Oh, 2015

Hello! 🙂

With New Year’s approaching, I see it only fitting to set some plans up for the coming 2015 year. Plan seems to be a more appropriate word than resolution, I think. (Seems to be that most resolutions that are set are not usually met.) I hope to actually stick to this plan during 2015 with tweaks and updates as needed.

Personal Health:

• I want to get down to 200 lbs in 2015. This will mean losing 30 lbs during the year. If I happen to make this goal before the end of 2015 I will adjust the number accordingly.
• I want to stop drinking Monster. Boyfriend and I bought a coffee pot and are going to start drinking coffee for our caffeine intake rather than Monster. It will be cheaper and healthier in the long run. I had coffee this morning and did not have a Monster for the first time in 3 months. I feel great that I didn’t drink the Monster, but I feel the difference in caffeine so it will take some getting used to.

Relationship/Social:

• At least one weekend night per month with absolutely no plans. Just me and Boyfriend. Too often we jam pack our weekends with social time with friends or work events and do not spend enough quality time together. This will change in 2015.
• Dinner with parents once per month. When we had our own apartment and didn’t live with my dad we had dinner every other Friday with the parental units. It was nice to see them and catch up on our lives. Now that we live with my dad, we never eat with the parents. We stay in the basement and don’t bother anyone and are not bothered by anyone. It’s nice to have the privacy, but I miss the interaction.
• Spend more time with my sister. I will aim to see her at least once per month one on one. We do not live together anymore and we are both old enough now to have a mature relationship. We are 6 years apart so we did not always get along growing up. 😉 I still see the age difference, but I feel that our relationship can become more than just “she’s my sister so I have to love her” type of thing. It would be nice if we could be friends.
• Schedule dates with close friends to avoid going multiple months without seeing them. We see a couple of people more than others due to busy schedules, so we need to make it a priority to give adequate time to all friends. Nobody is more important than the other. 🙂

Financial:

• Pay off Boyfriend’s car. (Aiming for end of March.)
• Pay off my car. (Aiming for end of June, but it may end up being closer to end of August depending how the first loan goes.)
• Find cheaper/better car insurance.
• Do not use credit cards for everyday purchases.
• Attempt to eliminate impulse shopping.
• Do the 52 week savings challenge for birthday and holiday gifts. (I opened an online savings for this so I do not have the cash on hand. I am always more tempted to spend cash.)

Educational:

• I want to return to college to start working on my B.S. I graduated with my associate’s degree in May of 2014 and took a break, but I want to go back this year.
• Boyfriend is scheduled to graduate with his associate’s degree in August. He will take a small break and then return to school as well.

Fun/Blogging:

• Post weekly updates on weight progress.
• Post monthly updates on debt repayment progress.
• Use my 2015 planner to my advantage with other goals and use ONLY my 2015 planner. (I am pretty bad about writing down events. I had stuff written in multiple places during 2014 and none of the dates ever matched up. Sort of purpose defeating, in my opinion.)