Anyone want to talk New Year's goals for 2018?

My goals are to:

• continue fine-tuning my budget & plan for the future
• walk more
• eat less crap

I am on track to finish up my BSN this fall

I'm working on un-freezing my frozen right shoulder (ok this sounds like a silly goal, but I've been living with this for a while and am now making progress through yoga--surgeries contributed to the problem and kept me from really applying myself to fixing it until now)

I need to lose 20 lbs but would be happy with 10. I'm very good at losing weight and very good at finding it again. I'm trying to address stress eating! I have gone a year without gaining any more weight, but I haven't lost any either. To be fair, I haven't really tried.

And last but not least, DS and I are going to do some backpacking on the Appalachian trail.

I am working on living in the present. I only have 2.5 years left with my oldest before she leaves for college. I feel like I have always been planning for the next thing. I want to just be for a while and enjoy it.

This is a really nice way to look at it. I am always ambitious with my goals. Inevitably I meet some and not others. But I don't have the sort of personality where it let's me down if I don't meet every single one.

canadianscrappergirl - ((((Hugs))) and prayers. I hope 2018 is a year of recovery and hope for you AND Spencer

I need to find a place to live by oct first. So not too soon or I’d have double expenses.
Needs 3 bedrooms and has to accept pets and I needs to be able to afford it. That sounds reasonable but it’s not. My net take home pay is not really enough.

I know a couple of people who have found the miracle needle is a haystack so my fingers are crossed and prayers are said. I’ll start looking in June/July as I can only handle 3 months of double expenses.

But my entire year starting this Saturday is about decluttering and packing to move.

Anyone with little girls who will wear hand crocheted sweaters? I’ll mail them free to a good Home. I’m guessing they are around a size 10 or 12 but I’m Not sure.

thank you for the link I appreciate it.

DH and I are starting a business this year.  He will work the business while I continue to work a full time job outside of the house to pay our bills until his is up and running and seeing a profit.  We feel like it will be at least one year, possibly up to three before we see any real money to pull a paycheck from.

With that said, this year will not be about trying to save money, it will be about HAVING to save money and live as frugally as possible.  We have not been paycheck to paycheck in twenty plus years, but in order to maintain my savings, 401k and have zero debt on the business, its rice and beans baby.

I'm excited and terrified at the same time so here's hoping!

Good luck with your business.
Here’s a good one we’ve tried.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/lemon-garlic-fried-rice-and-beans-50109287/amp

My goals are simple:

Spend less or at least smarter.
Expand my craft shows with larger spaces and more inventory
Finish my biggest project ever (that I started today) - a 28"x19" realistic cross stitch created from a picture I took years ago.
Find someone who will be able to take over the task of organizing the band uniforms

Best wishes to you (and Spencer) for a wonderful, successful and HAPPY 2018.  You deserve it and so does Spencer.   

My goal for 2018 is start exercising! I have to have sinus surgery in January to finally beat this sinus infection I've had for 2 years and after I heal from that no more excuses. It's time to start exercising. I walked at least 10 miles daily while on my trip to Poland/Germany in May and while it made my feet swell my thighs became much stronger and I felt amazing. Now I went from 0 miles to 10 which is probably why my feet swelled-not a good way to do it.     This time I'm going to do it the right way. Start slow and build up. I'll start with walking and hopefully add in some other types of exercise to keep it interesting.

We have an indoor rock climbing gym about 35 miles away that I'm very keen to go to in the summer when the humidity and heat makes things uncomfortable outdoors. I've only done that once on a cruise ship but I loved it-went all the way to the top and rang the bell. I always did like climbing trees when I was a child, although I'm sure this is much different. 

If/when that gets boring I'd like to check into a dance class. There are so many choices around here and for that I am grateful. I always did like dancing but never got much of a chance to do it while growing up. I did take ballet for one year and then we moved and couldn't find another class. I'm thinking modern, or jazz or maybe even ballet. 

Oh, and then there's sailing in the summer. This is the year I should get my small sailboat-a Sunfish out on the water again. It's been sitting in my backyard on a trailer for far too long.

As long as it's fun it won't seem like boring, repetitive exercise. I'm not a gym girl at all. 

birukitty Do you have a partner or a friend you can dance with? DH surprised me with ballroom dancing classes one year and it was loads of fun!

My goal is to find ways to bring in more income again. I have limitations to work around, but there are things I can do that will be worth my time and effort.