It’s a new year. Here we are again looking back at last year and wondering what happened to the new year resolutions we set at the beginning of 2019. And if you’re like me, they didn’t stick to long, unfortunately. I always have high hopes and do so well but by a month or two in I’m overwhelmed. So instead of setting new year resolutions I’m doing this.
The other day I printed out a full year calendar of 2020 (just a free one I found online, you can use this one too). Then I started making a list of the things I wanted to work on this year such as; finances, fitness, relationships, etc. I took each of these topics and assigned them to a month (repeating a few of them I though needed extra attention 😉
Then I broke out each main topic. So with finances, I set a date (close to the beginning of the month) to create a budget. Then picked a day each week to have a weekly check in. This is when my husband and I will sit down and go over our budget for the previous week. I also made other goals throughout the month like no eating out, create savings account for each of our kids and more.
I did this with each main topic. This way, I’m working on myself and goals all year instead of only the beginning. I can reevaluate at the beginning of each month and see what things work and what things didn’t. So what do you think? Are you setting new year resolutions this year or do you want to join me and set monthly goals for 2020? I’d love to hear what goals you have planned no matter which way you choose to attack them!
