September 2018 Moms
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GTKY: 2018 Resolutions & Goals
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Do you make New Year's Resolutions? If so, what are they? Any goals for this year?
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Re: GTKY: 2018 Resolutions & Goals
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BFP#1: 11/15/2010 * Missed M/C 12/28 * D&C 12/29/2010
BFP#5 12/26/2017 *SURPRISE* Due 09/02/2018
AFM, I don't make resolutions but I make yearly bucket lists. This year's has things like yoga 2x a week, travel two new places (will be Houston and Iceland), host a game night, and what not. A big goal of mine is for my business to do well enough that I can do it full-time by the time this little one arrives. It means nearly doubling the amount the business brought in last year but it's looking doable.
I'm also going to start doing regular yoga at home. I have plenty of space, I just need to commit to actually DOING it!
I actually made and kept my resolution last year and it's been awesome! But that one is kind of on hold with the pregnancy. My resolution this year has been to set a morning routine that involves waking up before my kids to grab a couple of alone minutes. I'm not a morning person!
DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
@SkilledSailor Iceland would be amazing to go to! If you don’t mind me asking, what kind of business do you have?
I’m hoping to eat healthier this pregnancy. My first pregnancy I ate a lot of quick unhealthy meals because I was in the middle of studying for a major exam. Luckily, that isn’t he case this time, so there’s no excuse (not that my previous excuse was a valid one) to eat poorly.
DS - 02/21/2016
@lumosmaxima Congrats on sticking to your 2017 resolution! That's great! Completely understand why you'd put that on hold for now. The exhaustion is real.
@pourmeamocktail Whoa that's a good goal! I'm super impressed by it!
@xxkberxx I have a home staging business. We specialize in vacant staging, it's pretty fun. Except for all the paper work. That part is boring. Good luck with the healthy eating this go around!
@SkilledSailor we are considering listing our house when it warms up. I may ask you for tips
But point being, I know I bought baby things to cheer me up along the way, and help keep my hope alive. Now that we are here, I do realise the money is better kept in our pockets and in due time, there will be showers, and lots of gifts, and this baby will be so well loved that I needn't worry that if I don't buy it for them <i>now</i>, baby will go without. So that is what I am going to keep reminding myself.... as I continue to tweak the Perfect Registry. Lol
I am not sure how I feel about resolutions exactly, but I do want to make a point to make healthy nutritional choices for this pregnancy. I gained a lot of weight back over the years struggling with IF, and then an extra 20-25 between two rounds of ivf and two FETs, so I realllllly want to have my weight well-controlled over the next nine months. Easier said than done!
Like @SkilledSailor we eventually want to get the business back to a place where I can WFH with the littles and be able to afford our future FETs and not necessarily have to stay at the Bank for the coverage. :/ So I do want to make some real strides with growing the business again this year, too.
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Resolution 2: not eat so much candy that aforementioned healthy baby weighs 10 lbs 13oz at birth like my last baby.
Edited because TB ate half my post. It's been awhile but I'm glad to see it still does that. I also wrote: seriously though, I'm always working on learning how to cook so I can provide healthy meals for my family. H is the cook now but we're both getting new jobs this summer. I'll be less busy and he'll be more busy so it's time for me to step up. I got an instant pot for Christmas so there's hope!
DD2 4.2013 - vbac
DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green
Baby #4 due 9.2018
That being said, I do have a theme for this year: self-compassion. I have a habit of negative self talk and am hyper critical of myself. I am hoping to transform my thought process over this next year.
@MandyMost I also get stressed and miss out on moments. I think I will add that to my self-compassion list. As a reminder. I get so wrapped up in the results (this event/milestone will be perfect) that I miss out on the true experience of the event/milestone.
@pourmeamocktail, I need to do this too. I'm not someone who goes shopping a lot or anything, but lately I feel like there's just too much stuff in my house and I constantly want to get rid of things. Especially since I said I was not going to have a lot of toys but due to generous friends and family, the toy bin keeps growing and growing. We are super appreciative but we don't need anything else!
DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green