<p>Eyemamom,I love your post. “Learn how to be me” - that is awesome and a great goal - I think you will get there!</p>
<p>^^^^ One year I made my resolution “keeping the kitchen island free of clutter” and I made it work. Now it’s second nature. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’m going to finally design the kitchen addition I knew we needed when we bought this house 14 years ago. Whether we can afford it, remains to be seen, but at least I’ll have gotten started!</p>
<p>I know this sounds simple, but I’m hoping to waste less food/eat what we buy. We throw out a ridiculous amount of food, and I feel bad about this for multiple reasons. I’m working on getting rid of stuff, slowly but surely, but I’m not yet ready to commit to a bag limit. (I did a “five things a day” kind of thing for some time, but stopped at some point). I also need to figure out my third life (empty nest starting next fall), but that’s for another post.</p>
<p>Niquii’s 2014 New Year’s Resolutions:</p>
<p>1. Get happy and healthy!
I’ve been battling addiction and depression this past year. I’ve relapsed more times than I’d like to admit. It’s essentially a snowball in my life that has cause great problems, emotionally and socially. So next year (tomorrow…oh goodness), I WILL start clean. I need to do this for my health. I know I can’t keep doing this for much longer before I experience long-time effects. 2014 WILL be the year. </p>
<p>2. Commit to a healthy lifestyle.
I have already made a detailed daily schedule to combat my ADD-like symptoms. The next part is to eat healthy and exercise regularly. If I stick to it, I will be a completely different person by the end of 2014. And I look forward to that! </p>
<p>3. Branch out!
College has taught a bunch just from the semester I’ve been there. The main thing that it’s taught me is that I need to branch out socially. </p>
<p>4. Get serious.
The next two semesters no joke. The course loads. Their timing. Their importance. I need to be on my A game if I want to be able to study abroad (and receive the funds to do so…) next Spring. </p>
<p>5. Get a new phone.
You can’t keep living like this, Niquii. Get a new phone. </p>
<p>Sure, I could add little things, but I know I wouldn’t keep up with them after a week. These are the things I need to do. In order to live an enriched life, these are necessary.</p>
<p>One of my favorite things to do at our town’s First Night is to read the resolutions that everyone writes and hangs on a large sculpture. (There is also an opportunity to write last year’s resolutions on a wooden tongue depressor and throw them into a fire.) Mine was to use my bike more for errands, even when it’s cold out or I think I am in a hurry. Two others are to get back in the habit of giving blood and to finally get all the way through Jon Kabat Zinn’s meditation training.</p>
<p>I think this will finally be the year we take down the wall between the kitchen and family room. Mathmom, I wish you were here to help.</p>
<p>We should revive this thread once a month to see how we’re doing.</p>
<p>1) Declutter my master bedroom, which is my big challenge as it holds the piles of clutter I move from other spots when we have company. Too often, the piles remain long after the company has left.</p>
<p>2) Submit a story I wrote for publication (creative non-fiction). </p>
<p>3) Continue to make my health and fitness a priority.</p>
<p>Choose to be happy over being right…Accept that today should not be mortgaged for a future day of happiness…Remember how truly fortunate I am, even when things are hitting the fan :-)</p>
<p>Oh, and put myself at the front of the line on a more regular basis.</p>
<p>A friend of mine pointed out to me, about 8 months ago, that I spent an enormous amount of time and energy obsessing about losing weight. At this point, I’ve lost half the weight I want to lose. My resolution for this year is to get my life back: lose the weight, change my eating patterns, stop obsessing. </p>
<p>Related to this is a nine-week resolution to complete the Couch-to-5K program ([The</a> Couch-to-5K ® Running Plan | C25K Mobile App](<a href=“http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml]The”>http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml)).</p>
<p>Finally, I have a competitive goal related to my personal hobby of dog agility.</p>
<p>A few years ago I decided to start going to the Y and working out, and I’m still doing that regularly. I decided to lose weight, and I did that, although it’s a constant struggle, and I still need to lose about 15 lbs.</p>
<p>So this year, I’m starting on the inside. I can’t even begin to understand the word “forgive”, but that’s for another thread. So this year, I’m going to try to be less judgmental. Much less. And to think before I speak. Lofty goals for me. I’m gonna try.</p>
<ol>
<li> Rejoin my book club as an active member</li>
<li> Take care of minimizing all our bills–cell phone, cable, etc.<br></li>
<li> De-clutter like crazy (I’m joining the one bag per week club here!)</li>
</ol>
<p>^ I’m going with #3 as well. One bag or item a week from my basement is my goal. Just got rid of three old TV sets yesterday. Feels good!</p>
<p>Ditto to JEM, adding on that I need to declutter garage as well as piles in bedroom.</p>
<p>also, start a blog connected to my group’s website.</p>
<p>Make a concerted effort to call the golden friends that have drifted away.</p>
<p>Plan a trip.</p>
<p>dmd77, my D1 did the couch-to-5K program last year and it worked! She ran a few races over the summer, so didn’t just stop at one.</p>
<p>My resolution this year is to sell my house and move. Empty nest now, and it is far too big and too much work for me. I know that if I don’t push myself, it would be easier to just stay (moving is SO MUCH WORK, and I don’t have a clear picture yet of what I am going to move to – general location is known, but house? condo? apartment? buy? rent? TBD…). But I know that a shorter commute, possibly closer neighbors, and a smaller place would all be good for me. I spent the last week making daily trips to Goodwill (I think I dropped of the 40 bags of Lent in only 5 days!). I just need to keep this momentum through the summer, hoping to put it on the market when D2 goes back to college in the fall.</p>
<p>My New Year’s Resolution is 1080p</p>
<p>Trying to find positive things amongst all the negativity that surrounds us as Americans…little things mean a lot</p>
<p>I need to de-clutter. My home never got cleared out when we bought from my mom 21 years ago. Add in the in-laws downsizing and #1D moving back home after graduating college and it’s only gotten worse. While I’ve been off for the holidays I’ve tried to do one small thing a day, and this morning took a bunch of stuff to Goodwill. The plan is to put one excess thing a day into a box for donation or the trash can for disposal. </p>
<p>Weight loss prior to niece’s wedding would be nice. I’d love to be one of those people who drop a ton as soon as they start running. Maybe this will be my year, lol.</p>
<p>1) Continue working on better health and fitness – 20-25 lbs to go.
2) Work on ME.
3) Let go of the things I can’t control – esp. as they relate to S2.
4) Joining the bag-a-week club.</p>
<p>To morrismm (post #18): I have a space heater that’s in the basement and rarely used. I should get rid of it. Would you like it?</p>
<p>1) Drink less pop
2) Eat better in general
3) Get back to working out (cliche, I know, but I was doing so well until my surgery!)</p>
<p>Here’s to a happy and healthy year to all!</p>