New Year {Resolutions} Goals 2018

New Year {Resolutions} Goals 2018

This is of course a late blog, but what else is new lately. We're getting settled into our new house and everything seems to be getting back to (our) normal. 2017 was a rougher year (we had our good times, but still some pretty hard times), so you can only imagine how excited I am for 2018! The end of the year and beginning of the New Year was kind of a slap in the face and that is the reason why I'm having a "do over" and starting my New Year a little later. It's now the 9th of January and I'm starting my "New Year Resolutions" in a way. I don't like to think of them as that, because I feel like saying they're "resolutions" means you try them for a month and then give up. I prefer the term "Goals" and that's what i'm sticking with this year! 

2018 Goals:

Weight-loss & Fitness

Active Lifestyle 

Routines 

Hobbies 

Finding "Me" Time

Youtube

Becoming "the best me"

Confidence 

If you have followed my blog this past year or more so my Instagram then you probably see my struggle with trying to stay motivated and to stick with a weight-loss plan!

The struggle is real. I'm sure a lot of you understand this feeling. After giving birth to my second son the PP depression really kicked in and unfortunately it stayed with me until he was about 16 months old. I still feel it some days and it's not an easy thing to deal with or talk about. I feel like this really got me down when it came to fitness, weight-loss, confidence, and being the best I could be. How can you when you feel so bad? 

This year I'm kicking the depression to the curb no matter what it takes. I know I'm strong enough to fight it and reach my goals! The weight-loss isn't going to be easy. I'm more worried about how I feel and becoming just healthier in general, but it'll take me some time to get the numbers out of my head when I'm the heaviest I've ever been. I will be posting a Fitness blog soon about my plans for the New Year!

Routines aren't just for workouts and fitness related things in my life. I'm needing 

more routine in all areas. I'm wanting to focus more time on blogs, upcoming ideas I have, and other side hobbies. You can't be successful with goals or projects unless you have routines and/or more organized time to work on them. 

I find so much happiness when I scrapbook about my babies, yet in 2017 I barely did so. While packing up my scrapbook things (when moving) I realized just how far behind I am and it's something that really weighs me down. I want these for my boys to look back on, but I also am so upset with myself for letting the things I love to do stop completely. My goal is to get caught up on both boys scrapbooks this year!

If you are a mom then you know what I'm talking about when I say "me time" and how nearly impossible it is! My husband works so hard and has had college on his plate for years now. It's hard to ask for a break when I know he has a lot going on. What people don't understand is how hard it is to be a stay-at-home mom (even by choice) and have a husband that works and is still in college. I'm so proud of him and I'm happy I got to spend the first years of our boys lives at home with them, but after almost 5 years of this, it's time for a break! Although, I do want to spend as much time as I possibly can with them, I also want to be the "best I can be" for them and that hasn't been me lately. This year I'm going to find more "me time" and make myself take that break because in the long-run its not only best for me, but also best for my family. I want to be a better mom and wife.
Confidence and Youtube kind of go hand-in-hand at this point. I have loved having a blog and putting myself out there more with beauty related things, but I've always had Youtube on my mind. When I started this blog, Youtube was my overall goal. I've been really working on that confidence thing and I feel this year is my year! It's in the works and I couldn't't be more excited (or petrified) just thinking about it! Bear with me while that is in the works, but I also hope you'll stick around this year for what is to come to the blog.
Happy New Year and always find a bit of sunshine in everyday!

-Ally