2023 Goals
Financial
• Save $50 per paycheck, totaling $1,300 by December 31, 2023
• Tithe 10% off the top of every paycheck
• Use tax refund to fund a month’s worth of expenses, so that we can essentially “skip” a paycheck, and start funding the next month’s expenses each month, keeping at minimum, a full month’s pay in the bank always
• Create sinking funds for quarterly and annual bills, and for veterinary care, children’s clothing, and car repairs
• Wait 3 days before making any discretionary purchases
• Cut our grocery budget by $300 a month
Spiritual
• Read my Bible every day for a minimum of thirty minutes, starting with three times a week for two weeks, then moving up to four days a week for two weeks, then five, then six, then a full 7 days.
• Attend ladies’ craft nights at church every month
• Spend my Sabbaths media free. Read a book, take a walk, photograph nature, play board games, spend time with people I love, or craft instead
• Reach out to friends at least twice a month to connect over coffee/tea, a walk, a meal, etc.
Physical/Health
• Take 52 walks this year
• Meal prep weekly
• Cut dairy to three servings a week
• Replace coca cola with herbal teas
• Fast food once a month only
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day stretching and moving my body intentionally
Household
• Replace the Catio roof and add more perches
• Tile the bathtub and shower
• Renovate the pantry area
• Tear out the front room and create a seating area using materials we already own
• Create a more functional laundry system that keeps dirty clothing off the laundry room floor
• Replace the torn couches with budget-friendly options – i.e. Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, markdowns, etc.
• Restructure the bedroom closet to make it more functional
• Downsize the home, room by room, starting with the Master Bedroom
• Create a safer play area for the children in the backyard by tearing down the wooden structure and replacing it with something custom-built – utilizing as much of the materials that we already own as possible
• Plant a large garden on our property
• Replace our fence – use up all the materials we already own first, before purchasing more
• Repair the broken laptops for kids’ and personal use
• Purchase a new printer/scanner for the home
• Clean and organize the garage
• Replace the roof before winter
Personal
• Blog twice a week
• Vlog once a week
• Cut Facebook/media time to 30 minutes (TOTAL) a day or less
• Read all the books on my bookshelves and donate the ones I won’t reread
• Try one new recipe a week, minimum
• Increase the amount of canning and dehydrating I do this year
• Be more intentional with my time, by
- • Planning out errand days
- • Meal planning ahead of time
- • Scheduling chore days for myself to keep up on housework
- • Allowing my body to rest when I’m tired
- • Saying no to any activity that drains me emotionally
- • Only scheduling one large project at a time and not starting another until I am finished with the current one
- • Setting my phone down and finding something else to do when I feel bored and still have physical energy
So what about you? What are some of your goals for the year? Anything big you'd like to tackle?
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