1. Run a half marathon. I would be lying if I said I was not a bit nervous about this one. Yes, I've run 3 before, but none of those were after I had a baby. Both the physical training and the time commitment make me a bit nervous, but I know this is something I need to do for myself!
2. Continue monthly photos of The Baby from Texas until he is one year old. I have so enjoyed taking his photos with the same props every month. I think having a year full of them will be awesome!
3. Read a classic. This was originally on my 30 by 30 list and it's still not done. I swear, this is happening in this year if it kills me!
4. Go on 5 dates with The Boy from Texas. I always heard people talk about date nights and never really understood what the big deal was. Then BB was born and it didn't take me long to see how important it was to take some time to connect with your spouse without screaming and spit up being involved! Going to have to beg the grandmas to help out with babysitting in order to accomplish this one.
5. Send an encouraging note to a friend once a month. I love sending little notes in the mail, so this is an easy thing to include on my list.
6. Go to adoration twice a month. Adoration is something that is so good for my soul, I have got to get back into the practice!
7. Read 5 new books. Last year, I aimed too high with 12. This year, I'm going with a nice round number of 5. I've got several books that I'm wanting to knock off the list....starting with For The Love by my girl Jen Hatmaker!
8. Knock off three more bucket list check marks. I just keep rolling on the bucket list, slowly but surely. A little trip to Alaska will likely provide a couple of these checkmarks in one swoop!
9. Cook 20 new recipes. Again, last year, I aimed way too high wanting to cook 52 recipes. This year, we're going to cut that down and aim for 20.
10. Pray the Divine Mercy 200 times. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is one of my favorite prayers. Having gone to the shrine in Poland and this being deemed the Year of Mercy, what better time than to intentionally pray this chaplet. I keep my rosary beads on my dashboard and it's pretty easy for me to pray either to or from work every day.
11. Add 10 new clothing items to my wardrobe. I realize this seems like a silly thing to include as a goal. But I'm not much of a shopper. I don't like trying on clothes, I don't like spending money, and I've been about the same size since 8th grade. I'm terrible about just wearing the same old outfits. I'd like to make some fun additions to the wardrobe this year!
12. Make Shutterfly books. I've got codes for free photo books from Shutterfly and I plan to use those to make one book of our maternity photos and one book of BB's newborn photos.
13. Hike in Palo Duro Canyon. I've heard this is great fun and feel like now that I'm living in the Panhandle, it's something I should do!
14. Complete a family photo 52 project. Several friends have done some version of this, so I'm joining in. I want to take a family photo of the three of us every week this year. I think it will be fun to watch our little family change as BB grows!
15. Keep up with my perpetual calendar. I love my perpetual calendar and it seriously takes no time at all to update it every day. Why, then, have I sucked at it so badly? No more! I'm getting it in gear!
16. Finish Uncle Black Belt's book. This is something I really, really want to get done. It's too easy to put this on the back burner but I am going to get it in gear and we are going to have this done in 2016!
2 comments:
Great list! I went to Palo Duro Canyon back in 2011 & it was so gorgeous. You definitely need to cross that one off.
Awesome goals! I love how varied they are - it will be a well rounded year! You're going to rock them.
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