Goals...Here I Go Again

I have been thinking a lot lately about how I want my life to be.  I want a clean house. I want to get down to 145 pounds at least. I want my kids to know that I am the boss. (I know good luck on that one.) I want to get a degree so that I can make a future for my kids and me. Since I haven't been able to get to sleep lately, I decided last night to make some small goals to help me achieve a few of my bigger goals.  I am also working on some with a friend of mine and her mom in a contest where the loser does a small act of service for the winner. I put these goals on paper and found a nice folder dedicated to goals.  It is a bright orange folder sitting on my desk (if that doesn't remind me to do them, I don't know what will). I have, also, decided to report my progress on my blog to make me more accountable for my goals (it worked a few years ago).

My first big goal is to have a cleaner house (it is cleaner than it was a year ago, but still not clean enough). What I have done to help me accomplish this is I made a morning and night to do list. Each list has four things on them that I need to get done daily. They aren't big, but they are a start and with the way I am, I will most likely do more than what is on these lists. I will be happy to get them done however. I am going to reward myself in some way. I just haven't decided on the reward yet.

The other big goal that I am going to work on is weight loss. I know I say this a lot. I have a few motivating factors right now. First of all, I can no longer wear the clothes that I was so excited to fit back into a few months ago. I know this is my fault. My habit have slipped recently. I need to get back to portion control and exercising.  My other motivating factor is that my boyfriend is working very hard at losing with this goal. (Yes, I admit it, I am more motivating when people around me work on the same goal.  I'm sure I am not the only one.) To accomplish this goal I am doing a few things. My friend and I have two goals in our contest that will help, exercise and eating veggies. I have also made of goal of having only one Dr. Pepper a day. I know I should cut it out completely, but I can't do that right now. I am going to have to slowly wean myself of the stuff.

When I reported weekly before I was reporting on Mondays because that was what was most convenient at the time. I will try to report on Thursdays this time because that will be the end of my "weekend."