1. Use up some yarn before buying more:
My yarn stash is starting to get a little out of hand. I have yarn stored in just about every room of my apartment! And while I really love my yarn and would love to continue to buy gobs and gobs of it, I really need to cut down. I have plans to move to New York in June and I know my space there will be limited. Time to cut down! I thought about making this goal "go a whole year without buying yarn" but I know that just isn't reasonable. Maybe I'd last a month. But I certainly wouldn't last much longer than that. Then I thought about making the goal "use one skein of yarn each month." While that would be more reasonable I don't want to be using yarn just to keep the goal. I want to be able to find the perfect project for my stash. So I finally settled on "use up some yarn before buying more." This way if I plan to purchase yarn I have to make room for it one way or another. At the very least my stash will remain the same size! But I'm pretty confident that my stash will shrink.
2. Have a date with myself once a week:
This year I want to take more time for myself. I think it's important to take some time to yourself and recharge. Ideally this should happen everyday. But I was going for realistic goals and taking time to myself every single day is not as realistic as we'd all like it to be. Once a week is much more feasible. So once a week I will set aside a little time to spend with just me doing something to relax and recharge. It doesn't have to be extravagant. Simple things like taking a bubble bath or painting my nails count! As long as I'm taking time for myself.
3. Stretch daily:
I just recently finished a production of White Christmas at a local theatre where I played Rhoda and was also the Dance Captain. It was a pretty dance heavy show and I loved every second of it. Being active and stretching daily felt wonderful! I don't want that to stop just because the show has closed. So to keep myself limber and feeling great I want to stretch everyday.
4. Read at least three books:
This past year I tried to read 52 books in 52 weeks. Well that failed...I think I read about 9 total. It was a nice idea and I did try - it just wasn't realistic for me. And once I fell a week behind I was so discouraged that it was hard to keep up the momentum and eventually I just gave it up all together. So this year I'm setting a much more realistic goal. This year I will read at least three books. Ideally I will end up reading more than that but I'm starting small. This also gives me the opportunity to pick larger books without the pressure of needing to finish them by any certain date.
5. Stick to a cleaning schedule:
This year I would like to stay more organized. There were multiple times this past year where I created a cleaning schedule or reevaluated the schedule I already had set up and I would be really good about it for about a week and then I'd slack off. So this year I am determined to reevaluate once again to make the cleaning schedule something I can stick with.
6. Spend less:
The past few months I started to notice I was spending money without thinking about it. I want to be much more conscious of my spending habits. And I want to spend less in general. I think as a society we put too much of our focus on "stuff." What we have and how much we have. This year I'd like to take my focus off "things" and focus more on relationships with friends, family, and myself.
7. One scrapbook page a month:
A while back I heard about something called Project Life. If you haven't heard of it I highly suggest you check it out! It something I really wanted to try but kept telling myself I'd do it another time. Then I was in a production of The Miracle Worker where I played Annie Sullivan and when the production closed I wanted to hold on to experience and memories. So I decided that was the perfect time to give it a shot and I am so glad that I did. It's so easy and still looks beautiful! So for 2015 I want to create one Project Life page each month to document my year.
8. Send more cards/letters:
One of my grandma's and I have been writing letters back and forth since I went off to college in 2009. It's something I really enjoy but it's a dying art! But there's something about good, old-fashioned snail mail that can brighten someone's day and I really want to start writing more. I plan to send out holiday and thank you cards as well as writing more letters.
There you have it! My goals for 2015. I'd love to hear some of your goals. Share in the comment section below.
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