Guest Post! Nicole's P365 {Part 1}

A little about Nicole, in her own words: I’m a single mom of two wonderful boys (2 ½ and 4 ½ yrs). I love cooking, baking, reading, crafting and finding “deals of the century”. I love my friends and family and they are really important to me. I would do anything to help a friend, I’m loyal to a fault, and I don’t like mean people.

I’ve never been one for writing yearly goals. Sure, I’ve set goals for myself and I’ve definitely accomplished things in my life (some would even say BIG things). But when it came to the whole “New Year’s Resolution” thing, I’ve never really understood it and for sure never participated. But for whatever reason, I decided 2013 was the year I wanted to set some goals for myself. It’s probably mostly because I’ve just come out of the hardest 2½ years of my life, a time in my life affectionately referred to as “the fog”. And since the fog is now lifting, I kinda have to figure out who I am again. So after lots of hemming, hawing and arguing with God about my goals for the year, I finally landed on these: 

• Get healthier (lose weight, eat better, exercise)
•  Be intentional (more focused when I’m with people esp. my kids)
•  Spend less and save more (set a budget and stick to it)
•  Make memories! (at least one fun activity a month w/ my kids; write down their “funnies”; take more pictures AND videos)
•  Read more 

I wrote them with a dry erase marker on my mirrored closet door so I would look at them every morning. And I’m really surprised at what a difference it’s made. I certainly haven’t been perfect, but I’ve been more focused. And I’m learning not to be so hard on myself by celebrating the wins (even the little ones) instead of beating myself up for the losses.

More about Nicole's P365 to come...