Happy 2019! Can you believe it?? Each year just gets more and more unbelievable, I swear. Anyway, I debated whether I wanted to continue sharing my monthly goals on here or not, but in the end I decided I liked documenting them even if I don’t meet them all every month.

I also don’t typically love making New Years Resolutions but I decided to make a few this year. I’m ready to make some major changes but I’m going to make the changes slowly and give myself lots of grace.

And lastly, Pearson and I decided on a phrase to use as our family motto this year. Are you ready for it?

“Less Stuff, More Adventure”

What do you think? I’m super excited about it! Read more on Instagram here.

Anyway, let’s get on with today’s post, shall we? We’ll start with how I did on my December goals.

How I did in December:

Spiritual:

• Pray more (I’m going real easy on this one)

Physical:

• Eat intuitively.
• Go to Barre class at least 3 times per week. (except for the week we were out of town)
• Drink 80 ounces of water every day

Mental:

• Read A New York Christmas by Anne Perry
• Read A Christmas Escape by Anne Perry
• Read Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

Marriage:

• Do something Christmassy every day in December. We actually did this! I’m so proud!

Blog:

• Finish all the tasks I need to do this month (that I don’t want to share here)

Home:

• Sell most of the clothes in my Poshmark Closet (get 5% off with code MRSMAUGERI)

I actually accomplished more than half of my goals! That hasn’t happened in a while! Now on to my resolutions.

2019 New Years Resolutions:

Spiritual:

• Go to our church’s Ladies Bible Study every possible week. And do the homework.
• Catch up and complete the SHE Refined Project Bible study.
• Make more connections with Christians. Especially through our local church
  • Attend the young marrieds class
  • Find a life group
  • Initiate activities

Physical:

• Keep up with at least 3 Barre classes per week
• Just be more active in general
  • Take Pip on long walks
  • Walk instead of driving whenever possible
  • Go on lot’s of hikes
• Listen to what my body really needs for fuel rather than just eating junk out of habit.
• Get in a better habit of drinking water. 80 oz per day!

Mental:

• Read nothing but non-fiction and Agatha Christie all year
• Read at least 20 books
• Complete 4 French lessons per month on Duolingo
• Complete 4 German lessons per month on Duolingo
• Learn guitar and ukulele

Marriage:

• Go on one date per week.
• Go on one adventure per month.
• Do one Check-In per month.
• Stay in our budget.

Blog:

• Write my first eBook (coming soon! Hopefully this month)
• Go through all my old posts and update, optimize, and share them.
• Go to Snap Conference in Utah in April! Woohoo!
• Up my social engagement.
• Up my affiliate marketing game
• Streamline my newsletter and create monthly freebies (the first one goes out on Monday, January 7th so make sure you’re signed up)

Home:

• Declutter everything
• Stay in our budget so we can meet our financial goals including buying a house soon!

Goals for January

Spiritual:

• Go to our church’s Ladies Bible Study every week except when we’re in Orlando. And do the homework.
  
• Attend the young marrieds class every week that we’re in town
• Find a life group

Physical:

• Keep up with at least 3 Barre classes per week
  
• Take Pip on a long walk 3 times per week
• 80 oz per day!

Mental:

• Read Kind is the New Classy by Candace Cameron Bure
• Read one book by Agatha Christie
• Complete 4 French lessons on Duolingo
• Complete 4 German lessons on Duolingo

Marriage:

• Go on one date per week.
• Enjoy Disney World together (and with Pearson’s family)
• Do one Check-In.

Blog:

• Write my first eBook (coming soon! Hopefully this month)
• Engage with people on Instagram for 30 minutes per day (15 minutes before and after I post).
• Also scroll and engage for 30 minutes around dinner time but don’t mindlessly scroll outside of those times.
• Create my January Freebie and send it out in a newsletter on the first Monday.

Home:

• Revisit my fall/winter capsule wardrobe and make sure I still love it and it’s still 35 items.
• Stay in our budget

So I think those are doable. I’m super excited for this year. I’m ready to make some changes, have some adventures, and streamline my blog work!

Do you set monthly goals? Share your link in the comments or just tell me a few of your goals! Let’s support each other!

Thanks for reading!