I liked having goals in November, so I’m going to do it again for December…
Exercise.
Bootcamp ends on 15th December, I really need to keep up with the exercise and even with a job, I can’t afford a personal trainer on a regular basis. Apparently it takes 30 days to form a new habit so for December, I’m going to exercise 3 times a week. That can be a class at the gym, it can be a bootcamp session, it can be going to the gym. Three times a week, even over Christmas week! I also want to walk 100k in the month. That can be part of exercise, but I want to get an idea of how much I actually walk and go from there. Finally, I want to be able to maintain a plank from my feet for a minute and a half. They should keep me busy!!
Diet
I want to stay off coffee completely until the 15th and drink no more than 2 cups a week for the rest of the month! To make sure that I drink 2 litres of water a day (especially on the weekend). It’s Christmas and it will be difficult but I need to think about the booze target again. At the risk of sounding like I have a problem with this (I don’t but I am the child of an alcoholic so I’m aware that it could become an issue for me if I’m not careful) I’m going to give myself an easier target for December, I will only drink 10 days during December. That should cover Ma’s birthday, the Grace & LCS Christmas parties and Christmas itself. With the diet I want to eat mindfully, so I will commit to taking my lunch to work too.
Misc
Books – I have loads and some of them aren’t worth keeping. So before Christmas, I will have a clear out of my bookshelves and I will post about it to keep me accountable.
Sewing – I busted this one out of the water but looking at my schedule and the need for some early nights due to work, I’m going to half the number, 25 hours.
Flat – I need to balance being out at work with making home a good place to be, so I need to revise the housework chart and stick to it. Christmas is always nicer if the house is tidy and there’s somewhere to put the tree.
So:
- Exercise 3 times a week
- Get to a 1.5 minute plank, from my toes
- Walk 100k in the month
- No coffee until 15th Dec and no more than twice a week for the rest of the month
- Drink 2 litres of water a day
- Spend 21 days or more without drinking alcohol
- Continue to eat mindfully
- Take lunch to work every day
- Have a clear out of my books
- Sew for 25 hours
- Commit to housework spreadsheet
Nic Dempsey 
I think your goals and my goals are quite similar. Good luck. I can tell you from rather recent experience that the clean house benefit stretches so much farther just just having a nice place to look at. I am finally getting good at this, and my mental state is so much clearer as a result. Stress is down, I am in a much better mood at home, and my mind is far clearer making the other goals feel much easier to focus on. You should check out the family binder idea, and some of the decluttering tips on organizedhome.com. This has helped me learn how to incorporate the whole family for help, as well as how to use daily goals to keep up on my beautiful organized home, so that I don’t have to get behind and then catch up. Good luck and I look forward to reading more.
Thanks for commenting! Having the house tidy does help all round, doesn’t it. Fortunately for me, because it’s just me, the house is relatively tidy, for this month it’s just a case of rebalancing working with housework. When I was at home, it was the thing I did first thing in the morning, now that needs to change!