-----It wouldn't be a New Year's without them! :)
I feel like I have so many things that I want to accomplish this year. It is so hard to think about where to start. Maybe I am OCD who knows but as I ask myself where to start I feel like there are so many things I could improve on. I have so many areas where I feel like I am lacking. Then I start thinking about all the new things I want to learn. There are so many short term and long term goals of mine. Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals all are swimming around in my mind.
I am not going to lie I feel overwhelmed. I hope that I am not alone in this.
I start each day so optimistically thinking that I am going to accomplish so much that day. Then my day goes on and my to do list is ignored. I know things do not always go as planned and I am flexible but by the end of the day it is discouraging to see that I have maybe 5 things out of my 30 things that were on my list done. It can be hard. I know that this is because I try to pay attention to my sweet little girls and Jeff. They are what really is important.
As I am writing this I am realizing that I need to make small goals and bigger goals. I need to map out what I want to accomplish and make a plan. A very detailed plan for each goal(maybe this is where the OCD comes in). Then I can set the smaller goals to accomplish the big goals. i have decided that I will not bore you with every detail of my resolutions. I will just Share a few of my ideas.
I got this amazing idea from my wonderful mother: I am going to learn/try at least one new thing each month.
Another idea i got from a friend's blog: Her friend said that she wanted to become more chiseled. I loved this! What she means by this is that she wants to be refined by the hand of God, by her experiences, to be made better. I think that we for get how important it is to be beautiful to Him and not to the world. In the end it is only going to matter what He thinks of us.
I have some very personal goals of feeling healthy again. I want to be able to be the person I picture on the inside and not the reality in the mirror. I want to be me again! I love my children but I want my body back!!!!!
I have so many other things I could bore you with but that might reveal too many of my faults.
Jeff's two big Goals this year is to Graduate from Grad school in May and to find a job that best fits our family.
Rayna has a goal of being able to write and read before she starts kindergarten in the fall.
Amandine has a goal to learn anything that she can and have fun doing it. Maybe also wearing underwear full time is a great goal too.
Melina's goal is to not need her pacifier and move into a big girl bed.
I think that it is important as a family to have goals as well as having individual goals. Like daily prayer, scripture study and having fun together!
Happy New year to all of you and we hope that 2016 treats you all well!
