January Goals

I love this time of year! The goal setting, the fresh starts, the new spreadsheet trackers. . . I know, I know. I'm a little strange, but it's an extra dose of motivation, and who couldn't use some of that? ;-)

Here are my goals for the first month of the year:

Financial

• Set up meeting with financial planner
• Max out 2015 401K with bonus money
• Figure out boys college accounts (potentially the Utah 529 plan)
• Stick to our budget
• Fund our yearly budget categories with remaining bonus money
• Start gathering stuff for our accountant

Family

• Plan two fun family outings
• Figure out February week off. Looking at skiing.
• Get my youngest to try two new foods.

Fitness/health

• Lose 2 pounds
• Track my food/exercise
• Run 20 miles
• Complete 700 minutes of cardio
• Complete 8 strength workouts & 8 stretching workouts

Work/career

• Better consolidate my evening meetings
• Find 2 days/week that I can work out during the day

Giving back

• Look into volunteering at the school once in January
• Set up charitable contribution increase

House

• Sort through our three hall closets (aka, where junk goes to die). Declutter, organize, etc.

Personal/creative

• Plan/book date night with M
• Do something social with a friend. Maybe a hike.
• Read 5 books.
• Try a new recipe (with a focus on something that my youngest will actually eat)

What about you? What are you hoping to accomplish in January?