New Years Resolutions

Happy 2014, everyone!

I generally don't "believe in" New Years Resolutions because of the above...you come up with a list of things you're going to do or change and within a day or two you've already blown it, which is depressing and a terrible way to start off the new year.

This year I decided to make an incredibly short list of realistic things/ideas for 2014...on the plus side, I figure I'm already ahead of the curve, because when I Googled New Years Resolutions, "quit smoking" was pretty much the most prevalent resolution listed. Done! So I've never smoked...I still consider this a win. :)


Katie's New Years Resolutions 2014

1.) Get to the gym at least once a week.
- I'm shooting for realistic here, people. Ideally, I'd like to get there more often, but I don't want to set myself up for failure...and once a week will be more than I'm doing now, so even that will be an improvement over the status quo. I bought a Groupon for the nice, little gym I went to in HS, so I'm one step closer to getting in the door. :)

2.) Only post on here twice a week.
- I'm planning on Tuesdays and Fridays...as you can see by my new and improved "tag line." Posting every day is fun and an interesting challenge, but with session starting on January 8th, there will be days I'll be too swamped to post anything...plus I am likely to post something more substantive than just a recipe or something of that ilk (and use words like "ilk") if it's only twice a week. :)

3.) Pay off my Chase credit card
- In an attempt to curb my spending, I paid off and closed most of my store credit cards (Express, Maurices, NY&Co., GAP) and consolidated my Discover & Southwest Airlines cards into a 0% interest Chase account earlier last year (2013), which I'm this close to paying off (should happen by the middle of January, knock on wood). All I'll have left are my Kohls card ($0 balance!) and my USBank credit card, which is currently carrying my Christmas expenditures & random Amazon purchases. Once I pay off the Chase account, I will have money going straight into savings, slowly accumulating for use down the road...a vast improvement over previous years. Yay me! :)


And that's pretty much it.

See? Realistic and totally doable. :)

How about you? Any exciting, crazy or reasonably realistic resolutions to kick off the new year?


~ Katie