
Last year was the first year in...well, maybe ever?...that I actually set goals for the year. I have tended to avoid making resolutions because I have always been sure that I would fail at them anyway, but last year I decided to give it a go. Let's see how I did on my resolutions, shall we?
2019 Goals:
-Spiritual: Memorize the book of Hebrews. I did not do well at this. Before 2019 I had memorized through Hebrews chapter 4, but it had become pretty fuzzy. In 2019, I basically really solidified Hebrews 1-4 in my memory, and that was it. I didn't memorize a single verse of chapter 5. Fail.
-Marriage: Write Derek one note per month. Yeah, I didn't do this at all. Fail.
-Motherhood: Document my children better. I had a specific goal of taking one picture of each kid per week, and writing down one thing about them. I did not do any of that, but I do think I succeeded at the more vague overall goal of documenting the kids better. I shared cute things the kids did and said more often on the blog and on Instagram. In addition, I printed a ton of photos in 2019, which is something I haven't been consistent about before. Semi-Success.
-Health: Go sugar free one week per month. I actually did this! I didn't record whether I did it every month, but I did sugar-free weeks frequently, and I felt great every time I did. Success!
-Reading: Participate in the unread shelf project. I did this, but not as much as I wanted to. I did sort through my unread shelves, got rid of a ton of books I'm no longer interested in, and read a stack of the books I already had. I have a ton more to go though, so it's still in progress. Semi-Success.
-Blog: Try some posting routines. I was semi-consistent with themed posts, like my "Stuff I Like" posts, and "The Wednesday Five" which I started in the fall. Success.
-Financial: Save $1000. I was not as consistent with this as I wanted. I was using a weekly saving chart, which I think would have worked well if I used a weekly budget, but I don't. I work with a monthly budget, often do my grocery shopping monthly, etc. Since the saving schedule was weekly and my budget was monthly, I often forgot to hold aside the money I wanted to save. I only ended up saving about half of the $1000. Semi-Success.
I thought this was going to be a travesty when I sat down to write this post, but I am so relieved to see that I only out-and-out failed in two areas! Being successful or semi-successful at 70% of my goals is good enough for me. Even though I didn't check in with my written goals as often as I probably should have, I did find that just having these goals tucked in the back of my mind helped me make more progress than if I had made no specific goals at all.
So, will I make goals again this year? Yes, I think I will. Stay tuned next week for those!

How did you do at your 2019 goals?
Thanks for telling us about The Unread Shelf Project. I've looked at several other read your own books types of projects but I think the key with The Unread Shelf is that you have to either read the book by the end of the month or get rid of it! I think that will be very motivating for me. LOL
I look forward to hearing what your 2020 goals are!
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