Firstly - Happy New Year! I hope everyone had an amazing night whatever it may have consisted of.
I'm really not a big resolution maker, mostly because I'm not a big resolution keeper! So this year I've decided to try and keep things simple and rather than give myself a list of criteria to adhere to, (which will only add more pressure to my everyday life than there already is) I decided to instead imagine how I'd like to be feeling this time next year, and where I'd like to be.
Fitness - now this is a horrible cliche and one I vowed I would never make, but this year I've decided to try and keep fitter. I'm not a complete couch potato, but not far off. I have good intentions but then I get home from work and go into wind down mode, and then that's me for the rest of the evening and I feel totally un-productive. So I've downloaded an app called 'Couch-to-5K' from the App Store which claims to help you work out in small manageable chunks over a set period of time. This sounds ideal to me as I can't think of much worse than running for miles outside in this cold, rainy weather when I could be on the sofa in my onesie. My end goal is to be able to complete a 5K run by March (9 week programme) as that would feel like I'd properly challenged myself for once, rather than spending yet another year in my (admittedly comfy) bubble.
^^ The above photo is now my phone wallpaper and is serving as my motivation!
Finances - I'm terrible with money. I rarely make big extravagant purchases (well apart from holidays) but I fritter away small amounts on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Which really starts to mount up! So I'm going to try and keep a lid on some of my spending this year, while still allowing myself some treats, because frankly life would be boring if we never treated ourselves. Ben and I are hoping to move in together so I guess I need to learn to budget properly.
Putting Myself First - now that sounds selfish, but it really isn't supposed to. One of my worst faults is putting absolutely every man and his dog first, at the detriment of my own needs usually. So I've decided to make a stand, and learn how to say NO - even though it seems scary! I love my friends dearly but they are like a whirlwind of drama and energy all the time, and trying to juggle that with a full time stressful job, hold down a relationship, see my family plenty AND have a hectic social life is getting too much and I'm starting to burn out. I pack my schedule full so I have next to no time to myself as I hate to let people down, but no more! I'm going to start giving myself plenty of time to wind down and regroup, get more sleep and look after myself better, and go from there.
This will definitely be the most challenging of the 3 goals for me, but I'm positive I can take a step in the right direction when it comes to making my life a little easier, and my purse a little fuller.
What goals/resolutions do you have lined up?