Goals 2015!

I love the new year and making goals for the coming months. A fresh start, a fresh clean agenda -- in paper and intention -- all the possibilities of a blank slate feel so good!

My blog calendar on the left and my planner for 2015 (the Simplified Planner) on the right

My resolutions each year always sound almost exactly the same... exercise more, read more, plan more, save more, blahblahblah. I'm always trying to improve on those areas, and I'm not sure I'll ever complete them entirely, but when I look back on my goals for 2014 I definitely made progress in those areas.

Last year I set 5 goals at the start of the year (last year's goals in their entirety 2014), and while I set myself up with a way to measure them, I never really stayed accountable. I met a lot of my goals and made some good changes (I was at the gym 2-3 times a week and tried a lot of new recipes from my cookbooks).

I came to a decision on my goals after a little thought about what I would love to accomplish this year and then figuring out exactly how I will do it and measure my ability to have met them.

My goals for 2015....

Try a new recipe, simple or complicated, healthy or indulgent, once a month. This is something I'll really enjoy since I love cooking. Part of this will be attempting to make some of my own creations as well.

Keep healthy. I love how I feel when I'm fit, and I have so much more energy when I'm eating right, so I'm going to mix it up a bit and find some fun new-to-me ways to be active this year. On the food front -- starting Whole 30 in November, before Thanksgiving was terrible timing, and then I had the norovirus, but that's not going to keep me from trying it again. 

Read a book or two a month. Since I didn't quite accomplish this goal last year I'm stepping up my game this year. I'm already more than halfway through Not That Kind of Girl.

In motherhood. Of course, I have goals for myself as a mother too!

• Potty training. 
• Weekly lessons in addition to his time at school (check out my Pinterest board that I'll be adding to as we go). 
• Spend the afternoon outside -- weather permitting. We're pretty content playing inside, but if the sun is shinning there is no reason we shouldn't be outside enjoying it!
• Be ready in the morning before O is up.

Less stuff. We have so much stuff. Our cabinets, drawers and shelves are often busting at the seams no matter how much I organize them. I'm going to commit to buying less things and doing away with more. I'll make this a measurable goal by starting a new bag each month of things we can give away.

Photography related goals, like: take more photos that include all three of us (for which I've created the hashtag #sullyfampics15), finally create our wedding album, back up photos each week so I don't ever have to go through losing everything again last I did last year, and create photo albums for each year since we've been married.

My specific goals for the month of January:

-Make clam chowder
-Finish reading Not That Kind of Girl and move on to the next book on my list.
-Find a 10k to run in the Spring.
-Create a plan for some lessons for O in February.
-Make a plan of action for potty training.
-Clean out Keith's closet and give away things he doesn't need anymore. 
-Start collecting photos for our 2010-2011 photo book.


I'm looking froward to sharing these goals, and my progress with them, here with all of you !