Goals

Since gaining my second child, and about 15 unwanted unshakable pounds, I have come to realize the importance of goals. Life is getting so busy that the days are just flipping by and here I am with a four month old and still feel like I have a newborn. And so I am realizing that life will continue on this way if I don't set out some real goals for myself. Yes, I have goals every day, like "take a shower" and "do two loads of laundry" that sometimes I accomplish, many days I don't, but I mean I need to set some goals for myself about things I need to pay attention to, things that will otherwise fall by the wayside. Like reading for example. I've been reading the same book since the last month of my pregnancy. I need to set a goal to finish that book. Here I am four months after having my baby and still carrying around too many extra pounds to be comfortable, I need to set a goal to lose it. I need to set a goal to spend less money, and house less stuff. To replace my need to buy things for my kids with giving them my time instead. It sounds so cliche but I am really finding that I am getting distracted with the day to day and things that I really want to do are going left undone. So on that note, tomorrow I will clean the pantry, and rid us of the bulk of the candy and calorie-laden food. That should help me on my quest to shed some pounds. Then I will spend quality time with Mayson making cookies for her and her friends to decorate for Valentines day, hmmmm I see the dichotomy here but whatever, it's a start. I am setting a goal of 30 days of activity again. Did this once before and not sure if I failed or not but it is a good goal, so am going to try again. Something active everyday, walking the dogs/kids, yoga, pilates, crunches with baby while playing, 15 minutes on the weight machine, 40 minutes on the treadmill, whatever I can get in but have to something every day for 30 days. Okay, that's enough goal setting for one day, now I have to go "get rid" of that pesky Hagen Daas in my freezer...