait until summer or if I will need to take some FMLA and go help him sooner.)

4. Keep looking for a better job.  The stress of bad leadership and a difficult co-worker are taking its toll.  Not to mention the commute is 45-1 hr. each way.  

5. Decorate the house more.  I have decided I want the house to look better.  Immediate plans: I have bought a few things for the wall and I would like to get some black out curtains and curtain rods for two areas of the house.

6. Along with eating healthier, I am going to be working on starting some sort of exercise.  I haven't done any for a long time (other than walking some), I start and then taper off.  Dh is 100% on board with whatever I want to get/buy/do and even said he would support a Peloton bike if I wanted (I am not getting one but that is just to show the level of support I am getting from him.)

YOURS?

 

Edited January 1, 2020 by DawnM

[Soror]

-Complete obstacle races (signed up for 2 so far)

-continue regular exercise- aiming for at least 200 workouts for the year, still working on mileage goal for intentional walk/run/bike; 10k+ steps daily

-more veggies in family meals 

-read more- I didn't do nearly as much reading last year as I adjusted to working PT and a million other things- goal is a modest 26 books

-more family activities with big changes especially dh's returning to college carrying a good sized load while working FT+ OT time has been limited but I want to carve out more time for family activities- I'd love 1 activity a month, even if it is only a short one- I'd like more but w/ dh's work and hw schedule sometimes he hardly has any free time so we'll take what we can get; we're starting the month with a family hike today as dh has off

-house improvement and repairs- have to do the roof (was totaled by insurance) but likely will have to do it ourselves to save money and need to paint the house (eek)

-plan and carry out a family vaca that fits the schedule and budget, the kids want to visit the beach

Still thinking on some other personal goals that I'm not sure how to quantify yet.

 

Edited January 1, 2020 by soror

[Ottakee]

Last year someone mentioned doing 52 small challenges so I did that and managed to do almost all of them.

So, this year I made up another list of 52 challenges.  They ranges from 1 hour of landscaping work to reading through Psalms in English and Spanish, doing yoga every day for a week to visiting a national park.  Others include trying a new food from the ethnic section of the grocery store to biking a new bike path with the kids.

Separate from that list I also found a list online of 70 parks within about a 5 mile radius of me.  Some are just several city lots set aside as a green space to bike paths, a boardwalk along the river, a dune preserve to a park on Lake Michigan.  I hope to visit all of these over the course of the next year.

[SamanthaCarter]

1. Friends. I need some that are more than just church folks I see once a week. 

2. Improve liver health. This would include improved diet and some form of exercise, that’s the harder part because we dropped gym membership. We just can’t afford anything extra if we want to keep our heads above water. 

3. Find a way to help bring in some income and do it. 

[Junie]

55 minutes ago, Ottakee said:

Last year someone mentioned doing 52 small challenges so I did that and managed to do almost all of them.

So, this year I made up another list of 52 challenges.  They ranges from 1 hour of landscaping work to reading through Psalms in English and Spanish, doing yoga every day for a week to visiting a national park.  Others include trying a new food from the ethnic section of the grocery store to biking a new bike path with the kids.

Separate from that list I also found a list online of 70 parks within about a 5 mile radius of me.  Some are just several city lots set aside as a green space to bike paths, a boardwalk along the river, a dune preserve to a park on Lake Michigan.  I hope to visit all of these over the course of the next year.

This is a really awesome idea.  Thanks!

[math teacher]

My word for the year is Restore. Specifics goals are daily devotions, healthy eating, and exercise. I also love the idea of 52 challenges. I work over a lot in my classroom, but some of the challenges could involve my time there. I am putting things in place so that hopefully I won't spend as much time there next year.

[PeterPan]

I suppose if I get my January goal done (cleaning out the former school room/sewing room), then my February/March goals will become obvious. 

I'm focused a lot more on realizing what I like and choosing what I think I like, rather than listening to someone else. I still do that, asking other people's opinions, and I want to do that a bit less.

I bought myself some stationary, so apparently I have a goal of writing letters, probably to my dad since he's the only one who writes/likes letters, lol.

[Just Kate]

1. Buy a house! Long story...we have been in a rental for several years and we are planning to buy this summer. I am so excited/nervous. Praying that it all works out according to our plans (and super hard work!). 
 

2. Move regularly - I just signed up for a beginners yoga class (eek!) and I joined a “walk the year” team, which will require me to walk at least a mile a day (intentional steps - like taking the dog for a walk or doing a walking workout). I know it isn’t much, but I have really slacked on my intentional moving and have become way too sedentary. I have plans to change that this year!

3. Get back to my low-ish carb eating. I lost about 15lbs and felt great last year. Then dh and I took a vacation to Las Vegas at the end of October (lots of yummy food). When we returned, it was Halloween and then Thanksgiving and then my birthday and then Christmas. So here I am on January 1 and my wonderful eating habits are completely gone. I know how to eat right and I actually enjoy it! I just have to get back to doing it. 
 

I love reading about everyone else’s plans for 2020 as well!!!

[Mbelle]

My life is changing quite a lot this coming year.  Our 2nd child is heading off to college.  There will be the much younger child left at home.  

I want to successfully launch ds and not feel lost myself.  I am working out a lot with weights and walking.  

I am going to not only read German again I am going to go converse at a local Stammtisch even if I'm a little scared to go!  It has been 20 years and other than talking to myself and teaching ds a semester I have not spoken hardly any German.  I may pull out one of the German lit book that is on the easier side that I read in college and plow slowly through it.  Andorra by Max Frisch.  It's a very good book and seems to be perfect for current events now too.  I may sign up youngest for German Saturday school and take a class myself for German teachers that they offer.

My Dad is a builder and I want him to teach me everything he knows about building a house and buying property.  I'm really excited about this, but I havent' explicitly talked to him about it. I am chomping at the bit to get started.  I'm hoping this will help through launching another child.

I am going to learn how to artfully speak up for myself when I hear rude and disrespctufl comments.  I had a real problem in a church small group with one couple, which was at my house no less, and I'm not going to put up with people like this any dang more.  

Youngest child will be homeschooled and I hope to use all my experience and everything I learned off these boards to maximize his learning.  I want to find him a good Sunday School or Christian Ed even if that is at another church.  

Slowly build a good wardrobe of  quality clothes that maximizes my positives and downplays negatives and looks confident.

Develop more social connections and attend more events.  We are often the people who invite and have parties and dinners and we love it, but I would like to find more people who return the invitations at least occasionally.  

Start hiking in the many beautiful places around our state.

I have more! LOL  It's a big year for me! 

 

 

[73349]

I plan to finish decluttering the bedroom and to get the master bathroom renovated. This will require DH's help, which is part of why it didn't get done in 2019.

I am pursuing some healthy habits, with a productivity app to keep me consistent.

I'm trying to consolidate into one day a month (except August, when we do a whole week of it) our intentional giving: rolling over Kiva loans, shopping for our Box Project pen pals, volunteering, buying food to donate, etc. I plan to look next week at when DS and I can schedule volunteering, and we'll mostly plan around that. He's turning 12, which opens up some more choices around here.

I want us to go to a group activity on Fridays unless there's a good reason not to, which means Wednesday will have to become our library/errand day, except not this week because things are closed (so we will use Thursday, normally our staying home and cleaning day).

I joined a new church (and denomination) in late 2019, and as I move through 2020, I hope to be able to design for myself a new set of prayer beads. I don't have a particular time frame in mind for that, though, because I want to be confident that I'm making something I will use for years, as I did with my previous one.

Edited January 1, 2020 by whitehawk

[AngieW in Texas]

1. Don't fall again. My fall the week before Thanksgiving has cost me almost $6000 so far and the physical therapy starts this month with my $2600 deductible back down to $0 before insurance pays for anything.

2. Eat healthier. That really fell by the wayside after my fall.

3. Find another job outside of teaching.

 

Edited January 5, 2020 by AngieW in Texas