I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season! I can't believe that it is 2015 already. Where has the time gone? I just realized this past week that my baby girl will be one in 5 weeks. Time flies, that is for sure. So now that we are into this new year, I have spent the past week thinking about what I want out of this year and what I want to do with it. I don't do resolutions, but I'm a firm believer in making goals and the start of a new year is always a great time to make new goals for ourselves. So my goals for this year are;
1. Eat healthier - this is a must. I am almost a year post partum and I weigh more now than I did when she was 6 weeks old. This is unnacceptable. I need to maintain my calorie intake because baby girl is still nursing but I need to make sure that I am eating foods that are better for me, thus reducing my fat intake and hopefully reducing my waistline!
2. Find more time for myself - this is also a must. As a mom to two children ages 4 years and 11 months, I don't get much time for me. I need to start asking for time for myself. I need to be confident that my children will be alright if I leave them with their dad for an hour or two. I need to not be afraid to take time for me. For my sanity this needs to happen.
3. Sew more - I need to focus more on sewing and less on planning to sew. I get wrapped up in the logistics of a project and more times than not I end up putting the project aside and never getting started. It's time to use up that fabric hoard that I have and make. all. the. things!!
4. Hoop more - I need to find time everyday to get lost in my hoop and relearn the moves and skills that I have lost. I need to do this, to help get myself back in shape and healthier. I need to move. I've become too sedentary this past year due to previously mentioned nursing infant and my love of terrible for me food.
5. Stop yelling - I find myself frustrated, as so often happens when you are a parent to two children, and I tend to yell. I yell to get their attention, I yell when they aren't listening, I yell when my son is doing something he isn't supposed to be. I yell way to much and that has to stop. My son deserves better from me and my daughter doesn't need to learn this terrible habit. I'll admit I'm not off to a great start on this this year, but I'm taking every day one at a time and hopefully I'll settle into a rhythm. I need to find some alternative measures to try and find something that works for us.
6. Be the best me I can be - Wow that sounds so cliche reading that here, but it's true. The biggest thing I want out of this year, is to do the best I can, as often as I can. I want to be the best me I've ever been and I want to share that with the world. I started #takingbackkacy last year and this year I want to continue that journey to finding myself.
So I think that I'm off to a healthy start this year and these goals are all reachable and easy for me to be held accountable for them.
What great goals are you making this year? How are you planning to keep up with your goals and ambitions?
