2017 Goals

I told you this year is all about Balance. One thing I didn’t tell you is this year is all about simplifying my life too! I think when you need balance, the simpler and more organized your life is, the easier it will be to maintain balance.

Delaney’s room is my favorite room in the house. I could sit in her rocking chair for hours and just look around me. You know why? Because there isn’t any clutter. Everything has a place and everything is in its place. And it is so cute if I say so myself! I want my whole house to be that way. I want everything to have a place so piles do not form. I want my classroom to be that way (it is so much better thanks to a bestie who every year comes in and throws stuff away!). I want to have organization and I want to be clutter free.

So…one of my main goals this year is to organize my house from top to bottom. That task seems huge, right? Well, I have decided to break it down room by room and month by month to make it more manageable. Here is my schedule:

Jan/Feb – Kitchen and Living Room

March/April – Master Bedroom

May/June – Upstairs Office

July/August – Delaney’s Room and Guest Bedroom

Sept/Oct – Garage

Nov/Dec – Bathrooms

Now, knowing that the end of the year is the craziest time of year, I have saved the easiest spaces for those months realizing I most likely will not get much done during that crazy time of year! The times when I have breaks, I made some bigger rooms because I know I will be home for a week and can tackle it. Now, keep in mind that this means an entire overhaul of the space. I will touch every drawer, closet, and knick knack and I will either find a permanent location for it or I will toss it. That is why I have given myself two months for each space. I have also grouped a big space with an easier one so it is not too overwhelming! First goal of 2017 is to have my whole house decluttered by New Year’s of next year! Let’s just hope I am not scrambling right at the end to try and get it all done!

My next goal of 2017 is to lose at least a pound a week. 52 pounds isn’t too shabby. I would love to lose more than a pound a week but to start, I just want to see the scale go down.

How am I going to do that?

Well, for starters, I have cut out all sweets. No more sugar in my coffee, no more desserts, no more chocolate here or there. Sweets are my weakness and unfortunately, I cannot do moderation so I have cut out all sweets for the year.

I also purchased Beachbody’s new All-Access Pass which gives me access to ALL of their workouts for the whole year. I will be working out at school as much as possible and when that doesn’t happen, I will workout at home. I am excited to try some of their programs that I had not yet purchased like Piyo and Core de Force. I am excited to workout and see my body change with some exercise (it’s been a few months!).

As far as what eating plan I am going to do, I am not sure yet. I might just clean eat, I might track in My Fitness Pal or I might use the 21DayFix eating containers (which is just clean eating and portion control put together). I have seen such success on all of those that I am having a hard time figuring out which one is right for me at this point in my life! I will make a decision soon and let you know!

My last goal for 2017 is to budget and get out of debt except for the house and hubby’s car. We have quite a bit of medical debt from Delaney’s NICU stay and we owe some money for some unexpected house/car repairs. We want to pay that off and be debt free by the end of the year. In order to do this we will budget and then stick to the budget. We probably will not go on vacation this year, we are cutting way back on eating out, and we are NOT buying coffee out every day (this one stings…I love Dunkin’ Donuts coffee). We will also use Dave Ramsey’s debt snowball plan…if you haven’t read his books, do it! They are inspiring and so motivating! My husband and I are committed to getting out of debt and I really feel like we can if we put our minds to it and work together!

2017 goals