2013 edition // this year, i will...

  

in 2013, i will:

01. try one new recipe each week.

    whether it be savory or sweet. also, start cooking together again! and...have salads with dinner!

02. be social: spend time each week strengthening relationships with friends.

    sometimes it's so easy to just stay home + do your own thing... i tried this for a while last year and loved an excuse to get together for dinners or game nights and make new friendships.

03. run at least one mile each week.

    at a minimum. plus we'll have a great workout room set up soon...hopefully i'll have enough willpower to make use of it this year! also, find balance through yoga, and go snowshoeing or cross country skiing at least once!

04. buy local + support farmer's markets.
    so many options here in the valley. i've already started buying local eggs from the co-op and can't wait until the summer farmer's markets open up (although there is a winter one, but i'm always working that day).

04. grow a garden.

    there is already a garden box in our backyard. i'm hoping my neighbor will be up for mentoring me. just need to decide what to grow...

05. recycle + reuse.

    keep the compost bucket going. also recycle paper + cardboard. be resourceful.

 

06. explore denver.

     a new big city to fall in love with.

07. hike mt. sopris!

08. make 5 crafts for our home.
     ideas so far: another necklace branch for the closet door, a tree trunk chalkboard for quotes, a pallet backing for our "gather" sign, and maybe a b+w triangle/mountain print for our headboard art.

09. take one intentional family portrait each month.
     what a great way to see how our family grows this year. hopefully husband will be on board with this one! inspired by here.
 

 

this is a little tradition in lieu of making new year resolutions that never get followed through with, and making a more realistic "this year i will" list instead. 

2011 // 2012

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personal goals to continually work on throughout my lifetime:

 

+ feel healthy and great in my own skin.

+ be the best wife for my husband.

   keeping in mind this great post on marriage advice.

+ improve my [lack of] time management skills.

    i can always work on getting more accomplished in my spare time.

+ become charitable.

    re-read this.

+ be a better friend.

    to the new ones and old.

+ learn to shoot my dslr camera on the manual settings. 

    how have i not done this yet?!

+ let myself be happy.

+ express gratitude.

+ show other that i care.