2014 Resolutions!

January 1st every year I try to make a list of resolutions. Most years they get posted somewhere and forgotten by February 1st. And I have come to realize it is simply because I try to make the same resolutions and just give up. Like, exercise. Really every year I say "I will exercise more often" and every year I work out for 3 days and call it done. So my list this year is as follows:

1. Be healthier. Not so much exercise but make better choices in eating and drinking. Take vitamins again and overall decrease stress and manage it better.

2. Be present. I have a habit, and I'm doing it right now, to sit down on the couch and get on my phone or computer. This year I want to disconnect more often and be present with my family. These are the moments that I want to remember, my computer can wait until nap time or a designated time in the evening.

3. Reconnect with my husband. The best piece of advice my grandfather in law gave us was to have a date night at least once a month, even if it was just to dinner at McDonalds. So for each month I am planning a date night to reconnect with my husband. Last tour he wasn't home very much and then Connor happened. Now we have most weekends together and so a date night is totally feasible!

And finally....

4. Be productive. In all areas I want to be more productive and to find the best way for me to do so. I would love to create a list and actually check things off in an amount of time that seems reasonable.

That is it. I feel that these are totally reasonable and that I can actually accompish things. Happy New Year and here is to a happy, healthy and successful 2014!!

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