Followup
Posted: January 26, 2012 Filed under: Great Expectations 2 CommentsLast year I made resolutions. Not so this year. But, for kicks and giggles, let’s see how I did with my 2011 resolutions…
- Eat more healthy food and less junk food. Compared to 2010, yes, I improved in 2011. And in December I went junk-food-and-sweets-free, which is pretty impressive considering how much sugary food is up for grabs at Christmastime. We did eat more fruits and vegetables. While the year as a whole may not have been a success, I think I’m on the right track with this, especially so far in 2012.
- Be frugal. Hmm…I improved over the course of the year. Right now I’m being meticulous in budgeting. Have I mentioned I love spreadsheets?
- Teach Evan. When I made these resolutions, I wasn’t in school. School ate up so much of my time that I didn’t spend nearly as much time as I wanted with Evan. He has started learning letters, opposites, and a few gospel principles, but I have a long way to go with my parenting efforts.
- Go on a date with Jarom at least once per quarter. Done.
- Write in my journal weekly. Not done, even a little bit. This year I’m doing a short line each day, and that’s working much better. I love keeping a journal but I’m exhausted at the end of the day, and there are so many other demands on my time throughout the day. It will take a lot of work for me to start keeping a regular journal again and right now, I don’t have the energy.
- Develop patience by learning to think, even briefly, before speaking or acting. As I didn’t remember making this resolution, I can’t say I put much thought into carrying it out. I’ll let Jarom speak to whether I seemed more patient or not.
- Be more disciplined about following a daily routine. If we are liberal about our definition of “routine,” then yes, done. I had a very vague daily routine. It involved breakfast, playtime, naptime, lunch, more naps, playtime, dinner, and bed. I probably meant a routine that enabled me to be productive. What I actually had enabled all of us to be fed and relatively happy. I’ll take it!
This year, I’m going to try being fulfilled. Read President Uchtdorf’s talk again. I want to learn to stop waiting for x to be fulfilled – to not want a Golden Ticket. There are things I’m waiting for, of course, but I can be happy even while I wait.
Do you have any goals for 2012?
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I hope the no sweets for December didn’t include crescent rolls! That would be a very unmerry Christmas. Otherwise, you seem to have succeeded in making a number of improvements. And you nailed the important date one. Good job!
Ah, I really need to get on this. I think my main goal for 2012 will be survive with majority of my sanity in tact.
Good job on your goals for 2011 and wise choice on your goal for 2012. It’s incredibly hard when you’re in school and poor students to not just count down the days until it won’t be like that anymore so you can ‘be happy’
Maybe just start substituting happy for more well rested =) I feel like that was the biggest change once I graduated. Sleep.