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New year, new habits

20 December 2013

For me, the start of a new year is a great time to take stock and figure out which new habits I’d like to create. For the last couple of years, I’ve written blog posts this time of year detailing the habits I want to create. (I like thinking in terms of habits, rather than resolutions.)

These are the habits I set about creating for 2013. I detailed them in blog post I wrote a year ago called Help for your resolutions. Let’s see how I did.

2013’s goals

• Putting away my clothes properly at night
• Exercising at least three times a week
• Eating more fruits and vegetables
• Establishing a sustainable housecleaning schedule
• Entertaining more often (the fifth goal will support the fourth)

I did much better about putting away clothes every night in the latter half of 2013. In July, I cleared off my bureau (pictures here) and it made a huge difference. I’d say I’m 80 percent there in terms of having an ingrained habit.

I also did pretty well with my exercise habit, though I have to admit I don’t make it the priority that I might. So if work gets in the way, I excuse myself from having to exercise. I’d like to change that up and make it more of a priority.

I completely failed to intentionally eat more fruits and vegetables. Basically it just slipped my mind.

As far as housecleaning goes, I absolutely succeeded in that we hired a wonderful housecleaner to come in every two weeks. (Score!) So the house is totally under control.

We are entertaining a bit more, but not as much as I might like. Having a clean house, certainly makes that more viable.

So when I look at 2014, I think I’m going to have to keep some of the goals on my list. Here’s what I’m hoping to create for 2014.

2014’s goals

• Putting away my clothes properly every night
• Exercising three times every week
• Eating several daily servings fruits and vegetables
• Getting out more
• Taking more time to craft

I’m a natural home body, but I think I’d benefit from accepting (and initiating) more invitations to do stuff on the outside, with my husband and with friends. Or even on my own.

I love knitting, but it fell a little by the wayside in 2013. I want to amp it up again, challenge myself more with my knitting (great for my brain!) and also spend a little time filling up the Smash Book I bought a couple of years ago.

How about you? Do you have some habits you’d like to create in the new year? I’d love to hear about them.

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