New Year's Resolutions 2010

Yo.  It's that time again.  New Year time.  Oh yeah.  Bye bye 2010.  You weren't that great anyway.  Hello, 2011!  I'm looking forward to you being a little better.  First I want to quickly touch on last year's resolutions and go over how I did, then write out the ones I have for this next year.

With the money resolution, I did do the things that I set out to do, but I still wasn't that great off financially this year because broke up with my boyfriend and that put a strain on me for a while.  But, I did get a raise at my work (and am due to get another one sometime soon), I did another job briefly in the spring, and I became a Beachbody coach which I'm hoping will help me start earning some more money soon.  Didn't save any money though. :( I guess it really is a process.  Haha.  I've for sure become a much better cook and plan to learn and try even more stuff in 2011. My social life was still not as hopping as I would like it to be but it was better because I put in an effort.  Funny how that works, isn't it?  As far as eating right and exercising, I would say I did this well for about six months of the year.  In 2011 we're going for all 12.  Now...what's new that I want to work on?

1. De-clutter my house.
So here's the thing.  I'm really not much of a pack rat.  Don't like clutter.  However, in the past few years that I've been living at my house I've just gotten kind of lazy and have slowly let a lot more clutter creep up on me than I like.  I haven't even gone through my closet in, oh, two years which is really strange for me seeing as how I've done that every year since I was in high school.  So now I'm going to do something about this.  First project will be my closet, getting rid of everything I don't like/don't wear anymore.  It will be sad, only because I know it will leave it looking rather barren, but it must be done.  Then I will tackle all the other clutter and get rid of the junk that I don't need.  This shouldn't take me too long, so I plan to have this done in the first week or two of January.

2. Become a Diamond Beachbody coach.
I like being a Beachbody coach and do believe that their products can help a lot of people to be healthier/fitter, but I haven't really done much with it since I've become a coach.  I'm going to throw myself more into it this year and hopefully help a lot of people along the way!

3. Be consistent with eating right and exercising.
Like I mentioned above, if I'm being honest I really only ate healthy and exercised regularly for about six months of 2010.  That's not okay.  That's not giving my best.  And it's not treating my body the way it deserves.  So my goal for 2011 will be to just do it all the time.  I know that I can.  I don't mind doing it.  It's just a matter of not letting other stuff distract me or get in the way.  I'm going to put some more detailed fitness resolutions on my health blog but this is just my main one.

4. Lie less.
I don't like to admit that this is something I need to change.  But it is.  It's rare that I lie about big, important issues.  However, I often find myself telling small white lies.  And I don't like it.  It is something about myself that I have questioned a lot as to why I do it.  And I just have gotten to the point where I would rather be honest than make myself look better, or make it so something goes more smoothly, all because of a lie.   Honestly is something that I value in others, so I need to be a completely honest person myself.  I've already started working on this.

5. Go to church every Sunday.
You may or may not know that I'm a Christian.  But for several years I didn't go to church, for various reasons.  A couple months ago I tried one out and am liking it so far, but I have not been going every week like I should.  This shouldn't be too hard of a resolution to keep.  I simply need to go every week unless I'm sick or working (which is rare).  I know that I will be happier for it.

There we go.  Five resolutions, once again, a reasonable number.  And several of them should be pretty easy to change.  I'm still working on some of the ones from 2010, especially the financial stuff, but I'm confident I can do all of this.  Do you make New Year's resolutions?