I resolute...

Like I mentioned before, I've never been one to make (and keep) new years resolutions. I'm horrible at staying motivated and if it's something I had to "resolve" to do, it's probably something I struggle being consistent with in the first place.

Like I also mentioned, I'm a bit more excited for the new year this time around. So what the heck, I'll make a short list of goals for the year.

1) Create a personal blog and blog at least weekly. (Hey, lookie there... so far so good!)

2) Reach my goal weight. As of now, that's around 50+ lbs away... but if I hit a happy weight before that, so be it... the goal can change. It's really not about the number. We'll be taking a family cruise in March so I'd certainly like a pretty good portion of that to be gone by then. (You'll probably hear more about this... don't worry though, this will not be a blog about diet and exercise, but since it's part of my life this year, it will be talked about occasionally. Plus, I'm hoping it might help keep me accountable... heck, in fact, I might just vow to post a before and after picture on here March 1. Yikes. What have I done?)

3) Work less. This will really come down to re-vamping our priorities and making/sticking to a schedule. I've learned we have to schedule in weekends off (because with full time jobs and photography sessions on the weekends, we don't automatically get them anymore). We have a tendency to take on too much work. Too much work at work, too many photography gigs, too many house projects... (not ashamed to say we've gotten in a bit over our head on some of this stuff). This year we really want to make things more balanced, so we're happier, healthier, and so we have time to...

4) Play more. We did very few fun things last year just for us. We didn't travel (except to go to funerals or shoot weddings) and it's high time we get to it! This year we have plans to take a cruise to the Bahamas, visit friends in Denver, visit friends in Virginia...possibly hitting D.C. while we're out that way, going to Louisiana for the holidays, and possibly a couple other long-weekend-type trips to who knows where. We want more time to hang out with each other, our families, and our friends!

5) Of course, some little, on-going, miscellaneous goals are to save up more money, get some house projects done (decorate more, new windows/doors, re-finish all floors, furnish our front room, finish remodeling bathroom and spare room, put up a fence, etc... yes I realize we'll be lucky to get one thing off this list done), get some business stuff done including new branding, etc... but we'll just do them as we can I guess.

So, Peety and I want to know... what are some of your new years resolutions?