Happy New Year!!
It's Resolution (NYR) time!!
It's Resolution (NYR) time!!
So far, the plan for being more awesome than last year includes (but is not limited to):
- January trip to Florida! Woop Woop!!
- March/April trip to wherever my bff Harms and her hubby are on their sailing adventure!
- May trip to NYC for fleet week with Mattycakes!!!!! Say whaaa?! :-)
- October girls trip to Hawaii!
At least 3 out of 4 of these trips are definitely happening in 2014. I'm SO excited!!
- January trip to Florida! Woop Woop!!
- March/April trip to wherever my bff Harms and her hubby are on their sailing adventure!
- May trip to NYC for fleet week with Mattycakes!!!!! Say whaaa?! :-)
- October girls trip to Hawaii!
At least 3 out of 4 of these trips are definitely happening in 2014. I'm SO excited!!
NYR #2 - Wash all dishes within 24 hours.
I'm dead serious. You wouldn't think this is NYR material, but let me assure you, it is. Since I don't have a dishwasher, this one takes some serious discipline and willpower on my part. I hate doing dishes. I mean, you could use it as a form of torture, I hate it so much. It's weird though - I'm actually really good at doing them and laying on the guilt when living with roommates, but when it's just me, forget it. I'll wait until every single piece of silverware is dirty before doing the dishes, and even then, most of the time I'll just wash what I need. So this year I'm committed to keeping my sink empty and clean.
NYR #3 - Make an actual effort with the online dating thing.
So... online dating is actually a lot of work and doesn't really work if you don't, you know, log in once in a while...
NYR #4 - Eat out less and cook more (and bring lunch!).
There's a Wendy's about 5 blocks from my apartment, which means it's just too damn convenient to grab a Jr. bacon cheeseburger and chocolate frosty gut bomb for dinner when I'm not in the mood to cook. And not surprisingly, the food carts near the office call to me on the daily. So this is a two part resolution:
1) I'm renewing my cost saving measure of doing food carts only once a week, and 2) making an honest effort to cook regularly using more whole foods and less of the processed junk (goodbye instant mashed potatoes. I'll miss you). I'm even thinking about joining one of those grocery delivery services where they send you the ingredients for a few meals a week (like Blue Apron) to limit the excruciating decision making process I have such a hard time with anyway. For someone like me, this may actually be a brilliant plan...
Obviously going to the gym 3x a week or training for a 5k would be awesome and I would so love to be that person, but I know I never will. Sure, maybe for a week or so. But in the end, the big boobs and bad knees kill that dream dead. So instead I'm committing to at least moving daily, whether that's a 30+ minute walk with the dog, yoga at home, or biking to/from work. And then perhaps at some point I'll actually utilize the TRX I bought back in March (I've used it once)... and maybe add a kettle-bell to my at home "gym" collection and work on strength training.
Baby steps.
I'm dead serious. You wouldn't think this is NYR material, but let me assure you, it is. Since I don't have a dishwasher, this one takes some serious discipline and willpower on my part. I hate doing dishes. I mean, you could use it as a form of torture, I hate it so much. It's weird though - I'm actually really good at doing them and laying on the guilt when living with roommates, but when it's just me, forget it. I'll wait until every single piece of silverware is dirty before doing the dishes, and even then, most of the time I'll just wash what I need. So this year I'm committed to keeping my sink empty and clean.
NYR #3 - Make an actual effort with the online dating thing.
So... online dating is actually a lot of work and doesn't really work if you don't, you know, log in once in a while...
NYR #4 - Eat out less and cook more (and bring lunch!).
There's a Wendy's about 5 blocks from my apartment, which means it's just too damn convenient to grab a Jr. bacon cheeseburger and chocolate frosty gut bomb for dinner when I'm not in the mood to cook. And not surprisingly, the food carts near the office call to me on the daily. So this is a two part resolution:
1) I'm renewing my cost saving measure of doing food carts only once a week, and 2) making an honest effort to cook regularly using more whole foods and less of the processed junk (goodbye instant mashed potatoes. I'll miss you). I'm even thinking about joining one of those grocery delivery services where they send you the ingredients for a few meals a week (like Blue Apron) to limit the excruciating decision making process I have such a hard time with anyway. For someone like me, this may actually be a brilliant plan...
NYR #4.5 - Drink more water and get more sleep.
I'm tired, like, all the time. Most likely because I don't take care of myself the way that I should. So I figure if I start with the basics of water, whole foods, and sleep, I'll feel a lot better (mentally, physically and emotionally) and probably, eventually, look better as a result.
*fingers crossed*
NYR #5 - Be more active.
Obviously going to the gym 3x a week or training for a 5k would be awesome and I would so love to be that person, but I know I never will. Sure, maybe for a week or so. But in the end, the big boobs and bad knees kill that dream dead. So instead I'm committing to at least moving daily, whether that's a 30+ minute walk with the dog, yoga at home, or biking to/from work. And then perhaps at some point I'll actually utilize the TRX I bought back in March (I've used it once)... and maybe add a kettle-bell to my at home "gym" collection and work on strength training.
Baby steps.
NYR #6 - Meet new (single) people.
I'm a social butterfly. I like going out and making new friends. But being social can be unbelievably exhausting, and lately I've fallen into a funk and have become a bit of a social recluse. Also, it seems 95% of my friends are in relationships. Not that I mind a whole lot, but it's just kind of a bummer to be the 3rd or 5th wheel ALL THE TIME. It gets old. So my goal for 2014 is to join (and actually attend) some of those meetup groups and perhaps if I put myself out there, I'll get something in return.
NYR #7 - Pay off Credit Card debt
Ugh. You'd think I'd have this one figured out by now. I did actually pay off all of my CC's back in April 2012 (I drained my entire savings for it, and it was terrifying), but then my roommate moved out leaving me with the entire rent payment for 4 months, I finally fixed the 2 year old hit-&-run dent in my car, then I moved to Portland, bought a pretty yellow bicycle, started allergy treatments for Bandit, did more car repairs/maintenance, etc. etc. and not surprisingly my balance creeped back up to where it was 3 years ago. So it's back to the 0% APR for 18 months payment plan. Thank GOD for balance transfer offers. :-)
The challenge now is to not put anything back on the cards that I don't intend to pay in full...
NYR #8 - Emergency Savings
My savings habits have never been stellar. There always seems to be some stupid reason I need to dip into my savings (or not so stupid reasons - like paying for plane tickets!). But after this past year's furlough fiasco, I've realized exactly how important it is to have a substantial emergency savings. My goal is to have at least 2 month's pay in savings by the end of the year.
Whew!! That's a lot... but not really.
Bring on the new year!
slr
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