okay, i know it
is january 3rd and i am just now posting my goals for the year, but this is kind of like my re-introduction back into the land of blogging, and i wanted to make sure that they were the goals i wanted to and could actually reach this year. in the past i've really set unattainable, pie-in-the-sky “i’m going to do
EVERYTHING” goals. so with that said,
my goals and a brief explanation are below.
in 2013, i will:
lose weight to the point that i feel good about myself (eating clean, working out 3-4x per week)
OK, so i’m right there along with everyone else on this one. but i have two weddings to stand up in this year and i want to look and feel good. and in all honesty, it’s more about how i feel instead of how i look. i got to a point last year where I felt so much better in my clothes, and my confidence was better. i’m never going to be a size 2, and that’s okay. i want to be a good size for myself and stop making excuses for not exercising!
get my finances in a better order
don’t get me wrong. my finances are in a decent place. however, i feel like i need to make a better budget for myself and follow it. i want to build up my savings in a better place. finally pay off that stupid loan that i regret taking out every day of my life. but i want it to be paid off and done; there isn't really a reason that it shouldn't be.
read 'the happiness project'
i’m reading this with a friend, and we decided we would start this book in the new year, back in december. i acquired the book over Christmas with one of the many gift cards i had stock piled. i’m not an unhappy person and i don’t want to be bitter, but towards the end of 2012, i was. i want to do things that make me happy and work towards figuring out what that is. it doesn’t have to be big…i want to make sure that i can still see the good in the every day. so what if my life isn’t the same as everyone i grew up with back in michigan? So what if i am not married with 2.4 kids and a white picket fence? my life isn't the same as their lives and we are on different paths. hopefully someday i will find the man to call my own, but for now, i need to enjoy the hand i've been dealt. but some days I need the reminder to not let it get me down.
take a class for fun
i’ve wanted to take a class for a while now, just have never committed. i’ve wanted to take a photography class for a LONG time… and was amplified when i went to europe this year and one of the girls had an amazing camera, and took great photos. (first i need to acquire a camera!!) i started looking up italian classes here since i came home from europe and fell in love with the language while in italy. i think i just need something that will enrich my life; something to have and do on a regular basis outside of work.
figure out what i want to do with the rest of my life
i don’t know if i can do this for the rest of my life.. i feel like i need to figure out what will make me happy longer term so i can get a jump on that. and where? i've always wanted to live in san francisco. Why shouldn't I do that when I don’t have any real “roots” (read: boyfriend, husband, etc) and have the opportunity to move across the country without too much upheaval?
be more intentional with my friendships
since i have said sayonara to facebook, i need a better way to maintain my friendships. and, since we are being honest, facebook is not a great way to maintain friendships, even though a lot of people treat it that way. this is one of the main reasons i quit in the first place (in addition to the obvious privacy issues. so to do that, i want to do two things:
1. talk to 2 friends each week (on the phone)
2. send a card or letter or little treat to a friend each month
blog (at least) 3x per week
let’s be honest, right now this blog isn’t really a blog. it’s got 5 posts and 11 page views (all of which are me). but i want to blog three times a week. even if i don’t have anything that important or great to say. because it’s a creative outlet and probably if i start blogging again, even through the times that it seems like i don’t have that much to say, i’m hoping that it will give me more ideas about what to blog about, and then it will start coming more naturally. (here’s hoping..)
wash my hair less (3-4x per week depending on events)
my hairstylist scolds me every time i come into the salon. “you’ve been washing your hair every day. stop.” i need to take better care of my hair and both the shampooing and the heat styling that inevitably follows that is a major culprit. i want to “embrace the mess” – via messy.dirty.hair. - challenge accepted.
in 2013, i will not:
change who i am to make someone else happy
let a bad day make me feel like i have a bad life
let stress and worry get the best of me
forget to see the good things in each day
dwell on the past
there you have it. these are my goals for the year. i guess not really goals per-say, but things i would really like to improve upon. now that they are writtenin
stone on the interwebs/blogosphere, i guess i have to do everything on this list :)
xxoo
nikki
in 2013, i will:
lose weight to the point that i feel good about myself (eating clean, working out 3-4x per week)
OK, so i’m right there along with everyone else on this one. but i have two weddings to stand up in this year and i want to look and feel good. and in all honesty, it’s more about how i feel instead of how i look. i got to a point last year where I felt so much better in my clothes, and my confidence was better. i’m never going to be a size 2, and that’s okay. i want to be a good size for myself and stop making excuses for not exercising!
get my finances in a better order
don’t get me wrong. my finances are in a decent place. however, i feel like i need to make a better budget for myself and follow it. i want to build up my savings in a better place. finally pay off that stupid loan that i regret taking out every day of my life. but i want it to be paid off and done; there isn't really a reason that it shouldn't be.
read 'the happiness project'
i’m reading this with a friend, and we decided we would start this book in the new year, back in december. i acquired the book over Christmas with one of the many gift cards i had stock piled. i’m not an unhappy person and i don’t want to be bitter, but towards the end of 2012, i was. i want to do things that make me happy and work towards figuring out what that is. it doesn’t have to be big…i want to make sure that i can still see the good in the every day. so what if my life isn’t the same as everyone i grew up with back in michigan? So what if i am not married with 2.4 kids and a white picket fence? my life isn't the same as their lives and we are on different paths. hopefully someday i will find the man to call my own, but for now, i need to enjoy the hand i've been dealt. but some days I need the reminder to not let it get me down.
take a class for fun
i’ve wanted to take a class for a while now, just have never committed. i’ve wanted to take a photography class for a LONG time… and was amplified when i went to europe this year and one of the girls had an amazing camera, and took great photos. (first i need to acquire a camera!!) i started looking up italian classes here since i came home from europe and fell in love with the language while in italy. i think i just need something that will enrich my life; something to have and do on a regular basis outside of work.
figure out what i want to do with the rest of my life
i don’t know if i can do this for the rest of my life.. i feel like i need to figure out what will make me happy longer term so i can get a jump on that. and where? i've always wanted to live in san francisco. Why shouldn't I do that when I don’t have any real “roots” (read: boyfriend, husband, etc) and have the opportunity to move across the country without too much upheaval?
be more intentional with my friendships
since i have said sayonara to facebook, i need a better way to maintain my friendships. and, since we are being honest, facebook is not a great way to maintain friendships, even though a lot of people treat it that way. this is one of the main reasons i quit in the first place (in addition to the obvious privacy issues. so to do that, i want to do two things:
1. talk to 2 friends each week (on the phone)
2. send a card or letter or little treat to a friend each month
blog (at least) 3x per week
let’s be honest, right now this blog isn’t really a blog. it’s got 5 posts and 11 page views (all of which are me). but i want to blog three times a week. even if i don’t have anything that important or great to say. because it’s a creative outlet and probably if i start blogging again, even through the times that it seems like i don’t have that much to say, i’m hoping that it will give me more ideas about what to blog about, and then it will start coming more naturally. (here’s hoping..)
wash my hair less (3-4x per week depending on events)
my hairstylist scolds me every time i come into the salon. “you’ve been washing your hair every day. stop.” i need to take better care of my hair and both the shampooing and the heat styling that inevitably follows that is a major culprit. i want to “embrace the mess” – via messy.dirty.hair. - challenge accepted.
in 2013, i will not:
change who i am to make someone else happy
let a bad day make me feel like i have a bad life
let stress and worry get the best of me
forget to see the good things in each day
dwell on the past
there you have it. these are my goals for the year. i guess not really goals per-say, but things i would really like to improve upon. now that they are written
xxoo
nikki
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