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2015 Goal Check In

December 18, 2015 | blogging, family, fitness, motivation, running

I have decided in 2016 that I want to go back to monthly goals. It’s something I did for a long time here on THLG, and I just sort of got away from it with pregnancy + a newborn, and it’s high time to get going again. I really enjoy having mini goals instead of year long goals, although those are fun to look back on as well, just not as easy to keep! I tend to make goals at the beginning of a new year and not look at them again until December. Whoops! So mini goals are good “check ups” to go along with bigger ones.

Last year, I had five “big goals” that I shared on my blog, so I wanted to do a quick checkup on those before diving into 2016 goals next week.

1.) Read my Bible every day: C+ I do a great job of this on the three days Emma Kate goes to daycare, but the other days are so crazy, which is a TERRIBLE excuse. I may need to start switching to night time reading instead of in the morning to ensure this gets done. This is not something I want to just throw my hands up and say “oh well” to doing.

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2.) PR in any race distance: A I ran the Los Angeles marathon 5 months after having Emma Kate. While my PR was only by about 15 minutes and I had been training for about a 45 minute PR, I will still take it! (It was around 90 degrees outside and no one was prepared for it, so everyone was super slow!) Heck I am proud of myself for even running that race!

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3.) Foam roll and stretch: B+ At the boot camp class I went to 3 x’s a week they really made us warm up well and stretch after, but I don’t stretch well after running on my own.

4.) Find a good work/life balance: B+ When I wrote these goals, Emma Kate was just starting mother’s day out twice a week for five hours a day which did not leave me enough time to do all of my blog work so I was really stressed out. Since then, Emma Kate has been going to a daycare she loves three full days a week so I try to get as much done on those days as I can so we can play the other two days. Not to mention since then we also bought a frozen yogurt shop, but I think we have gotten into a good rhythm as far as a work/life balance with that.

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5.) Eat more healthy foods: C+ I really do want to focus more on this one in 2016! When I get really busy I tend to just throw unhealthy/quick things together for meals, or grab Chick-Fil-A on the way home. I need to PLAN better to make this one happen.

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Cookies anyone?

Stay tuned next week to see my 2016 goals!

QOTD: Did you set any goals for yourself in 2015? Did you reach them?

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  1. Ashley says

    December 18, 2015 at 1:58 am

    Loved your monthly goals! I laughed because I was reading a post of yours yesterday and literally thought exactly ” hey she hasn’t done monthly goals like before” as I was admiring all the changes you had made and appeared to make to me. It seems like 2015 was a great year, cheers to 2016!

  2. Karen :0) says

    December 18, 2015 at 11:28 am

    Great job this year! You’ve had a lot of changes and rolled well with them!

  3. nicole says

    December 18, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    Great job with your goals. I am impressed with finding balance between your work life and home. I can not seem to find the balance

    • Heather says

      December 28, 2015 at 9:48 am

      It’s been tough and took a LONG time to achieve, and some days I still don’t have the balance!

  4. Monique says

    December 20, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    I’m proud of myself this year. I decided I needed to lose weight and get healthy. Since January, I have lost 65 pounds and ran two half marathons (PR’ed by 50 minutes). This year I want to maintain the weight and keep being active.

    • Heather says

      December 28, 2015 at 9:47 am

      that’s AWESOME!

  5. Kelsey @ The Wolfepack Write Ups says

    December 29, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    I love that your goals are REALISTIC and not too extreme one way or the other. 🙂 I did that this year as well and it was so much less stressful if I didn’t meet one all the way!

    • Heather says

      December 29, 2015 at 2:11 pm

      agreed!

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