Aim

It's the start of a new year. Ok well its the second month of a new year, but regardless it is still towards the beginning of the year and you know what that means.... goals/resolutions/new habits/whatever you want to name them. Though I didn't join in all the fun of posting these at the beginning of the year, I have been thinking through what I want to aim for this year. The old saying goes, "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time." I want to be a person with aim (as I type this I can already hear mr.pate saying I need alot of ball practice then haha). So while they may not be the most measurable, well put together goals, here are the things I want to strive to focus on this year.

1. Personal Goals:

• Memorize the book of Philippians. Yep, the whole book.
• Read 2 books a month.
• Be social at least 3 times a month.

2. Marriage Goals:

• Have a "connect" time each day- a time where we have intentional communication, a devo and prayer time.
• Be more affectionate.
• Practice the discipline of date night.

3. Financial Goals:

• Track our monthly spending to ensure we are actually living out our proposed budget.
• Give coupons another try.
• Cut our grocery budget by 10%.
• Be more diligent about contributing to our savings & retirement.

4. Physical Health:

• No longer be considered insulin resistant. I know this sounds presumptuous or like I think I have control over my health, but in the case of insulin resistance you really can control having it or not by managing a healthy weight.
• Get to my WW goal.
• Do something physically active 5-6 times a week.

5. Project Goals:

• Begin my Holiday memories scrapbook.
• Create a family heritage cookbook for my side of the family and Justin's.
• Make a price book.

So there you have it. Hold me to it people! And now for your enjoyment, some quotes I love about goals:

You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. ~Charles C. Noble

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. ~John Dewey

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours. ~Doug Larson

Goals are dreams with deadlines. ~Diana Scharf Hunt

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~Author Unknown

If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.