New Years Goals

This year I want to live intentionally. I plan to declutter my home and only have what we use and need. Each day so far I’ve been clearing out an area of the house. One day it was my dresser and closet, the next it was my kitchen cabinets, you get the idea. I’m trying to do a little each day so I don’t get overwhelmed, and well because that’s all I can really manage with a 2 month old and a toddler. Other goals include eating better. I’m trying to stick to weekly meal plans and incorporating more veggies because, well, I’m a slacker when it comes to eating more veggies. Self care is also important to me this year and really for the rest of my life. I’m terrible at it and need to make it a priority. And last I want to read. I read maybe...two books last year?  That’s terrible. I really need to make time to read a new book each month at least. Too many times I’m caught up mindlessly scrolling through my phone.

Well those are my New Years resolutions for 2018. More importantly these are life long goals for myself to keep. Hopefully. That’s the goal. 

2018

I can’t believe that I only did two posts in 2017. Wow. I had every intention of writing but in all honestly I wasn’t in the headspace to write on here. I had morning sickness in the first trimester of my pregnancy, I was taking care of a very strong willed toddler, and then dealing with a very uncomfortable and even painful at times third trimester. Then in November our sweet little Andrew was born. Although he’s the sweetest baby going from being parent to one child to two children was a huge adjustment. Handling two kids with two different schedules and different needs is hard to manage in itself but then add in the fact that Nate regressed in every way possible: potty accident after potty accident when he was already potty trained for months, whining over everything, acting out for attention, copying baby, etc. And then add in recovering from labor and delivery and just trying to take care of my basic needs (eat, sleep, use the restroom). So yeah 2017 was a year full of change and adjusting to all the change. And now here we are again in a new year! I’m SO excited for this year. I don’t know what it is about this year but I feel so motivated. More so than previous years! I’ll probably write a list of my goals in another entry. But all my goals basically result in me simplifying my life. I plan to write more on this blog and hopefully about the changes I make to reach my goals this year.

Here’s to 2018!