So its the beginning of March… why am I just now bringing up resolutions? I want to talk about my goals and resolutions for the year in a different way than normal. Usually resolutions are something that is gung ho strong throughout January and February they tend to die off, being completely in the resolution graveyard by March.
Its March now, so I want to go over my accountability and how I’ve been maintaining or slacking on my resolutions and goals for the year at this point. I feel like this is a great opportunity to reassess and exam what you had pointed out as areas for improvement earlier this year compared to where you are currently. Two months may not seem like a significant amount of time to see differences or improvements, let’s look into it a little further.
First I think its important to go over what I set as my resolutions/goals for the year.
- Run more – 52 miles for the year and one 5K each quarter AT LEAST – running isn’t my favorite so I thought this would be a fun challenge for myself
- Practice mindfulness – as we know I struggle with anxiety and I would love to start utilizing more holistic approaches to stress relief
- Write once a week – I love writing but don’t dedicate as much time to it as I wish I did
- Payoff my credit card debts
- Ask for help and verbalize my feelings more
- Travel to a new place
- Read 12 new books – for fun, for work and for my personal gain/knowledge
Seven resolutions/goals…..Seems like an aggressive amount. I think so too, but I love a good push and to challenge myself. Let’s walk through each of these one by one and see what I was thinking when I made them and where I’m at currently with achieving these and being able to build on them.
RUN MORE:
I definitely have never been a strong or consistent runner, for that matter. I’m pretty active through Camp Gladiator but I wanted a new challenge. This one has 100% been a challenge for me but I have loved getting out of my comfort zone and pushing myself. I have seen myself gain some different strengths, from mentally to physically.
Right now, sitting in the beginning of March, I have ran 41 miles. Just 11 shy of my goal for the YEAR. You would’ve never been able to tell me I would be able to run 41 miles in 2 1/2 months. In addition to that, I have completed my first 5K race during the Austin Marathon! My sister agreed to run 1 race a quarter with me, so far so good. We haven’t found the next 5K we will do but I will keep you posted.
MINDFULNESS:
As we all know, I struggle with a lot of stress and high cortisol which leads me to having anxiety. I really have wanted to overcome some of these high anxiety days with holistic approaches. I’ve been bouncing around on a few things that I’ve noticed seem to work for me. I plan on posting a blog specifically on this to share how it has been for me and what I have incorporated.
WRITING:
This is something that I can honestly say I have been slacking on. I will be very consistent for a week then I will fall of for a few, then the cycle repeats. To hold myself more accountable, I have started giving myself 3 things to write about every day. 1) Something I did good at work. 2) Something I did good in my personal life. 3) Something I did good in a relationship I have. I decided to do this to help keep myself positive as well as reflective, and consistent to write more frequently 🙂
PAYING OFF CREDIT CARD DEBTS:
This is a fun one! So I have been actively tackling this, this year. I paid off one credit card/loan that I got back in 2017 for $4K and I had it paid off in February! I do still have 3 active credit cards. 1 with an incredibly small balance, 1 that should be relatively easy to pay and 1 that definitely will take the year. With that being said, I like to practice the snowball method. Give it a quick google search and you’ll know what I mean. Graduating with accounting, I care a lot about finances and setting myself up for success, if anyone would like me to share some of my finance friendly tips & habits, shoot me an email and I can start brainstorming!
ASK FOR HELP & VERBALIZE:
I am my fathers daughter and I have a huge problem addressing my feelings and asking for help. I think both of these things have done nothing but add to my already high stress brain and makes everything a little worse. I have been actively working on this and being more self aware of when I do this. I still struggle but I have found myself being more open about things I like, dislike or things that bother me. Asking for help is probably a little harder….but I’m trying to work on that one as well. One step at a time.
TRAVEL TO A NEW PLACE:
I haven’t tackled this yet or have anything in the books yet (coronavirus) BUT its something I still very much am wanting to do this year. I have traveled three times already this year but nowhere new. I went to Colorado and went snowboarding for the very first time, which was awesome but super hard and altitude sickness sucks. Then I also visited California, starting in SoCal and ending in the Bay Area.
READ 12 NEW BOOKS:
This basically breaks down to one book a month, easy enough right? WRONG (lol). I have read two books so far this year, just started my third and I really really REALLY want to accomplish this. I just need to hold myself more accountable. I’m also such a slow reader so that definitely doesn’t help.
There you have it folks! My 2020 new years resolutions and goals! I’m pretty proud of where I’m at with all of these and still going strong with them. I definitely have a long way to go to achieve everything I want to for the year but with due time I’ll be where I need too. Maybe I’ll do another check in half way through the year to keep a healthy update for you.
If any of the topics I went over are intriguing or you would like more details/more of please let me know! I still have quite a few things I’m working on for posts but always the more the merrier. Email me at: thecortisoldiaries@gmail.com
“Though I fall, I will rise” Micah 7:8
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