2012 and all it's promises...

Well here we are very near the end of the year and 2012 is holding so much hope. There is so much to be done next year, and I don't want an ordinary year. I want to be busy, I want to feel like we are climbing out of the rut we are in. So many aspects of our lives need to be improved on, and I know where to start, I know how to start, and HAVE started. I just need to keep on keeping on.

Number 1....as everyone knows, my weight. I have seen a dietician this year, as well as exercise physiologist, it has to come down. Exercise is required daily, 3 times a week minimum, and food needs to be cleaned up. No more dairy, very little carbs, many fruits, veg and some protein. (No I am not including real food in my carb count, as long as I eat all of the fruit, bought juices are out)

Number 2... work on our fertility. D is giving up smoking, and he is in on this health kick. It's time to kick infertility to the curb and claim our baby.

Number 3... money. D needs a job, I need a secure full time one. This obviously is a priority. We then have to focus on paying out debt and starting to put money away. Dave Ramsay is going to be my friend this year, he just doesn't know it yet.

Number 4... working on creating at home businesses. We are under no illusion that this will be easy, or that it will be only one. D and I both want to work from home. We want babies in the next year or two and this will be the best way. D is also bi-polar and doesn't get along well with people, this would probably give us more security than him working for someone else. So we will be focusing on Safe Cycling Australia, Sharp Chic, A Fashionable Marriage and Sharp Organising. Somewhere in all of this we will derive an income sufficient enough to be stay at home workers.

Number 5... yes there is more! D and I both need careers. We need to feel like we are contributing to the world, by working on Number 4 and 3, this could happen.

Number 6... I want to socialise and go out more. I don't want to feel that the year has flown by and we have nothing to show for it. I want to go out for dinners, weekends away and exploring our city. I want to meet new people, entertain and hold dinner parties. I want to be social.

Number 7... I want to set my home up. I want it to exude elegance, to be clean, tidy and people to walk in and think 'these people have it together'. I don't like walking in and seeing the mish mash that is our house. I want it to have style, grace, and character. I will be blogging about the changes we make, however slowly it may take us.

Number 8.. .I want to work on me. Not only do I need to lose the weight, but I want to change the way I present myself. In no way and I saying that I wish to change me...just how I present myself to the world. I am doing a workshop hopefully soon to learn basics of makeup and haircare. Next on the agenda is clothing and manners. I am taking the challenge not to swear and this will start from tomorrow night when my MIL arrives.

Number 9...I am committing to blogging. I will have 4 sites up and going. This is going to be a HUGE Task. The plan is one blog post for each blog a week, 2 for the personal blog. This personal blog will also be a record of my challenges, my progress against my goals and my accountability. I will be adding a page specifically to hold these goals and my progress markers.

Good luck to me and good luck to 2012 and all the hope that I lay on it.

love
Moby

So as always...its been awhile

Things have been going more than crazy lately. I have been making up hours at work to pay for 10 days off at xmas...so I've got 4 days left :( Christmas has been okay, more than a little dull. It just doesnt seem as magical as it did when I was younger. I think not having kids around helps to make it better.

D finished up work the Thursday before xmas, so things are pretty stressful. He has a job interview tomorrow, so I am crossing all fingers and toes that he gets it. We can survive on just one wage :(. That I have to say is one of the goals for next year, get to a point that we can exist on only one wage. Well hopefully.

well anyway fingers crossed it all turns out. Im ready for stuff to go right for a change. We start a detox tomorrow, well 2 days of it. D's mum gets here on Saturday arvo and will be here the night. Then I am back to work on the 3rd. Not really much has been done, but I will have to finish cleaning the house tomorrow, then I need to put stuff on ebay, finish fixing the study computer, get a new diary and then get ready for another yeah of study, craziness and job hunting. I am hoping a full time job is around the corner, Im not liking the travelling to work or the instability. 2012 has to be a year of stability, losing weight and getting my baby. I need to feel like Im getting somewhere in life, at the moment I feel like Im pretty stuck.

What do I want out of life?

I want children, I would prefer two, but 1 will do me. I want to experience pregnancy and childbirth (yes I am a freak). I want to experience being a mother and I so badly want to make my husband a father. He would be a wonderful one, and my heartbreaks when I see him with the kids.

I want to have a career I enjoy, working independently for myself. I dont necessarily want to work from home, but as long as I work for myself
I want to work in any field pretty much. But I want to find my passion.

I want to earn good money to have the things that I want. I am not completely material, but I want a comfortable life for my family.

I want to be challenged, and educated, I want to finish a uni degree. 1st step tho is to finish my diploma.

I want to be healthy and fit. I want to eat only healthy organic food, and run a 10km fun run. I want my children to grow up without body or food issues.

I want to be fasting at least twice a year, once in autumn and once in spring.

I want to have a loving healthy relationship with my hubby. (well continue to have the good relationship we have now)

Im sure there is more...but thats what I hope for today

Getting Slack

I always have so many ideas. New adventures, now ventures and always need to write stacks down to get it off my mind. Im getting nowhere tho. With all of this stuff that pours out, I never get about to doing everything I need to do. So I am slowly putting the plans and timeframes in place.

Here are the things I need to do

Work out what my ideal life is.
 - what do I want out of life?

Next Projects:
Narrow down my ideas
Select a set few
Organise a timeframe as to when I want them done by
Get together a plan.
STICK TO THE PLAN

I think D and I need another computer. We only have the one, so if he is on it, I dont get the chance.

Day 11 - A letter of Appreciation

To my darling hubby,

There is so much about you I absolutely love and adore. So many things that you do, from the very little to the massive things that I appreciate so very much.

When I first met you, you made me smile and laugh, and changed my world, I am such a different person to who I would have been without you.

....

haha yeah right, Im not putting this all here

seeya!!!!

Day 9 - Tackle Procrastination

1. Identify something you’ve been putting off in the past week/month/years.
   • I have been procrastinating about losing weight, for the last few years
2. Answer this question: Why am I procrastinating on this?
• Why do I procrastinate about this? Its too hard....Im trying to find the easy way out instead of putting the effort into it, its something I do with everything

Key Motivations

Feel better about myself - feel alive again

Health

Baby

Marriage

Action Plan

Diet - Cut out the crap

Exercise - Walking - Bike

Character Board #30BBM Day 5