Wow! I can't believe its January of 2016! And on top of it
its already the 18th! wow its flying by! As you all know 2015 was not really
our year! in fact i think its safe to say its one of the worst years of my
life! But i was going to make 2016 different and by doing that i set goals for
the year that will better me as a person.
As you could probably guess i spent 2015 mourning the loss of my baby, as well as trying to get pregnant. I spent to much time and energy on that i let other things slack, well i've now picked up the slack. Here are my 5 goals to 2016
1. Budget, budget and oh yeah budget! I'm pretty good at setting a budget but not good at following it. To help me i've made a budget binder that goes everywhere with me! Its really helped! Part of my budgeting means eating out less. In fact A LOT less! The last 2 weeks Eric and i have only eaten out once. We stopped and spent $4 at mcdonalds before we went and worked at the temple! Its been a great feeling to know that we are eating better and helping our budget.
2. Personal and Combined scripture study. I wanted to get better at both. Sometimes Eric and I's schedules make it so we don't see each other in the day. But we've set apart time to read. We are studying the second half of The Book of Mormon to go along with his religion class at school. Its been a nice change. With the theme for primary being "I know the scriptures are true" i plan on reading The whole Book of Mormon. Also i'm planning my primary lessons ahead of time and not the day i teach ;)
3. Exercise more. Now this isn't with the intent to loose weight. But i figured if we are eating better i can be healthier. I don't try to get the closets parking spot. I walk further to the store. I don't just sit and watch netflix when i get home i am up and moving. *or doing school work*
4. Have a cleaner house. This one i'm doing little by little because to approach this all at once was too overwhelming. It started with the Kitchen. I wasn't going to have dishes in the sink when i went to bed. For the last 2 weeks i haven't. I've learned that if you do the dishes as you go and you don't let them add up in the sink it doesn't take that long. This week i've included the front room. I spent saturday dejunking it and each night before bed i just pick up what doesn't belong and make sure the floor is clean and that things are put away. Its make for a much happier natalie!
5. Watch netflix less and read more. I've been reading my scriptures, i just got the Howard W. Hunter book. and i have a book from the library. Oh and lets not forget my text books! Its been nice to not be hooked to my phone. Sometimes i don't even know where it is and i don't care.
Over all my goals have been going well. I have found that by focusing on taking care of me and making sure that i'm doing good and am happy that life is a little easier. We still want to start our family and be parents but for now we are okay focusing on ourselves, each other, and our house.
Our date night for January was bowling up in Rexburg followed by frozen
custard. We've been watching the big bang theory and just enjoying our time
together.We are both working. Eric works at O'Reileys (where i swear most of our paycheck goes because someone LOVES working on cars) And i work as a "Coordinator of Awesomeness" for an audiologist. I have never been happier at a job. As i was filling out paper work today and saw "office manager" next to my name it made me so happy to realize i'm continuing to improve myself.
So to sum up really the point of this blog is this quote.
Bring on 2016 i'm ready!
XOXO
Natalie
