Goals for 2018

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New year, new me? Maybe. Hopefully. As the calendar pages turned to 2018, I was thinking about things that I want to focus on in 2018. 2017 honestly was kind of a weird year in that I would focus on something, but then fall off to the wayside. I just never really could focus on one thing for very long. I am hoping to change that in 2018. I am going to focus back to the basics and to focus on me and our family. So without further ado, here are my goals for 2018::

• No fast food for the year. The only exception for this will be if we are traveling on a vacation or if the kids request this as their birthday dinner.
• Give up pop. I have gotten into a very bad habit of drinking pop and I have had at least one kidney stone this year. I am pretty sure that I have been dealing with one the last week as well. I feel bloated most of the time and think that this is due to the amount of pop that I have been drinking.
• Lose 40 pounds. I MUST do this. My health needs to be my priority this year. I am not getting any younger and I need to make sure that as I approach 40 that I am in better shape.
• Walk at least 3 days a week. This was hard in 2017 as I would get into a rhythm, then with the weather change and I started babysitting and I did not have time at all to walk. I feel so much better when I get outside so I am going to try for 3 days at the minimum.
• Read 24 books. I really love to read and I find that I would read more however the lure of electronics is strong and I have been laying in bed playing "Blast" solitaire on my tablet instead of reading before sleeping. I will stop doing this and will start reading instead. I hope to bring back my what I read this month blog posts.
• Declutter 500 items from our home. We have way too much stuff.  There is just no getting past that we need to get rid of stuff. 500 items is on average about 42 items a month. I can do that.
• Go on a family vacation with Bill and the kids.
• Have at least one date time with Bill each week-- be that a walk together, lunch out, date night in, watching a movie, etc.
• Try 24 new recipes.
• Deep clean and declutter each room in our house. 

So there you have it. 10 goals that I would like to accomplish. There are some other goals that I would like to see happen but they are kind of out of my control....these include Bill getting a better paying/ more stable job, moving to a different house, etc. We shall see what this year will bring!