This year, my New Year’s resolutions are all focused on improving my existing efforts. No major life changes. No goals to race a new distance. I love the direction I’m going, I just want to see how far down the road I can get 🙂
My New Year’s Resolutions
I will continue to eat a whole foods, plant-based diet and share resources with people who want to incorporate healthy meals into their lives.
I will keep exercise a regular part of my life, stay in half-marathon shape, improve my 5k time, and keep encouraging and connecting about running with others. I will run the Chilly Half Marathon next November, and it will be a PR.
I will keep eliminating sources of trash, plastic, and environmental toxins from our home and finding new ways to buy in bulk, buy local, and reduce the amount of waste our family generates.
I will be a voice for good. I will use positive opposites to show better alternatives to things I disagree with, I will practice active listening, I will find a way to be more humble without losing my passion for the things I believe in.
I will embrace the power I have to shape my family’s daily lives, and challenge myself to plan ahead and reduce my stress-levels so I can be my best self with them, and have more time to do fun things as a family.
I will seek balance as I try to meet my personal, social, and environmental goals while simultaneously practicing stress management and protecting our family time.
I will treat parenting like a job that requires professional development and continued practice, and I will keep reading, reflecting, and practicing the Positive Discipline and Montessori principles that I believe in.
I will actively work towards growing my blog readership, because I enjoy writing, and worry that without a larger following I will decide my time is better spent elsewhere.
I will send birthday cards (recycled?), have coffee with friends, occasionally practice yoga, host a documentary showing with signature cocktails, write blog posts, volunteer, travel somewhere just with Greg, read the books for book club, and for the love of sanity I will figure out a way to get the kids ready and out the door peacefully. There will be waffles, kayaking, closet re-organizing, and lying on the grass.
I will continue to try to live my best life, and be a force for good in the world. (Maybe I could at least net even…)
What are your hopes for 2015, and how do you plan to accomplish them?
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Similar for me. No new distances, but plan to run the Naperville Half Marathon and work on improving my time. Continue to improve my diet and work on getting to a healthy BMI – just a few more lbs to go. Continue my running and strength training with cross training. Spend time with family and friends and moving to a new house – so that will keep things busy. That and keeping up with work but maintaining work/life balance. Here’s to a great 2015!
I knew there was a reason I can relate to all of your musings and why your kiddos and I could be good friends. I’m a Montessori product 🙂
Running/health goal is to be Plant STRONG! I’d like to gain some strength and fitness over the next couple of months and be primed to start a training plan in the early spring. I want to target a personal best Half Marathon for the early fall and do some 5Ks and 10Ks in the spring/summer in order to prepare.
Non-fitness related : I want to continue working toward being a kinder individual every single day. Corny but true. There’s a quote on my desk : “Every single day you should wake up and commit yourself to becoming a better person.” (from http://www.livelifehappy.com). I want to be less catty, less judgmental and try to make at least one person smile and feel good each day of 2015.
Exciting to have goals! Let’s go!
That’s awesome that you went to Montessori school! I’ve loved it for my boys, it’s such an amazing philosophy that respects their individual interests, gives them credit for how much they can do, and encourages their independence.
Have you read the 7 Habits of Highly Effective people? I feel like suggesting that title is a bit cliche, speaking of corny, but I found it to be a game-changing title. Anyone interested in being a kinder, better person could benefit from reading it. I wish I had time to re-read it, and hope to find time to reflect on what I’ve learned from it, revisit it, and try to practice it on a more regular basis.
Right now I feel like I know what I need to do to be a more effective parent and person, but remembering to do it, finding time to do it, cultivating the energy to do it… those are all harder things. Still, knowing is step one, and I thought Covey’s book was incredible.
Here’s to 2015, I agree!
i have not read that book but i will! it seems to be exactly what i need to read and i like books like that anyway – anything that provokes thought. thanks for the recommendation!