2018 New Year's Resolutions

The new year is upon us and I am ready for it!  Today I am linking up with Shay from Mix and Match Mama and Ericka from A Little Bit of Everything Blog to share my 2018 New Year's Resolutions.

I feel like I say this every year but this year is going to be a great year!  I am hoping for big things in 2018 but I know it is going to take a lot of hard work to make it all happen.  I came up with some New Year's Resolutions to help make my dreams reality.

Become more organized!
I am going to be heading back to work full time very shortly so I really need to become more organized.  I will have to learn how to juggle two kids, work, housework and a husband that works around 60 hours a week.  I am going to be busy!  The things that I plan on doing to become more organized are...
- Plan and prep weekly meals
- Make lists (who doesn't love checking completed things off a list?)
- Get a good planner (suggestions are needed and welcomed!)
- Make the most of my time.  I want to cut down on my idle time.  I will have a lot that needs to get done so I will just need to do it!

Simplify
This one kind of goes hand in hand with becoming more organized.  I need to simplify.  My husband and I began this process on New Year's Day.  We started going through all the stuff in our house and began purging the things we really didn't need.  Did we really need two ice cream scoops?  Nope! Garbage!  I can tell you that I feel "lighter" already with just the little bit of purging we did.  I bought the book, A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living, to help me with the process of simplifying.

Save more money
One of my biggest goals for 2018 is to buy our first house!  This year we are going to make this dream a reality.  The housing market where we live is crazy right now.  We need to continue to save so that we can buy a house and make it our own.  We will most likely end up with a bit of a fixer upper so we will need every penny we can save.  I came up with some ways to save...
- Pack our lunches for work. Two of us buying lunches each day really adds up.
- Cut back on going out to eat.  I am hoping meal planning can help out with this.
- Think before spending.  Before Tony or I make a purchase I want us to really think about whether it is really needed or not.

More "Me" time
I also want to concentrate on me this year.  Whether it be getting my nails done every once in a while or just taking the time to blow dry my hair, I want to make sure I take care of me.  I want to start exercising and maybe take a few minutes here and there to read a book.  These are things I haven't done in forever.

So there you have it, these are my 2018 New Year's Resolutions.  I hope that since I am putting them out there I will keep them.  I plan on posting on my progress throughout the year.  In the meantime I am open to any tips and/or tricks anyone may have that may help with my resolutions.

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xoxo
Ceara