A month into the year and my new years resolutions are still going strong! Here's my list:
1. Lose weight
2. Make a bigger effort to keep in touch with friends
3. Blog at least once a week
4. Start my own website
5. Save money for traveling
1. Losing weight! A struggle for most of my life, something has finally clicked. For years it's been either, changing my diet, OR exercising. Never the two put together. So in January, to incorporate my exercising goal, I joined a local gym/pool - which was the best move I could have made. A usual week includes an early morning swim (each day), ZUMBA (twice a week), Deep Water Running (twice a week), and on Wednesday I'm giving Yoga a shot! To help with my diet I joined Weight Watchers with a friend of mine. To be quite honest with you, with all the 'diets' out there, I think WW does it the best. They don't tell you that you can't eat certain foods, but that to eat all foods in moderation. In addition to both of these I have a 3rd piece of the puzzle that has helped!
As of the beginning of the year, my work started a Biggest Loser competition. In this contest, I'm on a team with 3 other people, I attend weekly nutritional talks, and I weigh in every other week. This is proving to be a huge motivation as the winner (person with greatest percentage of weight lost) gets $500!! So far, I'm proud to say that I've lost a total of 18 lbs since the beginning of January, my BMI has gone down 2 whole points, and I feel GREAT!
2. Making a bigger effort to keep in touch with friends! I make cards in my free time, and I finally thought to myself, "Hey! You could send these out instead of keeping them for your portfolio, and actually keep in contact with people!" Novel idea...I know :) PLUS I'm trying to get birthday cards out on time too! :) I still need a few more addresses though...*cough* Mer, Amy, and Jackie!!
3. Blogging at least once a week! It occurs to me that I wasn't very good at blogging last year... well not this year! Enough said!
4. Start my Own Website! It's either this or make a brochure with all of my work - which would be a pretty big brochure. I would like to make more people aware of my wedding invites and miscellaneous cards. As it stands right now, I can show locals my past ideas, but when friends in Seattle want to see them, it's a little harder. Not to mention I'd like to expand and be able to touch base with people all over! :) (This is me thinking big!) My brother's mother-in-law makes websites for a living, and is all set to help me design one! However, there are a few steps I need to take to get there ... A name (for my very, very, small business), design at least 5 more ideas, take nice pictures of invites, cards, etc, and then I may be able to start thinking of a website design.
5. Save money for traveling! I don't do too much traveling, and I figure you're only young once, so do it now! A couple friends and I will be doing a trip to the East Coast later this year! The major stops will be Boston, Philly, New York, and Washington DC! I have never been to the East Coast, and cannot wait for this trip!!! The only thing standing in my way is money (go figure). I have a tendancy to buy things I don't need, ie: card making supplies. So shopping has been cut down to once a month (which seemed to work last month), and I have become conscious of the fact that I have an abundance of card making supplies so I should probably start using what I have. We'll see how much I can save between now and then! Oh and if people have suggestions of where to visit on our trip, please share!!
Phew! This is going to be a busy year! BUT! I'm ready! Bring it on!
Until next time!
4 comments:
Yeah for Julia! I am so glad you are blogging again and I can hear from you. If you want to take a little trip, you can alway come stay with us. I have been trying to lose some weight too. That is so great that your work is helping to keep you motivated! :)
It occurred to me today that you should start an Etsy shop. www.etsy.com is really cool because it is homemade stuff. I think you should sell little packs of cards. You could also take special orders over the internet. I would buy them! :)
Julia! I am so proud of you...I am all about making realistic goals. Sounds like you are doing awesome. By the way, "The Biggest Loser" is one of my favorite shows. I love it. Umm, I also like the cherries on your blogging background. You are cool.
1. I am sooo proud of you. My friends are doing weight watchers and they are see a lot of sucess. Some weeks are better than others but they really like how it's changed their behavior in relation to portion sizes and quantity of food eaten.
2. How's that once a week blogging thing goin'? Awwww. I'm only mostly kidding - I love you!
3. I agree with Jenny's Etsy idea. I love that site!
4. I'll email my address to you.
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