A New Year is a chance for a fresh start, a blank page, a time for infinite opportunities.
A lot of people aren’t fond of the idea of New Years resolutions, but for me it gives me focus and something to work towards. If I don’t fulfil them by the end of the year I know that I have tried my hardest to get there.
Here are my goals for this year and I hope that I can fulfil as many as I can:
Educate Myself – I really want to press on with improving my blog this year and to do this I need to learn some new skills.
Photography has become a huge love of mine but I have been completely winging it so I am going to enroll on a photography course to hone my skills.
SEO is something that scares and baffles me in equal measures and is something I am determined to understand and implement this year.
Blog design is something I have no idea how to start with, but I’m going to have a complete rebranding this year and hope to do most of it myself.
A Tidy House, A Tidy Mind – My house has become increasingly cluttered this year with piles in corners and stuff squirrelled away.
This year I want to have a clear home that will hopefully allow me to be more organised in other areas of my life.
Giving Back – The extravagances of Christmas have got me thinking about teaching the children there are people out there that a lot less fortunate and getting them involved in projects that allow us to give a little something back.
Making food bank donations and sponsored fun runs are just a couple of the things I have in mind for us to do.
Play Everyday – After lots of time together and the obligatory Christmas games I have decided to dedicate one night a week to just playing games together as a family.
No screens will be allowed and we can have a few hours together having some good old fashioned fun as a family, so any board game recommendations would be more than welcome!
Stop Procrastinating – I am terrible at putting things off in favour of doing something more appealing.
This is why I get into a state of panic several times a week when I’ve left posts until the last minute or school projects that that kids need help with.
From now on I will make lists of things they need doing and get them done without the constant distractions I make for myself.
One On One Time – I’ve attended a few events this year that I’ve only taken one of the children to and this one on one time with them had been so good for both of us.
This is going to be a hard one but I’m going to try my hardest to get some time every month on my own with just one child at a time.
Time For Me And My Relationship – Both of these this are always way at the back of the queue when it comes to priorities and every year I promise to put myself and my husband first every now and then and it never happens.
From now on even if it’s just a coffee on my own to be away from the home to collect my own thoughts or a trip to the cinema with my husband it’s going to be one of my top priorities as I’m sure it makes for a happier home for everyone in the long run.
Who knows how many of this goals will be meet and if they are will I keep them up for the entire year.
All I know is I’m going to try my hardest and give my all and I can’t do any better than that!
We too want to do a game with the kids each day, a great goals list!
Thank you very much x