I hope that you all had a fantastic NYE and relaxing New Year’s Day! Here we are on the 2nd day of 2019 and I am so excited to share some of my goals.

First, as I mentioned on Monday. I don’t use the word resolution. It always sets me up for failure so I prefer to have an overall Goal for the year and to make smaller, more attainable goals throughout the year.

Healthy

This word has some really negative things that can go with it. I am not focusing on losing weight and I am NOT looking at a scale at all this year. I am fighting the negativity of feeling like I need to look a certain way or listening to the constant negativity about bodies prevalent in social media and the blogging world. I dealt with some health issues in 2018 and so for 2019 my health is important. That means taking better care of my body in all ways including eating better foods, exercising, taking care of my mental health and working on negative feelings/talk of myself and feeling confident in being able to splurge when I feel like it.

Happy

This is always my goal for the year. I want to do what makes me happy in whatever way that comes. I’ve wanted to move out of Chicago for a few years now and I made that leap in 2018, that made me happy even if it took a lot of hard work and some bumps along the way. So for 2019 I want to make decisions that work towards my smaller goals and that constantly work towards this word. Sometimes though, I might have to do things that suck knowing that the outcome is Happy. Does that makes sense?

The Big Picture

With all that said. I have had a few things on my 5 year plan that are getting damn close…damn you 30’s for moving so quickly! In order to get working on those I will have to make sure that my monthly goals help me get there! I need to work on saving, as much as I would love to see the world I want to see more of the US too and also becoming more politically and culturally “conscious” is big on my radar this year.

My January 2019 Goals!

Spending. I need to work on my this in order to get started on those goals! so for January I am doing my own version of “No Spend” which includes no starbucks, shopping for anything not necessary(i.e. toothpaste but I already have that), taking a large chunk of my pay and putting it away immediately, and sticking to my “social” allowance for the month.

Cooking. I fell off of the cooking the last 6 months, which is weird because I actually love to cook. I/we plan to cook at least 4-5 meals a week and I will eat the leftovers! (This is a big deal I am not a leftovers person) Plus I have 3 new cookbooks that I would love to start using!!

Planning. I am so bad at this guys. So bad. But I am so excited to use my Erin Condren Teacher Planner to get started on all the great things I want for 2019. Plus, as I mentioned I need to get started working on these long term plans! This is also going to help with the Spending & Cooking!

Being Present. I set this goal in December because I realized how often I was browsing Instagram, checking my stats and focusing so hard on fixing things on the blog that I forgot to be present. If I am actually doing the Planning part of January I will not need to spend as much time on my phone/laptop and more time enjoying what I am doing! I want to be able to put down my phone and sit with AJS even if we are just watching TV.

So to recap….we have Healthy & Happy as my overall 2019 Goals! January is going to be about Planning so that I can stop Spending, Cook more, and Be Present in the moment!

Do you make resolutions or goals? Are you a big picture or smaller goals type person? What do you want for 2019?

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