Resolutions, Goals, Mini-Goals, Blah, Blah, Blah...

I've gone back and forth on making any New Years resolutions or goals for 2012. Honestly, I've had issues re-entering both work and life after the holidays so I think I've been too lazy to write them more than anything. I'm sure you are tired of reading about everyone's resolutions anyway, I know I am.

My struggle, like most, is making some bold claim at the beginning of the year and then never achieving them or looking back at what those bold claims/resolutions even were. Even if I made resolutions with specific numbers attached: i.e. 10 pounds to loose, 20 books to read, 5 states to see etc. I never stick to them. 

I considered making monthly goals. They seem more feasible given an set amount of time to achieve them. Honestly, I'm not sure I'm dedicated enough to writing/achieving/recapping monthly goals. Even though it would create some blog content...The rest of my life is one big "to-do" list I don't think I want my blog to become my "to-do" list keeper. 

This year I want to keep it simple.  For me I want 2012 to be the "Year of More."

I want to say I Love You more.

I want to unplug more.

I want to travel more but at the same time stay home more.

I want to visit friends and family more but I also want friends and family to visit us more so we don't have to leave town :)

I want to eat better....more often.

I want to be outside more.

I need/want to purge more stuff.

I need to slow down more and enjoy the life we have in Austin.

I want to cook more.
I need to stretch more, foam roll more, and ice more.

I want to run more miles and more races. See above to make this happen.
I want to bike more to work and on the weekends.

I want to save more money so maybe one day we can move out of our 1950's duplex rental and buy a house that has insulation and heat. {Did I tell you about our lack of heat? It's like camping in our home.}

I want to read more, both on my new Kindle and the old fashion way.

I want to give and receive more hugs.

I want to write a blog post that sounds like a "Live, Laugh, Love." poster. We can cross that one off the list I think I just achieved that.

Hum...it appears I just wrote the resolution/goal/2012 post, you know the one I've been tired of reading everywhere else on the internet. But at least I kept it real. With "More" being my only goal I should be able to achieve at least a few of them. 

Also, at least I left off drink more booze as a goal. I think that's moving in the right direction for 2012. Baby steps people. No...not those baby steps. There will be no actual baby steps in 2012. 

Kelly