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Friday, January 7, 2011

Our New Year's Resolutions

I know, everyone says that they will do XYZ at the start of the new year, but rarely follow through. However, I'm one of those people who finds that writing goals down makes me more likely to keep them. So, here are our realistic, attainable goals for 2011:

Financial (in order):
1. Pay off car (balance of $1,280.25 as of 1/1/2011)
2. Pay off my smallest student loan ($2,178.75 as of 1/1/2011)
3. Pay off Dan's smallest student loan ($4,099.02 as of 1/1/2011)
4. Pay off my last student loan ($4732.81 as of 1/1/2011)
5. Beef up emergency fund to $2,500 (currently at $553.00)

Personal/Family
1. Read at least one book for entertainment every month
2. Spend at least 1.5 hours a day playing one-on-one with Kate. Obviously I spend all day, every day with her, and we do play and read a lot, but it's so easy to get caught up in doing the dishes, or vacuuming, or playing on the Internet, and I don't want her precious babyhood to slip by because I was doing housework. I mean, yes, stuff like that needs to be done, but I want to keep it at a minimum and make sure that we get that good quality playtime in every day.
3. Take Kate on at least one outing a month (to the zoo, the museum, etc.) as a family
4. Journal three times a week.
5. Work out at least three times a week. We joined the Princeton Club, and we really like it so far, so hopefully this'll be an easy one to keep!

Well, there you have it; my New Year's resolutions! I'll keep everyone updated as to how they're progressing!

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