2025 Goals

I still love having things to aim for throughout the year and here are some big ones: 

-One day a month screen free: I had issues with being on my phone too much or relying on the TV for the kids this last year, so to challenge us a bit, I've decided I'm going to pick a random day (probably a weekend) each month that we will be completely screen free. The only exceptions are, if it's a weekday, that work is allowed. I'm going to do my best not to plan the day out, but to write a list of things we could  do and then we can just play the day by ear. I'm sure it'll be rough at first, but after a while we'll enjoy having a day we're more in the moment. I won't be doing this for January, though, since I'm sure we'll need to rely a little on screens while I'm recovering.

-Work on snacking less: I also had issues with snacking a lot this last year so I made a new plan. My new plan is when I want a snack (just want, don't need) I plan to wait 10 minutes (sometimes a distraction is helpful). If I'm still craving snacks I'll drink a bunch of water, because that helps me, a lot, to feel like my belly is full and I can't trick myself into thinking I'm hungry. If I'm still hungry at that point, then I can grab a small snack. I think that'll help me.

-Recover from surgery: obviously this is my biggest thing this year and I want to make sure I give myself as much grace to recover as possible. I don't want to rush into going back to normal if I'm not ready for it. I'm excited for this part though.

-Take more pictures with Larry, just us! I take SO many pictures of the kids, whether they are being silly or cute or we're out doing something. I've decided if we're out as a family and I start taking pics of the kids, I need to include pics of Larry and me too so I have ones to post for our anniversary or Father's Day or whatever else comes up.

-Instead of a family vacation we're going to focus on "Memory Makers". We knew this year would be weird with my surgery and so we decided we'd do more fun things closer to home, things we'd normally not do because of time or money. I definitely want to do Monster Trucks and Disney on Ice, for sure!

-LESS Social Media around the kids: this is kind of part of the no screens one, but I need to remember on regular days (not the "no screen" day) to not just go to social media because I'm bored or whatever. Try and do more with the kids.

-Home Projects! Oh man after going to Home Depot for my birthday day I'm going crazy wanting to do the fun home projects we have on our lists. I'm hoping we can get some good ones done this year. Larry wants to start with the basement, I'd like to do our laundry room and master closet. We also found some good flooring we'd like to do for our main level and some backsplash ideas for our kitchen and pantry (our pantry is just white on white). I also have lists of ways to get our home more organized throughout the year (but that one is always on the list).

-Game/Date night Wednesdays. These stopped when Larry was going to school. Then he graduated and I had a hard time feeling like I had time to do these, but they were fun, so I'd like to start those up. Pick one Wednesday a month and have us switch off who plans it each month. I think it'll be good for us (especially if we can do different things for our date nights). 

So that's what I have. Those are mostly year goals because they'll take all year to do (except for the less social media and surgery one) so I feel they are fitting as year goals. Happy 2025!