2015 Was A Very Good Year
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2015 was a very good year. This time last year I was just starting to come out of the crazy baby fog. I had a 10 month old and I was finally starting to feel like myself again…do the things that made me feel like me. So I set out with a list of goals for 2015, because honestly, goal-setting makes me feel like me. It helps my frame of mind to always know I’m working towards something. That’s also why I just posted a 30 before 30 list as well.
So now that the christmas decorations have made their way back to the garage and as we get ready to sip the champagne and ring in 2016, here are some reflections on my 2015 goals and how they panned out:
Meditate Everyday – This has been really good. I think for multiple reasons – One, I said any amount of time counted even if it was only 2 min. (Hoping to up that next year) and two, I promised myself I would never miss more than one day in a row. Also using Coach.Me and Elise’s Goal Tracker helped too! Visual reminders are the best. I have meditated 319 out of 365 days this year. Pretty darn good!
Read 25 Books – Completely surpassed this goal and read 36! Two of these were very short, and 8 were audiobooks. But still. Super proud! For sure planning to up my reading goal in 2016. Especially now that the husband has decided he wants to battle it out for who can read the most...
Learn to Sew a Quilt - Yeah. Didn’t happen. I started to take a class locally and the teacher was terrible so I quit going. I have a bunch of squares cut out and sitting in the closet but that’s as far as I’ve gotten. Eventually…
Blog once per week – With the exception of a few weeks here and there, this mostly did happen. It helped me be consistent with writing but it also made me try to find filler posts to meet that quota. I’m backing off this goal quite a bit for next year since I’m going to have my hands very full with some other projects and certifications.
Date nights with Chris each month – So I’m pretty sure you could say we did go on 12 dates over the course of the year, but they weren’t planned out, intentional and much more than dinner or a movie. (Which is still something of course) But I am hoping in 2016 we can be more intentional about planning 12 dates that are maybe a little bit different from our norm.
Do the 5-minute Journal Daily – So according to Coach.Me, I think I did this about 220 times? Certainly not everyday, but a lot. I really like this exercise, and plan to keep it up in 2016.
Try 2 new recipes per month – Again, we probably did this…but not with much intention behind it. Hoping to get better organized with our recipes and meal plans in 2016.
Produce 25 Podcast Episodes – Success, my last episode of 2015 was #25 where Kelsey interviewed ME. :)
ICEA Childbirth Teaching Series & Prep for early 2016 test – I passed my evaluated teaching series just a few weeks ago and am submitting the paperwork to schedule my test for February 5th! Ahh!
Do the Couch-to-5K – I did this last March. And I’m glad I did it, but it also reminded me that I am not a ‘runner’ – that is to say, I don’t enjoy running like I enjoy Zumba and Yoga. Zumba and Yoga make my soul happy. Running is just a means to an end for me.
My “One Little Word” for 2015 was Presence. I think because meditation and yoga were such big aspects of 2015, and reading several mindful/Buddhist parenting books…my view of the year was definitely zeroed in on Presence. But I like what another blogger had said about the one little word, it’s not that picking a new word for 2016 makes Presence null en void, it means that I take that word with me and also have a new one to focus on. More on that and 2016 goals tomorrow.
