New Year's Resolutions

How many of you have made new year's resolutions before?  How many of you have actually kept them more than a week or 2?  That's when my resolutions usually end.  I think a big part of my problem is that I set way too lofty of goals for myself.  I resolve to do things that I realistically could not do.  This year is going to be different.  While I'm still going to challenge myself, I'm not going to set unrealistic goals.  That only leads to disappointment, and self-loathing and then nothing gets accomplished.  So here are my new year's resolutions for 2012.

Resolution #1 - I resolve to blog at least twice a week.  It helps keep me focused on my goals and organize my thoughts.  It's very theraputic.

Resolution #2 - I resolve to do my absolute best at following the Weight Watchers program to lose weight.  No one is perfect, and it's unrealistic to believe that I will follow the plan 100%, but I will do so to the best of my abilities.  I will not let one bad day through me completely off-track.  I will own up to my mistakes and not make excuses.

Resolution #3 - I resolve to get more organized.  My house looks completely disheveled and I've kind of been living day to day, just trying to get through things.  Each month I am going to focus on one room in the house and organize it.  This will include creating homes for the things that belong in that room, and removing things that don't belong.  It will also involve a lot of trips to Goodwill.  I will also get more organized about planning and prepping food.  I am designating Sundays as prep days.  That includes planning meals for the week, going to the grocery store, cooking and prepping meals for the week, as well as making my weekly to-do list.  That way I don't have to worry about it when I've had a busy day at work or have things to do on week nights.  I'm also going to pretrack most meals for the week, noting that flexibility is important for unforseen, unplanned events.

For the month of Janaury, my room of choice is the living room.  Time to remove everything that doesn't belong so I can see what I have to work with.  After that, meal planning.