2019 Personal Goals
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I tend to be pretty ambitious in my goals so I know there are things on there unlikely to get to. So I at least try to put them in priority order and if I don't get to some of the things, that's ok to me. If I were to really pare it down, I'd say I'm trying to focus on quality time with spouse & baby, fitness, and time management this year....with the first and last being pretty closely linked to each other. If I don't get books read or the garage insulated, that's ok but I put them on as my "stretch" goals.
Before last week it was to lose about 15 lbs.
Then last week happened and now it's to lose 20 lbs.
Then last week happened and now it's to lose 20 lbs.
Weight from 212 to 195, 300lb 5x5 squat and 400lb 5x5 deadlift.
Begin some kind of investment portfolio beyond my 401k / pension.
.......and for you smartasses out there, not forget my kids at school.
Begin some kind of investment portfolio beyond my 401k / pension.
.......and for you smartasses out there, not forget my kids at school.
It’s deadlift day here too. I’m at 637 for the 1000 pound club. Got a long ways to go...good thing I’m bulking soon. Cutting 30 more pounds didn’t help increase weight. what are you at?
I’ve done Farrell’s several times and swear by it. Love the program.
The bold really stands out to me. Using math, I estimate I spend over 2% of my week at a Hyvee. Wow.
I did it for six months and mostly enjoyed it. It got repetitive at times and I personally didn't lose much weight but lost inches everywhere and cut my mile time so I was happy.
We have a baby boy that's roughly the same age as your's and I have no idea how you expect to get these things done. I feel like I am spending all day with him and spend no time on things like yard work, vacation, friends or fitness. Full time job + crawling baby = no free time.2019 goals - I was telling spouse that this is the first year in a while I haven't had big things I wanted to accomplish in the year. It feels weird. I still ended up with a giant list though....some stuff still needs fleshing out. This looks super long but several are connected to each other. I'm a very goal-oriented person if that wasn't obvious
- Quality time with spouse.....not sure how to make this SMART but we're still kinda in survival mode and while we're ok, I want to put time into our relationship. I'm not sure what that looks like though. Spending time talking after little monster is in bed? Weekend trip without baby? Post-work walks once the weather is nice? This one needs work. Suggestions welcome.
- Quality time with baby - putting phone away and reading books, playing with him, enjoying this stage before he too quickly grows up. Be better about being present, enjoying this time and not having so much guilt. Already started on this by moving all his books out of his closet and next to our well-loved rocking chair. Found we weren't reading them when we had to go to the closet.
- Time with friends - did not want to be that person who dropped off the face of the earth after a baby. Need to make an effort here.
- Invite friends for 1x month board game night
- For real, work on finding a babysitter so you can leave house at night - would allow for date nights too
- Fitness
- Finish post partum exercise program - probably go back and repeat weeks at lower frequency once done in a couple months
- Maintain current weight/decrease measurements
- Gym class 1x week
- Run race in April - put baby in stroller for runs once it gets nicer!
- Time/household management - feel so short on time all the time when we're home. And it results in less quality time with DH and baby. So doing things like meal planning, maybe making a chore chart to keep up on cleaning a bit better, and using our marker board to note tasks/appts so we don't get surprised by them and can plan ahead better
- Use my planner this year! DH got me one for Xmas but I always stop using it much by like Feb. I need to use it this whole year because there's too much to just expect my brain to remember and I'm dropping some balls.
- Utilize marker board as chore chart/reminder
- Look into pricing for house cleaner or robotic vacuum and seriously discuss
- Meal plan dinners all year
- Put recipes on cards so you stop having to scour the internet every time
- Probably it's own goal - but become more of a morning person. Baby does that by default but going to bed earlier would make this easier. And can get stuff done so I don't feel so pressured to work on things in the evening. Would like to do exercise in the morning but that's just too much right now with unpredictable night wakeups
- More yard work
- Get section behind house leveled......maybe put in plants?
- Plan out annual beds
- Put in garden again,.....no muskmelon this year!
- Financial -
- Max roth IRA's
- Start savings & education funds for little man.
- Have 1.25x salary in retirement? Need to check current numbers to know how reasonable that is. After the stock market's last month, it may not be
- Work
- Get excellent reviews and hit the big goals you are targeting for year end
- Work on meeting management skills,
- Make decision on work/life balance and potentially drop down half day a week.
- Vacation............tbd - where, with or without baby?
- Read 10 high quality books. Recommendations welcome. This is low priority but I'd like to read some good books this year
- Finish Christmas cross stitch for baby. This is a real stretch, lol. But we'll try.
- Insulate garage???
Just a couple things
In the past, I've struggled at creating personal goals. I know what I want, and generally make rough plans to support it. But it's not sustainable, and would reduce stress if I actually had real goals and metrics attached to them.
So, seeing this thread inspired me to come up with a couple that I want to achieve, and actually have a desire/motivation to commit to on an ongoing basis.
Personal Health:
So, seeing this thread inspired me to come up with a couple that I want to achieve, and actually have a desire/motivation to commit to on an ongoing basis.
Personal Health:
- Quit bad habits by April (smoking/drinking heavily). Full stop on the smoking. Have quit and started back up multiple times in the past few years, but need to make it permanent. Actually going to give Chantix a try. Drinking wise, need to cut back on the "binge" - when we have a party or tailgate / other gathering where drinking over a long day is typical.
- Improve Fitness: While I completed RAGBRAI last year at my heaviest weight, I want to improve on my performance. Keys for this: Complete 1,000+ miles cycling before RAGBRAI, total 2,000+ this year. (Last years #'s were 700 & 1200... didn't get back on the bike after RAGBRAI). Begin supplemental fitness/workout routine 2 times per week to aid overall fitness. Weight loss would be nice, but is more a benefit of the training than the goal.
- Stick to the budget and use it to plan for the future - I've set up budgets every year it seems and just inevitably fail to keep tracking them. This year I want to make a nightly commitment to spend 15 minutes (as needed) to track expenses for the first couple months of the year. After that, should have it more normalized and could back off to a weekly scrub. All other financial goals rely on this (increasing saving, paying of debt, etc).
- Do what she says without asking why.
In all seriousness, we do great at spending time together with friends, but we both seem to be very taxed from work on a nightly basis, and it seems like our couples time is gobbled up trying to relax. This year, would like to focus on finding some hobbies that we both enjoy that doesn't involve TV/being couch potatoes.
Stats are:
Bench - 181
Squats - 206
Deadlift - 250
I’m testing deadlift today so might go up or down.
Got divorced in 2018, took almost all year. So a lot of goals related to that in 2019.
downsize house, its way too big and I can probably eliminate my mortgage pmt
take motorcycle course and buy one (gf is serious biker)
keep eating well and lifting weights, maintain good health
favorably sort out post-divorce finances
continue to grow our LLC with my partners
reduce stress - gf and motorcycle should help with that lol
Good luck everyone! Live well and don't waste time!
downsize house, its way too big and I can probably eliminate my mortgage pmt
take motorcycle course and buy one (gf is serious biker)
keep eating well and lifting weights, maintain good health
favorably sort out post-divorce finances
continue to grow our LLC with my partners
reduce stress - gf and motorcycle should help with that lol
Good luck everyone! Live well and don't waste time!
I mentioned it already in this thread, but it amazed me how much those "little" trips add up over the course of a year. My wife and I plan out our menu for the week and then do one big trip to Hyvee on the weekend. However, there are always a few things we seem to have forgotten during the big trip, so she ends up going back.
If we spent $100 on the "big" trip, we spent $60 on all the "little" trips each week. That part really motivated me to make a change. I always feel like we spend too much on groceries for a family of 3, but I can never find areas to cut back in. We plan our meals, eat leftovers, and don't by crazy expensive ingredients. However, those little trips each week are more opportunities to impulse buy and/or things we think we need, but don't really need.
I also am looking to make more things at home. For example, I buy bottled tea and drink one each day. I'm switching to brewing it myself for pennies on the dollar. It doesn't make a big difference in a single week, but it's hundreds of dollars over the course of a year.
